PayPoint (LON:PAY) Posts Earnings Results

PayPoint (LON:PAY) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported GBX 29.25 EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. PayPoint had a net margin of 11.65% and a return on equity of 30.78%.

PayPoint Stock Performance

Shares of PAY stock opened at GBX 501 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of £318.24 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.58, a PEG ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93. PayPoint has a 52-week low of GBX 501 and a 52-week high of GBX 870. 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 company’s 50 day moving average is GBX 693.19 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 724.84.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Panmure Gordon reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,100 price target on shares of PayPoint in a report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 1,100.

Insider Buying and Selling at PayPoint

In related news, insider Lan Tu acquired 4,569 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 20th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 543 per share, with a total value of £24,809.67. Also, insider Nick Wiles bought 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 20th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 538 per share, for a total transaction of £134,500. Insiders have acquired a total of 29,603 shares of company stock worth $15,955,923 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.31% of the company’s stock.

About PayPoint

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.