Key Points
- Insider buying: Director Rob Harding bought 24 shares on Jan 22 at GBX 506 (£121.44) and has made several recent purchases, including a larger acquisition of 1,924 shares on Nov 21 at GBX 519 (£9,985.56), indicating continued insider buying.
- Market snapshot: PayPoint opened at GBX 516 (trading up ~2%), has a market cap of £322.66m, a PE ratio of 20.36, and a 1‑year range of GBX 438.35–870.
- Analyst view: Panmure Gordon reaffirmed a "Buy" rating and set a GBX 1,100 price target, and the consensus analyst rating on MarketBeat is currently "Buy" with an average target of GBX 1,100.
PayPoint plc (LON:PAY - Get Free Report) insider Rob Harding purchased 24 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 22nd. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 506 per share, for a total transaction of £121.44.
Rob Harding also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, December 22nd, Rob Harding acquired 27 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 470 per share, with a total value of £126.90.
- On Friday, December 19th, Rob Harding acquired 24 shares of PayPoint stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 470 per share, with a total value of £112.80.
- On Monday, November 24th, Rob Harding bought 26 shares of PayPoint stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 482 per share, for a total transaction of £125.32.
- On Friday, November 21st, Rob Harding bought 1,924 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 519 per share, for a total transaction of £9,985.56.
PayPoint Trading Up 2.0%
Shares of PAY stock opened at GBX 516 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.52, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 0.99. PayPoint plc has a 1 year low of GBX 438.35 and a 1 year high of GBX 870. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 483.11 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 638.48. The firm has a market capitalization of £322.66 million, a PE ratio of 20.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93.
PayPoint (LON:PAY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 20th. The company reported GBX 29.25 earnings per share for the quarter. PayPoint had a net margin of 11.65% and a return on equity of 30.78%. As a group, research analysts expect that PayPoint plc will post 56.9500056 EPS for the current year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, Panmure Gordon reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 1,100 price target on shares of PayPoint in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of GBX 1,100.
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About PayPoint
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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.
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