NCC Group (LON:NCC) Shares Down 9.5% - Time to Sell?

NCC Group plc (LON:NCC - Get Free Report)'s stock price was down 9.5% during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 145.20 ($1.96) and last traded at GBX 146.60 ($1.97). Approximately 4,029,211 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 143% from the average daily volume of 1,655,865 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 162.02 ($2.18).

NCC Group Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.15, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The stock has a market cap of £462.20 million, a P/E ratio of -18.46 and a beta of 0.77. The company's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 150.82 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 143.74.

NCC Group (LON:NCC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June 19th. The company reported GBX 2.10 ($0.03) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. NCC Group had a negative net margin of 7.68% and a negative return on equity of 9.97%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that NCC Group plc will post 6.744373 earnings per share for the current year.

NCC Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 20th were given a dividend of GBX 1.50 ($0.02) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 20th. NCC Group's dividend payout ratio is -62.97%.

About NCC Group

NCC Group is a people-powered, tech-enabled global cyber security and software escrow business. Driven by a collective purpose to create a more secure digital future, c, 2,200 colleagues across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific harness their collective insight, intelligence, and innovation to deliver cyber resilience solutions for both public and private sector clients globally.

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