LON:PAY PayPoint (PAY) Share Price, News & Analysis GBX 785 -50.00 (-5.99%) (As of 11/21/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades About PayPoint Stock (LON:PAY) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get PayPoint alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range 760▼ 84950-Day Range 664▼ 84752-Week Range 445▼ 865Volume414,702 shsAverage Volume124,397 shsMarket Capitalization£566.22 millionP/E Ratio1,602.04Dividend Yield2.42%Price TargetGBX 675Consensus RatingBuy Company OverviewPayPoint 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. 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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 CoveragePayPoint has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.Read more about PayPoint's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation0.0 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of PayPoint is 1,602.04, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 124.72.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of PayPoint is 1,602.04, 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 260.58.Price to Earnings Growth RatioPayPoint has a PEG Ratio of 31.13. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioPayPoint has a P/B Ratio of 4.64. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for PAY. Dividend0.8 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend YieldPayPoint pays a meaningful dividend of 2.84%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthPayPoint does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe 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. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for PAY. News and Social Media3.5 / 5News Sentiment1.22 News SentimentPayPoint has a news sentiment score of 1.22. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for PayPoint this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.Search Interest17 people have searched for PAY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 240% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows3 people have added PayPoint to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. Company Ownership3.3 / 5Insider TradingAcquiring Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn 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 Insiders31.44% 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 InstitutionsOnly 37.41% of the stock of PayPoint is held by institutions.Read more about PayPoint's insider trading history. Receive PAY Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for PayPoint and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address PAY Stock News HeadlinesPayPoint plc (LON:PAY) Insider Nick Wiles Acquires 17 SharesOctober 24, 2024 | insidertrades.comThousands of households can get monthly cost of living help worth £173 - how to claimNovember 9, 2024 | mirror.co.ukTrump’s Sending THIS Crypto Higher on PurposeDiscover the coin set to explode before 2025! Trump could trigger THIS crypto coin… November 21, 2024 | Crypto 101 Media (Ad)Up to £1,630 DWP payments available for UK households by ChristmasNovember 8, 2024 | msn.comDWP payments worth up to £1,630 that millions could receive by ChristmasNovember 7, 2024 | msn.comNew cost of living payments worth £173 being paid out from 10am MondayNovember 5, 2024 | msn.comSix ways to get energy support and reduce bills after Winter Fuel Payment cutsNovember 5, 2024 | msn.comPayPoint Announces Share Buyback StrategyNovember 4, 2024 | msn.comSee More Headlines PAY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have PAY shares performed this year? PayPoint's stock was trading at GBX 520 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, PAY stock has increased by 51.0% and is now trading at GBX 785. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. How were PayPoint's earnings last quarter? PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) issued its earnings results on Thursday, November, 30th. The company reported $29.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $28.80 by $0.30. The business 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%. How do I buy shares of PayPoint? 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.Compare Top Brokerages Here. 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 Earnings11/30/2017Ex-Dividend for 9/27 Dividend8/29/2024Dividend Payable9/27/2024Today11/21/2024Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorComputer and Technology Industry Software - Infrastructure Sub-IndustryBusiness Services Current SymbolLON:PAY CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webpaypoint.com Phone+44-84-57600633FaxN/AEmployees1,260Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price TargetGBX 675 High Stock Price TargetGBX 675 Low Stock Price TargetGBX 675 Potential Upside/Downside-14.0%Consensus RatingBuy Rating Score (0-4)3.00 Research Coverage1 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)GBX 0.49 Trailing P/E Ratio1,602.04 Forward P/E Ratio13.78 P/E Growth31.13Net Income£35.69 million Net Margins11.98% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity30.65% Return on Assets6.54% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio81.52 Current Ratio0.99 Quick Ratio0.65 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£297.90 million Price / Sales1.90 Cash FlowGBX 8.58 per share Price / Cash Flow91.44 Book ValueGBX 169 per share Price / Book4.64Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares72,130,000Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£566.22 million OptionableNot Optionable Beta0.93 10 Best Stocks to Own in 2025Click the link below and we'll send you MarketBeat's list of the 10 best stocks to own in 2025 and why they should be in your portfolio. 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