LON:PAY PayPoint (PAY) Share Price, News & Analysis GBX 605.84 -1.95 (-0.32%) As of 05/8/2026 12:44 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock About PayPoint Stock (LON:PAY) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get PayPoint alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range 597.50▼ 61050-Day Range 543▼ 64652-Week Range 438.35▼ 870Volume103,258 shsAverage Volume429,854 shsMarket Capitalization£366.59 millionP/E Ratio23.90Dividend Yield3.27%Price TargetGBX 1,100Consensus RatingBuy Company Overview 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. The segment offers its products under PayPoint One, eMoney, MultiPay, CashOut, and Direct Debits platforms. The Love2shop segment is involved in the provision of shopping vouchers, cards, and e-codes which customers may redeem with participating retailers; and Christmas savings club, to which customers make regular payments throughout the year to help spread the cost of Christmas, before converting to a voucher. It serves consumers, SMEs, and convenience retailers in the commercial, not-for-profit, and public sectors. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, the United Kingdom. Read More PayPoint Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks64th Percentile Overall ScorePAY MarketRank™: PayPoint scored higher than 64% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.5 / 5Analyst RatingBuy Consensus RatingPayPoint has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Upside PotentialPayPoint has a consensus price target of GBX 1,100, representing about 81.6% upside from its current price of GBX 605.84.Amount of Analyst CoveragePayPoint has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.Read more about PayPoint's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.3 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of PayPoint is 23.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.09.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of PayPoint is 23.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 74.42.Price to Earnings Growth RatioPayPoint has a PEG Ratio of 31.13. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioPayPoint has a P/B Ratio of 3.64. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for PAY. Dividend0.8 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend YieldPayPoint pays a meaningful dividend of 3.27%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthPayPoint does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of PayPoint is 166.67%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.Read more about PayPoint's dividend. News and Social Media1.5 / 5News SentimentN/A News SentimentPayPoint has a news sentiment score of -0.54. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for PayPoint this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.Search Interest15 people have searched for PAY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 650% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership2.9 / 5Insider TradingAcquiring Shares Cluster Insider Buying2 insiders have purchased shares of PayPoint in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, PayPoint insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £503.48 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders2.43% of the stock of PayPoint is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions79.15% of the stock of PayPoint is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about PayPoint's insider trading history. Receive PAY Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for PayPoint and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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PAY Stock News HeadlinesPayPoint Largely Fends Off £172m Competition Claim with Minimal Damages AwardMay 7 at 10:11 AM | tipranks.comNationwide 'up to £300' announcement for membersApril 30, 2026 | mirror.co.ukMElon Musk’s $1 Quadrillion AI IPO$1 quadrillion would be enough to send a $2.8 million check to every man, woman, and child in America. That is the scale of what analysts are calling the biggest AI IPO in history.And right now, you can claim a stake before the company goes public, starting with just $500.Elon Musk is predicting this investment could climb 1,000x from here. Early access is available today.May 9 at 1:00 AM | Brownstone Research (Ad)PayPoint (LON:PAY) Insider Buys £120.46 in StockApril 25, 2026 | insidertrades.comPayPoint cancels newly repurchased shares, updates share capitalApril 15, 2026 | tipranks.comPayPoint Director Rosie Shapland Increases Stake with Share PurchaseMarch 31, 2026 | tipranks.comPayPoint Discloses Share Sale by Senior ManagerMarch 31, 2026 | tipranks.comFY26 Update, Business Reorganisation and FY27 OutlookMarch 30, 2026 | finance.yahoo.comSee More Headlines PAY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have PAY shares performed this year? PayPoint's stock was trading at GBX 473.50 at the beginning of the year. Since then, PAY stock has increased by 27.9% and is now trading at GBX 605.84. How were PayPoint's earnings last quarter? PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 20th. The company reported $29.25 EPS for the quarter. PayPoint had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.25% and a net margin of 5.22%. Read the conference call transcript. How do I buy shares of PayPoint? Shares of PAY stock 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 other stocks do shareholders of PayPoint own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that PayPoint investors own include Unilever (ULVR), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Tesco (TSCO), BP (BP), Greencore Group (GNC) and Rio Tinto Group (RIO). Company Calendar Last Earnings11/20/2025Today5/09/2026Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorComputer and Technology Industry Software - Infrastructure Sub-IndustryBusiness Services Current SymbolLON:PAY CIKN/A Webpaypoint.com Phone+44-84-57600633FaxN/AEmployees1,260Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Price Target for PayPointGBX 1,100 High Price TargetGBX 1,100 Low Price TargetGBX 1,100 Potential Upside/Downside+81.6%Consensus RatingBuy Rating Score (0-4)3.00 Research Coverage1 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)GBX 25.35 Trailing P/E Ratio23.90 Forward P/E Ratio10.64 P/E Growth31.13Net Income£35.08 million Net Margins5.22% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity17.25% Return on Assets6.54% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio120.72 Current Ratio1.00 Quick Ratio0.65 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£319.85 million Price / Sales1.15 Cash FlowGBX 6.63 per share Price / Cash Flow91.44 Book ValueGBX 166.30 per share Price / Book3.64Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares60,509,000Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£366.59 million OptionableNot Optionable Beta0.38 The Best Nuclear Energy Stocks to BuyNuclear energy is entering a new growth cycle as rising power demand, expanding data centers, and renewed policy support bring the sector back into focus. 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