Plus500 (PLUS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Plus500 Ltd., a fintech company, operates technology-based trading platforms in Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, and internationally. The company develops and operates an online trading platform, including over the counter (OTC) products comprising the contracts for difference (CFDs) sector enabling its international customer base of individual customers to trade CFDs on underlying financial instruments comprising shares, indices, commodities, options, ETFs, foreign exchange, and cryptocurrencies internationally. It also operates Plus500 Invest, a share dealing platform. The company was formerly known as Investsoft Ltd. and changed its name to Plus500 Ltd. in June 2012. Plus500 Ltd. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Haifa, Israel.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 4,128 to 4,948
• 50-Day Range: 4,432 to 5,070
• 52-Week Range: 2,874 to 5,535
• Volume: 958,332 shs
• Average Volume: 1.78 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.91 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.08
• Dividend Yield: 1.41%
• Price Target: GBX 4,083.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Plus500 Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Plus500 scored higher than 45% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Plus500 has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Plus500 is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Plus500 has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Plus500 is 11.08, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.92.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Plus500 is 11.08, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 29.74.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Plus500 has a PEG Ratio of 0.24. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Plus500 has a P/B Ratio of 4.84. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PLUS.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Plus500 pays a meaningful dividend of 1.41%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Plus500 does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Plus500 is 23.61%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.30

News Sentiment

Plus500 has a news sentiment score of 0.30. 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 0.90 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Plus500 this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Plus500 insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

50.81% of the stock of Plus500 is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

50.06% of the stock of Plus500 is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Wholesale
• Current Symbol: LON:PLUS
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.plus500.co.il
• Phone: +972-4-8189503
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,580
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Plus500: GBX 4,083.33
• High Price Target: GBX 5,100
• Low Price Target: GBX 3,400
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 379
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.08
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.81
• P/E Growth: 0.24
• Net Income: £312.07 million
• Net Margins: 35.50%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 47.78%
• Return on Assets: 26.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.94
• Current Ratio: 299.59
• Quick Ratio: 3.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £729.60 million
• Price / Sales: 3.99
• Cash Flow: GBX 2,444.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.72
• Book Value: GBX 867.82 per share
• Price / Book: 4.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 69,347,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.91 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.36