Insider Buying: PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) Insider Purchases 16 Shares of Stock

PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) insider Rob Harding acquired 16 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 20th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 762 ($9.58) per share, for a total transaction of £121.92 ($153.24).

Rob Harding also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, November 22nd, Rob Harding bought 16 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 792 ($9.95) per share, for a total transaction of £126.72 ($159.28).

PayPoint Stock Performance

Shares of LON:PAY traded down GBX 7 ($0.09) on Monday, reaching GBX 755 ($9.49). 1,126,528 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 135,106. The company has a current ratio of 0.99, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.52. PayPoint plc has a twelve month low of GBX 470 ($5.91) and a twelve month high of GBX 865 ($10.87). The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 787.24 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 703.69. The company has a market capitalization of £544.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,540.82, a PEG ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93.

PayPoint Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 27th will be issued a dividend of GBX 9.70 ($0.12) per share. This is a positive change from PayPoint’s previous dividend of $9.60. This represents a dividend yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. PayPoint’s dividend payout ratio is 3,877.55%.

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.