PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) Insider Purchases £129.20 in Stock

PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) insider Rob Harding bought 19 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 680 ($8.57) per share, for a total transaction of £129.20 ($162.84).

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

• On Friday, December 20th, Rob Harding purchased 16 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 762 ($9.60) per share, for a total transaction of £121.92 ($153.67).

PayPoint Stock Down 2.6 %

Shares of PAY opened at GBX 645 ($8.13) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.52, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 0.99. The stock has a market capitalization of £461.89 million, a PE ratio of 13.25, a P/E/G ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 708.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 726.06. PayPoint plc has a 1 year low of GBX 470 ($5.92) and a 1 year high of GBX 865 ($10.90).

PayPoint Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 27th will be given a GBX 9.70 ($0.12) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. This is a boost from PayPoint’s previous dividend of $9.60. PayPoint’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 39.02%.

About PayPoint

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.