Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) Insider Purchases £49,716.80 in Stock

Bridgepoint Group plc (LON:BPT) insider Michelle Scrimgeour purchased 21,616 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 12th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 230 per share, with a total value of £49,716.80.

Bridgepoint Group Stock Down 0.2%

LON:BPT opened at GBX 241.60 on Thursday. Bridgepoint Group plc has a twelve month low of GBX 220.80 and a twelve month high of GBX 366.68. The firm has a market capitalization of £2.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a quick ratio of 3.60, a current ratio of 279.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.04. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 262.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 285.98.

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 26.50 EPS for the quarter. Bridgepoint Group had a return on equity of 4.25% and a net margin of 7.68%. Equities research analysts expect that Bridgepoint Group plc will post 17.4062165 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Bridgepoint Group from GBX 395 to GBX 415 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Bridgepoint Group has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 385.

About Bridgepoint Group

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.