Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) Stock Price Up 0.6% - Time to Buy?

Bridgepoint Group plc (LON:BPT - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded up 0.6% on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 298.60 ($4.05) and last traded at GBX 288.20 ($3.91). 889,825 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 62% from the average session volume of 2,349,188 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 286.60 ($3.89).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Citigroup raised shares of Bridgepoint Group to a "buy" rating and set a GBX 410 ($5.57) target price on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 20th.

Bridgepoint Group Trading Up 1.9%

The stock has a market cap of £2.43 billion, a PE ratio of 53.37, a P/E/G ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.72. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 274.47 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 327.18. The company has a quick ratio of 3.60, a current ratio of 4.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.89.

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported GBX 19.50 ($0.26) EPS for the quarter. Bridgepoint Group had a net margin of 16.74% and a return on equity of 6.10%. As a group, analysts predict that Bridgepoint Group plc will post 17.4062165 earnings per share for the current year.

Bridgepoint Group Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th were issued a dividend of GBX 4.60 ($0.06) per share. This represents a yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 24th. Bridgepoint Group's dividend payout ratio is currently 163.50%.

About Bridgepoint Group

Bridgepoint Group plc is a private equity and private credit firm specializing in middle market, small mid cap, small cap, growth capital, buyouts investments, syndicate debt, infrastructure, direct lending and credit opportunities in private credit investments. It prefers to invest in advanced industrials, automation, agricultural sciences, energy transition enablers, business services, financial services, professional services, testing inspection and certification, information services, consumer, digital brands, video games, wellbeing products, health care, pharma and MedTech outsourced services, pharma products, and MedTech Products sectors.