Vianet Group plc (LON:VNET) Insider James Dickson Purchases 25,000 Shares

Vianet Group plc (LON:VNET) insider James Dickson purchased 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 30th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 88 ($1.10) per share, with a total value of £22,000 ($27,390.44).

Vianet Group Stock Down 11.5 %

LON VNET traded down GBX 11.70 ($0.15) during trading hours on Thursday, hitting GBX 89.80 ($1.12). The company had a trading volume of 262,027 shares, compared to its average volume of 41,027. Vianet Group plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 81.60 ($1.02) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 140 ($1.74). The company has a market capitalization of £26.44 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,993.33, a P/E/G ratio of 4.65 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.30, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 0.69. The firm’s 50 day moving average is GBX 108.11 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 118.51.

Vianet Group (LON:VNET) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 3rd. The company reported GBX 0.06 ($0.00) earnings per share for the quarter. Vianet Group had a net margin of 5.28% and a return on equity of 3.01%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Vianet Group plc will post 6.199187 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vianet Group Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were issued a GBX 0.30 ($0.00) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 12th. This represents a yield of 0.31%. Vianet Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 3,333.33%.

About Vianet Group

Vianet Group plc provides data services, actionable management information, and business insights in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, and Canada. It operates through two segments: Smart Zones and Smart Machines. The company offers SmartContact, a contactless payment solution; SmartVend, a vending management system; iDraught, a draught beer quality and waste management system; SmartInsight, which provides actionable data and insights through interactive reporting; SmartAcademy which offers a range of e-learning videos and face to face training courses to support the business; and SmartMetrics, a telemetry solution that offers data capture and machine management services.