Key Points
- Insider purchase: Cyrus Taraporevala bought 100,000 shares on November 14 at an average price of GBX 284, a transaction totaling £284,000.
- Valuation & price context: Shares opened at GBX 277.40 and trade below their 1‑year high of GBX 410, with a market capitalization of £2.29bn and a P/E of 52.34.
- Analyst view: The consensus rating is "Moderate Buy" with a consensus target of GBX 388; recent analyst targets include GBX 424 (JPMorgan), GBX 395 (Citigroup) and GBX 345 (Deutsche Bank).
Bridgepoint Group plc (LON:BPT - Get Free Report) insider Cyrus Taraporevala purchased 100,000 shares of Bridgepoint Group stock in a transaction on Friday, November 14th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 284 per share, for a total transaction of £284,000.
Bridgepoint Group Price Performance
Shares of BPT opened at GBX 277.40 on Tuesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 307.63 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 310.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.89, a current ratio of 4.98 and a quick ratio of 3.60. The company has a market capitalization of £2.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.72. Bridgepoint Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 229.20 and a 1 year high of GBX 410.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on BPT shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an "overweight" rating and issued a GBX 424 price target on shares of Bridgepoint Group in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a "hold" rating and set a GBX 345 target price on shares of Bridgepoint Group in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Finally, Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Bridgepoint Group from GBX 360 to GBX 395 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 388.
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Bridgepoint Group Company Profile
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Bridgepoint Group plc is a private equity and private credit firm specializing in middle market, small mid cap, small cap, growth capital, buyouts investments, syndicate debt, infrastructure, direct lending and credit opportunities in private credit investments. It prefers to invest in advanced industrials, automation, agricultural sciences, energy transition enablers, business services, financial services, professional services, testing inspection and certification, information services, consumer, digital brands, video games, wellbeing products, health care, pharma and MedTech outsourced services, pharma products, and MedTech Products sectors.
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