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NCC Group (LON:NCC) Trading Down 9.4% - Should You Sell?

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NCC Group plc (LON:NCC - Get Free Report)'s stock price dropped 9.4% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 145.20 ($1.95) and last traded at GBX 146.80 ($1.97). Approximately 5,065,243 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 204% from the average daily volume of 1,664,720 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 162.02 ($2.17).

NCC Group Stock Down 9.0%

The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 150.82 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 143.74. The stock has a market cap of £464.72 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.56 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.15, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.97.

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

NCC Group Cuts Dividend

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

About NCC Group

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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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