PayPoint (LON:PAY) Shares Pass Above 200 Day Moving Average - Here's Why

Key Points

• PayPoint plc's share price surpassed its 200-day moving average, trading at GBX 727 ($9.65) and reaching a high of GBX 735 ($9.76) during the session.
• The company's earnings per share for the last quarter was GBX 70.10 ($0.93), with analysts predicting an average of 56.95 earnings per share for the current year.
• PayPoint operates in payments and banking services and reported a net margin of 11.65% and a return on equity of 30.78%.

Shares of PayPoint plc (LON:PAY - Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 698.18 ($9.28) and traded as high as GBX 735 ($9.77). PayPoint shares last traded at GBX 727 ($9.67), with a volume of 114,590 shares.

PayPoint Trading Up 1.4%

The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 776.19 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 698.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.52, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 0.99. The firm has a market cap of £536.36 million, a P/E ratio of 15.38, a P/E/G ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93.

PayPoint (LON:PAY - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, June 12th. The company reported GBX 70.10 ($0.93) EPS for the quarter. PayPoint had a return on equity of 30.78% and a net margin of 11.65%. On average, equities research analysts predict that PayPoint plc will post 56.9500056 EPS for the current fiscal year.

PayPoint Company Profile

PayPoint plc engages in the provision of payments and banking, shopping, and e-commerce services and products in the United Kingdom. The company operates through two segments: PayPoint and Love2shop. The PayPoint segment provides card payment services to retailers, including leased payment devices; EPoS; ATM cash machines; SIM cards sales; receipt advertising; bill payment services and cash top-ups to individual consumers; parcel delivery and collection services; retailer service fees solutions; and digital payment services, as well as cash through to digital services.