Key Points
- Bridgepoint insider Michelle Scrimgeour purchased 21,616 shares on March 12 at an average price of GBX 230 per share, a total transaction of £49,716.80.
- JPMorgan raised its target from GBX 395 to GBX 415 and issued a "buy" rating; the stock has a consensus "Moderate Buy" with a consensus target of GBX 385 (2 Buys, 1 Hold).
- Shares opened at GBX 237.80, MarketCap is ~£2.09bn and P/E ~44.9; quarterly EPS was GBX 26.50 and analysts forecast ~17.41 EPS for the current fiscal year, with a 12‑month range of GBX 220.80–366.68.
Bridgepoint Group plc (LON:BPT - Get Free Report) insider Michelle Scrimgeour bought 21,616 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 12th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 230 per share, for a total transaction of £49,716.80.
Bridgepoint Group Stock Down 0.9%
BPT stock opened at GBX 237.80 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 279.03, a quick ratio of 3.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.04. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 264.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 286.97. The company has a market capitalization of £2.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.87, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.43. Bridgepoint Group plc has a twelve month low of GBX 220.80 and a twelve month high of GBX 366.68.
Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 26.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Bridgepoint Group had a net margin of 7.68% and a return on equity of 4.25%. On average, equities research analysts predict that Bridgepoint Group plc will post 17.4062165 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Bridgepoint Group from GBX 395 to GBX 415 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 385.
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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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