PayPoint (LON:PAY) Insider Acquires £126.50 in Stock

PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) insider Nick Wiles purchased 25 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 22nd. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 506 per share, for a total transaction of £126.50.

Nick Wiles also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 22nd, Nick Wiles acquired 26 shares of PayPoint stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 470 per share, with a total value of £122.20.
• On Friday, December 19th, Nick Wiles acquired 65 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 470 per share, with a total value of £305.50.
• On Monday, November 24th, Nick Wiles bought 26 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 482 per share, for a total transaction of £125.32.
• On Thursday, November 20th, Nick Wiles purchased 25,000 shares of PayPoint stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 538 per share, with a total value of £134,500.

PayPoint Stock Up 2.0%

LON PAY traded up GBX 10 on Friday, hitting GBX 516. 583,115 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 479,158. PayPoint plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 438.35 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 870. The company has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 485.91 and a 200-day moving average price 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 company has a market cap of £322.66 million, a PE ratio of 20.36, a PEG ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Panmure Gordon reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,100 price target on shares of PayPoint in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target 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.