Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSE:BYD) Director Robert Berthold Espey Purchases 200 Shares

Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSE:BYD) Director Robert Berthold Espey bought 200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 26th. The stock was bought at an average cost of C$220.00 per share, for a total transaction of C$44,000.00.

Boyd Group Services Price Performance

BYD stock opened at C$216.39 on Thursday. Boyd Group Services Inc. has a 1 year low of C$198.61 and a 1 year high of C$324.75. The firm has a market capitalization of C$4.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 57.70, a P/E/G ratio of -56.72 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 146.14, a current ratio of 0.61 and a quick ratio of 0.30. The business’s 50-day moving average is C$214.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$229.55.

Boyd Group Services (TSE:BYD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The company reported C$0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$0.66 by C($0.46). Boyd Group Services had a net margin of 1.93% and a return on equity of 7.21%. The firm had revenue of C$1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$1.03 billion. Analysts anticipate that Boyd Group Services Inc. will post 7.1452646 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Boyd Group Services Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 29th. Investors of record on Monday, September 30th were paid a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 27th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.28%. Boyd Group Services’s payout ratio is currently 16.00%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$325.00 to C$300.00 in a report on Friday, August 9th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on Boyd Group Services from C$260.00 to C$250.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price objective on Boyd Group Services from C$306.00 to C$280.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Cormark decreased their target price on Boyd Group Services from C$300.00 to C$255.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 9th. Finally, Raymond James dropped their target price on Boyd Group Services from C$295.00 to C$285.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$277.75.

Boyd Group Services Company Profile

Boyd Group Services Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates non-franchised collision repair centers in North America. The company operates its locations under the Boyd Autobody & Glass and Assured Automotive names in Canada; and Gerber Collision & Glass name in the United States. It also operates as a retail auto glass operator under the Gerber Collision & Glass, Glass America, Auto Glass Service, Auto Glass Authority, and Autoglassonly.com names in the United States.