EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) Sets New 12-Month High – Still a Buy?

EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 188 and last traded at GBX 188, with a volume of 10063 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 180.

EPE Special Opportunities Trading Up 4.4%

The company has a current ratio of 4.24, a quick ratio of 5.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.27. The firm has a market cap of £46.33 million, a P/E ratio of 8.29 and a beta of 0.90. The business’s 50-day moving average is GBX 174.22 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 155.25.

EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 24.22 EPS for the quarter. EPE Special Opportunities had a negative net margin of 10.57% and a negative return on equity of 0.41%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Clive L. Spears bought 5,968 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 8th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 176 per share, for a total transaction of £10,503.68. Also, insider David Robert Pirouet bought 5,968 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 8th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 168 per share, with a total value of £10,026.24. In the last 90 days, insiders bought 17,634 shares of company stock worth $3,033,048. Insiders own 2.59% of the company’s stock.

EPE Special Opportunities Company Profile

EPE Special Opportunities plc specializes in middle market, growth capital, distressed, pre-IPO, special situations, turnaround, PIPES, and buyouts. It also does secondary direct and secondary indirect investing. The fund typically invests in consumer and retail, financial services, manufacturing, media and support services sectors including education, healthcare and social housing. It prefers to invest in United Kingdom. It seeks to invest between $2 million and $30 million in small and medium enterprises.