PayPoint (PAY) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

PayPoint plc engages in the provision of payments and banking, shopping, and e-commerce services and products in the United Kingdom. The company operates through two segments: PayPoint and Love2shop. The PayPoint segment provides card payment services to retailers, including leased payment devices; EPoS; ATM cash machines; SIM cards sales; receipt advertising; bill payment services and cash top-ups to individual consumers; parcel delivery and collection services; retailer service fees solutions; and digital payment services, as well as cash through to digital services. The segment offers its products under PayPoint One, eMoney, MultiPay, CashOut, and Direct Debits platforms. The Love2shop segment is involved in the provision of shopping vouchers, cards, and e-codes which customers may redeem with participating retailers; and Christmas savings club, to which customers make regular payments throughout the year to help spread the cost of Christmas, before converting to a voucher. It serves consumers, SMEs, and convenience retailers in the commercial, not-for-profit, and public sectors. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 671 to 711
• 50-Day Range: 663 to 855
• 52-Week Range: 470 to 865
• Volume: 354,584 shs
• Average Volume: 509,815 shs
• Market Capitalization: £503.47 million
• P/E Ratio: 1,424.49
• Dividend Yield: 2.72%
• Price Target: GBX 675
• Consensus Rating: Buy

PayPoint Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

PayPoint scored higher than 14% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

PayPoint has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

PayPoint has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of PayPoint is 1,424.49, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 111.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of PayPoint is 1,424.49, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 235.84.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PayPoint has a PEG Ratio of 31.13. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

PayPoint has a P/B Ratio of 4.13. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PAY.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

PayPoint pays a meaningful dividend of 2.84%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

PayPoint does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of PayPoint is 3,877.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PAY.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

PayPoint has a news sentiment score of -0.13. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for PayPoint this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for PAY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -73% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, PayPoint insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £375.46 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

31.44% of the stock of PayPoint is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 37.41% of the stock of PayPoint is held by institutions.

PAY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have PAY shares performed this year?

PayPoint's stock was trading at GBX 780 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, PAY stock has decreased by 10.5% and is now trading at GBX 698.
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How were PayPoint's earnings last quarter?

PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 30th. The company reported $29.10 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $28.80 by $0.30. The business had revenue of $97.59 million for the quarter. PayPoint had a net margin of 11.98% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.65%.

How do I buy shares of PayPoint?

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What other stocks do shareholders of PayPoint own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that PayPoint investors own include Imaginatik (IMTK), Unilever (ULVR), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Tesco (TSCO), BP (BP), Greencore Group (GNC) and Rio Tinto Group (RIO).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/30/2017
• Today: 1/17/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Software - Infrastructure
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: LON:PAY
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: paypoint.com
• Phone: +44-84-57600633
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,260
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 675
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 675
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 675
• Potential Upside/Downside: -3.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.49
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,424.49
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.26
• P/E Growth: 31.13
• Net Income: £35.69 million
• Net Margins: 11.98%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 30.65%
• Return on Assets: 6.54%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 81.52
• Current Ratio: 0.99
• Quick Ratio: 0.65

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £297.90 million
• Price / Sales: 1.69
• Cash Flow: GBX 7.63 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 91.44
• Book Value: GBX 169 per share
• Price / Book: 4.13

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 72,130,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £503.47 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.93