LON:ECKEckoh Share Price, Forecast & News

GBX 56

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(As of 06/1/2020 04:00 PM ET)

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Today's Range

Now: GBX 56▼

50-Day Range

47.50

MA: GBX 52.71▼

60.90

52-Week Range

Now: GBX 56▼

Volume303,090 shs

Average Volume1.20 million shs

Market Capitalization£142.17 million

P/E Ratio46.67

Dividend Yield1.27%

BetaN/A

Eckoh plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides secure payment products and customer contact solutions for customer contact centers in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It offers customer engagement solutions, such as chatbots, hosted and visual interactive voice response, natural language speech recognition, and identification and verification; and Web chat, instant callback, social media agent, co-browsing, smart SMS, and external knowledge base. The company also provides payment card industry (PCI) compliance solutions, such as agent assisted payment solutions to eliminate contact center fraud; IVR payments that enable customers to make multi-channel payments through a secure and automated solution; and Web and mobile payments. In addition, it offers operational solutions, which include third party support; call routing, email management, internal knowledge base, social media monitoring, workflow, and listening solutions; and agent desktop solutions. Further, the company offers speech and support solutions; and cloud-based software solutions. It serves clients in insurance, retail and distribution, financial services, transport and travel, healthcare, and utilities industries. Eckoh plc was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Hemel Hempstead, the United Kingdom.

Beat the Market (BTM) Rank^™

1.5 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Eckoh has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 55, Eckoh has a potential downside of 1.8% from its current price of GBX 56.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Eckoh has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

2.4 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
Eckoh has received 179 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
Eckoh has received 190 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
Eckoh has received 51.49% “underperform” votes from our community.

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Eckoh and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe ECK will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe ECK will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

2.5 Dividend Strength

Dividend Leadership
Eckoh is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 1.27%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.
Dividend Growth
Eckoh does not have a long track record of dividend growth.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Eckoh is 0.83 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

0.0 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Eckoh insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

0.0 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Eckoh are expected to decrease by -100.00% in the coming year, from GBX 110 to GBX 0 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Eckoh is 46.67, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 15.52.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Eckoh is 46.67, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 40.53.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Eckoh has a P/B Ratio of 7.27. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Overall Beat the Market Rank^™

1.28 out of 5 stars

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange LON

Industry Technical & System Software

Sub-IndustryN/A

SectorComputer and Technology

Current SymbolLON:ECK

Previous Symbol

CUSIPN/A

CIKN/A

Webwww.eckoh.com

Phone+44-1442-458300

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio16.04

Current Ratio1.26

Quick Ratio1.24

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio46.67

Forward P/E Ratio0.51

P/E GrowthN/A

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales£33.63 million

Price / Sales4.23

Cash FlowGBX 5.30 per share

Price / Cash Flow10.57

Book ValueGBX 7.70 per share

Price / Book7.27

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A

Net IncomeN/A

Net MarginsN/A

Return on EquityN/A

Return on AssetsN/A

Miscellaneous

Employees300

Outstanding Shares253,868,992

Market Cap£142.17 million

Next Earnings DateN/A

OptionableNot Optionable

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Eckoh (LON:ECK) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Eckoh's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

Eckoh's stock was trading at GBX 53 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ECK stock has increased by 5.7% and is now trading at GBX 56. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Eckoh?

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eckoh in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Eckoh.

How often does Eckoh pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Eckoh?

Eckoh announced a dividend on Wednesday, June 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 26th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.61 per share on Friday, October 25th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 26th. This is a boost from Eckoh's previous dividend of GBX 0.55. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Eckoh's dividend history.

What price target have analysts set for ECK?

1 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Eckoh's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 55 to GBX 55. On average, they expect Eckoh's share price to reach GBX 55 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%. View analysts' price targets for Eckoh.

Has Eckoh been receiving favorable news coverage?

News headlines about ECK stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Eckoh earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutEckoh.

Who are some of Eckoh's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to Eckoh include Absolute Software (ABT), Ideagen (IDEA), SDL (SDL), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Tecsys (TCS), Dotdigital Group (DOTD), Wandisco (WAND), Microgen (MCGN), Covata (CVT), IDOX (IDOX), Oxford Metrics (OMG), Seeing Machines (SEE), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Sanderson Group (SND) and Sopheon (SPE). View all competitors.

What other stocks do shareholders of Eckoh own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Eckoh investors own include ValiRx (VAL), Boohoo Group (BOO), Petrofac (PFC), Falanx Group (FLX), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Cyanconnode (CYAN), IQE (IQE), Solo Oil (SOLO), Hurricane Energy (HUR) and Premier Oil (PMO).

Who are Eckoh's key executives?

Eckoh's management team includes the following people:

Mr. Nicholas Barnaby Philpot, CEO & Director (Age 55)
Ms. Christine Gillian Herbert, CFO, Company Sec. & Director (Age 48)
Mr. Chris Rome, Head of Sales
Mr. Tony Porter, Head of Global Marketing
Mr. Todd Funk, Sr. EVP of US Operations & Pres of Eckoh Customer Contact Solutions

What is Eckoh's stock symbol?

Eckoh trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "ECK."

How do I buy shares of Eckoh?

Shares of ECK and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What is Eckoh's stock price today?

One share of ECK stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 56.

How big of a company is Eckoh?

Eckoh has a market capitalization of £142.17 million and generates £33.63 million in revenue each year. Eckoh employs 300 workers across the globe.

What is Eckoh's official website?

The official website for Eckoh is www.eckoh.com.

How can I contact Eckoh?

Eckoh's mailing address is Telford House, Corner Hall, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3 9HN, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1442-458300.

This page was last updated on 6/1/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff