EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) Reaches New 12-Month High – What’s Next?

Shares of EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as GBX 240.25 and last traded at GBX 240.25, with a volume of 4199 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 237.

EPE Special Opportunities Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of £59.21 million, a P/E ratio of 10.60 and a beta of 0.90. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 203.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 173.21. The company has a current ratio of 4.24, a quick ratio of 5.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.27.

EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 Heather Bestwick purchased 4,875 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 28th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 183 per share, for a total transaction of £8,921.25. Also, insider Clive L. Spears bought 5,698 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 28th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 22 per share, for a total transaction of £1,253.56. Insiders purchased 59,926 shares of company stock worth $7,102,972 in the last three months. Insiders own 2.59% of the company’s stock.

EPE Special Opportunities Company Profile

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.