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

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Bridgepoint Group plc (LON:BPT - Get Free Report) shares were up 0.6% on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 298.60 ($4.04) and last traded at GBX 288.20 ($3.90). Approximately 889,825 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 62% from the average daily volume of 2,349,188 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 286.60 ($3.88).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Citigroup raised shares of Bridgepoint Group to a "buy" rating and set a GBX 410 ($5.55) price target for the company in a report on Thursday, March 20th.

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Bridgepoint Group Trading Up 2.7%

The company's 50 day moving average is GBX 273.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 326.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.89, a current ratio of 4.98 and a quick ratio of 3.60. The firm has a market cap of £2.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.83, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.72.

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

Bridgepoint Group Announces Dividend

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

Bridgepoint Group Company Profile

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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.

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