EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) Shares Cross Above 50 Day Moving Average – Here’s Why

EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO)’s stock price passed above its 50-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 186.84 and traded as high as GBX 228. EPE Special Opportunities shares last traded at GBX 225, with a volume of 282,074 shares trading hands.

EPE Special Opportunities Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of £57.17 million, a PE ratio of 10.23 and a beta of 0.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.27, a quick ratio of 5.86 and a current ratio of 4.24. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 189.04 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 165.69.

EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 24.22 EPS for the quarter. EPE Special Opportunities had a negative net margin of 10.57% and a negative return on equity of 0.41%.

Insider Activity at EPE Special Opportunities

In related news, insider David Robert Pirouet acquired 5,968 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 8th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 168 per share, with a total value of £10,026.24. Also, insider Michael Gray acquired 4,875 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 28th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 183 per share, with a total value of £8,921.25. In the last quarter, insiders purchased 37,134 shares of company stock worth $6,601,548. 2.59% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About EPE Special Opportunities

EPE Special Opportunities plc specializes in middle market, growth capital, distressed, pre-IPO, special situations, turnaround, PIPES, and buyouts. It also does secondary direct and secondary indirect investing. The fund typically invests in consumer and retail, financial services, manufacturing, media and support services sectors including education, healthcare and social housing. It prefers to invest in United Kingdom. It seeks to invest between $2 million and $30 million in small and medium enterprises.