Rob Harding Purchases 24 Shares of PayPoint (LON:PAY) Stock

PayPoint plc (LON:PAY) insider Rob Harding acquired 24 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 470 per share, for a total transaction of £112.80.

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

• On Monday, December 22nd, Rob Harding bought 27 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 470 per share, for a total transaction of £126.90.
• On Monday, November 24th, Rob Harding bought 26 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 482 per share, with a total value of £125.32.
• On Friday, November 21st, Rob Harding bought 1,924 shares of PayPoint stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 519 per share, with a total value of £9,985.56.
• On Wednesday, October 22nd, Rob Harding purchased 17 shares of PayPoint stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 734 per share, for a total transaction of £124.78.

PayPoint Trading Up 0.2%

LON PAY opened at GBX 472 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 587.48 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 689.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.52, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 0.99. PayPoint plc has a one year low of GBX 438.35 and a one year high of GBX 870. The firm has a market cap of £298.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.62, a PEG ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93.

PayPoint (LON:PAY) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 20th. The company reported GBX 29.25 earnings per share for the quarter. PayPoint had a net margin of 11.65% and a return on equity of 30.78%. Equities research analysts anticipate 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: Senior executive Nick Wiles has been buying stock at ~GBX 470 (multiple small purchases, including 65 and 26-share trades reported 19–22 Dec). These buys signal management confidence and likely contributed to the intraday uptick. Nick Wiles Buys 65 Shares of PayPoint
• Positive Sentiment: Director Rob Harding also acquired small lots at ~GBX 470 across mid/late December (multiple trades of ~24–27 shares and a larger earlier purchase noted historically). Director buying reinforces the same sentiment signal. PayPoint Insider Acquires Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: PayPoint disclosed routine share dealings under its Share Incentive Plan (SIP) for several senior managers — these are standard, planned allocations rather than one-off strategic purchases and are less likely to change fundamentals. PayPoint executives acquire shares under company incentive plan
• Neutral Sentiment: Market write-ups summarizing the insider trades have noted the activity alongside existing analyst coverage and the stock’s technical position (well below 50- and 200‑day moving averages). Coverage can boost short-term flows but the trades are modest vs the company’s market cap. PayPoint Insider Trades Summary

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Panmure Gordon reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,100 price objective on shares of PayPoint in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average 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.