Bridgepoint Group plc to Issue Dividend of GBX 4.60 (LON:BPT)

Bridgepoint Group plc (LON:BPT - Get Free Report) declared a dividend on Thursday, March 13th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a dividend of GBX 4.60 ($0.06) per share on Thursday, May 22nd. This represents a yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 24th. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Bridgepoint Group Stock Performance

Bridgepoint Group stock traded up GBX 14.60 ($0.19) during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching GBX 274 ($3.65). The company had a trading volume of 477,558 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,988,840. The company has a quick ratio of 3.60, a current ratio of 4.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.89. The firm has a market cap of £2.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.78, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 309.53 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 335.97. Bridgepoint Group has a 52 week low of GBX 202.40 ($2.70) and a 52 week high of GBX 410 ($5.46).

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Citigroup upgraded Bridgepoint Group to a "buy" rating and set a GBX 410 ($5.46) price objective on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 20th.

Bridgepoint Group Company Profile

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.