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PayPoint (PAY) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 790
+7.00 (+0.89%)
(As of 11/4/2024 ET)

About PayPoint Stock (LON:PAY)

Key Stats

Today's Range
780
792
50-Day Range
658
786
52-Week Range
445
792
Volume
158,507 shs
Average Volume
113,879 shs
Market Capitalization
£569.83 million
P/E Ratio
1,612.24
Dividend Yield
2.41%
Price Target
GBX 675
Consensus Rating
Buy

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.

PayPoint Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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PayPoint scored higher than 20% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • 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.

  • Read more about PayPoint's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of PayPoint is 1,612.24, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 131.68.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of PayPoint is 1,612.24, 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 250.77.

  • 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 4.67. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for PAY.
  • 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.

  • Read more about PayPoint's dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for PAY.
  • 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 0.46 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for PayPoint this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    9 people have searched for PAY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 350% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • 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 £374.86 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.

  • Read more about PayPoint's insider trading history.
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PAY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

PayPoint's stock was trading at GBX 520 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, PAY stock has increased by 51.9% and is now trading at GBX 790.
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PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 30th. The company reported $29.10 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $28.80 by $0.30. The company earned $97.59 million during the quarter. PayPoint had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.65% and a net margin of 11.98%.

Shares of PAY stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.
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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
Ex-Dividend for 9/27 Dividend
8/29/2024
Dividend Payable
9/27/2024
Today
11/04/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Software - Infrastructure
Sub-Industry
Business Services
CIK
N/A
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
-14.6%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
1 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
£35.69 million
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£297.90 million
Cash Flow
GBX 8.64 per share
Book Value
GBX 169 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£569.83 million
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.93
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This page (LON:PAY) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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