PayPoint (LON:PAY) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

PayPoint plc (LON:PAY)’s stock price crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 717.49 ($8.83) and traded as high as GBX 777 ($9.56). PayPoint shares last traded at GBX 740 ($9.11), with a volume of 267,946 shares trading hands.

PayPoint Stock Performance

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 firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 795.08 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 718.08. The stock has a market capitalization of £525.11 million, a PE ratio of 1,485.71, a P/E/G ratio of 31.13 and a beta of 0.93.

PayPoint Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 27th will be issued a dividend of GBX 9.70 ($0.12) per share. This is a boost from PayPoint’s previous dividend of $9.60. This represents a dividend yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. PayPoint’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 3,877.55%.

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.