EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) Hits New 1-Year High – Here’s What Happened

Shares of EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 240 and last traded at GBX 238, with a volume of 74288 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 240.

EPE Special Opportunities Stock Down 0.8%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.27, a current ratio of 4.24 and a quick ratio of 5.86. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 182.40 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 161.55. The company has a market cap of £58.65 million, a P/E ratio of 10.50 and a beta of 0.90.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other EPE Special Opportunities news, insider Clive L. Spears purchased 4,875 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 28th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 183 per share, with a total value of £8,921.25. Also, insider Michael Gray purchased 4,875 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 28th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 183 per share, with a total value of £8,921.25. Over the last ninety days, insiders purchased 37,134 shares of company stock valued at $6,601,548. 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.