PayPoint (LON:PAY) Insider Rob Harding Purchases 24 Shares

PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) insider Rob Harding bought 24 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 22nd. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 506 per share, with a total value of £121.44.

Rob Harding also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 22nd, Rob Harding bought 27 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 470 per share, for a total transaction of £126.90.
• On Friday, December 19th, Rob Harding acquired 24 shares of PayPoint stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 470 per share, with a total value of £112.80.
• On Monday, November 24th, Rob Harding purchased 26 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost 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 Stock Performance

Shares of PAY traded up GBX 10 during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 516. The company had a trading volume of 583,115 shares, compared to its average volume of 479,158. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 485.91 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 640.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.52. The firm has a market cap of £322.66 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.36, a PEG ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93. PayPoint plc has a 12 month low of GBX 438.35 and a 12 month high of GBX 870.

PayPoint (LON:PAY) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, November 20th. The company reported GBX 29.25 EPS for the quarter. PayPoint had a return on equity of 30.78% and a net margin of 11.65%. Equities analysts anticipate that PayPoint plc will post 56.9500056 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Panmure Gordon restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,100 target price on shares of PayPoint in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 1,100.

PayPoint Company Profile

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.