PayPoint (LON:PAY) Insider Buys £126.90 in Stock

PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) insider Rob Harding bought 27 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 470 per share, with a total value of £126.90.

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

• On Friday, December 19th, Rob Harding purchased 24 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 470 per share, with a total value of £112.80.
• On Monday, November 24th, Rob Harding purchased 26 shares of PayPoint stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 482 per share, for a total transaction of £125.32.
• On Friday, November 21st, Rob Harding purchased 1,924 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 519 per share, for a total transaction of £9,985.56.
• On Wednesday, October 22nd, Rob Harding acquired 17 shares of PayPoint stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 734 per share, with a total value of £124.78.

PayPoint Stock Performance

PayPoint stock opened at GBX 477.50 on Tuesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 593.20 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 691.48. The company has a quick ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.52. The company has a market cap of £301.63 million, a PE ratio of 18.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93. PayPoint plc has a twelve month low of GBX 438.35 and a twelve month high of GBX 870.

PayPoint (LON:PAY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 20th. The company reported GBX 29.25 EPS for the quarter. PayPoint had a net margin of 11.65% and a return on equity of 30.78%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that PayPoint plc will post 56.9500056 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Trending Headlines about PayPoint

Here are the key news stories impacting PayPoint this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Several senior executives have been buying shares at ~GBX 470: Nick Wiles and Rob Harding made small purchases on Dec 19 and Dec 22 (multiple tranches listed), signaling management confidence at current levels. These follow a larger Harding purchase in November (1,924 shares at GBX 519), which underscores continued insider accumulation. Insider buys and selling 2025-12-23
• Neutral Sentiment: PayPoint has disclosed routine share dealings under its Share Incentive Plan (SIP). These are standard allotments/plan-based purchases by management and are generally neutral for valuation but add to insider ownership. PayPoint executives acquire shares under company incentive plan
• Neutral Sentiment: Context for investors: PayPoint is trading below its 50- and 200-day moving averages (GBX ~593 / 691), has a market cap around £300m and a P/E ~19. Analysts (Panmure Gordon) have reiterated a Buy with a GBX 1,100 target — supportive long-term but not an immediate catalyst. These factors help explain mixed technical and fundamental sentiment.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Panmure Gordon restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,100 price target on shares of PayPoint in a report on Thursday, November 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 1,100.

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.