Shares of PayPoint plc (LON:PAY - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 693.26 ($9.39) and traded as high as GBX 815 ($11.03). PayPoint shares last traded at GBX 808.09 ($10.94), with a volume of 312,616 shares trading hands.
PayPoint Stock Down 0.2%
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.52, a current ratio of 0.99 and a quick ratio of 0.65. The stock has a market capitalization of £590.78 million, a PE ratio of 16.94, a PEG ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 706.14 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 691.21.
PayPoint (LON:PAY - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, June 12th. The company reported GBX 70.10 ($0.95) EPS for the quarter. PayPoint had a return on equity of 30.78% and a net margin of 11.65%. As a group, analysts forecast that PayPoint plc will post 56.9500056 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
PayPoint Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 27th were given a GBX 9.70 ($0.13) dividend. This is a boost from PayPoint's previous dividend of $9.60. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 27th. This represents a yield of 1.16%. PayPoint's dividend payout ratio is presently 39.02%.
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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.
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