Bridgepoint Group plc to Issue Dividend of GBX 4.60 (LON:BPT)

Bridgepoint Group plc (LON:BPT) declared a dividend on Thursday, March 13th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a dividend of GBX 4.60 ($0.06) per share on Thursday, May 22nd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Bridgepoint Group Stock Performance

LON BPT opened at GBX 251.20 ($3.36) on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day moving average is GBX 319.64 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 337.79. The firm has a market cap of £2.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.72. Bridgepoint Group has a 12-month low of GBX 202.40 ($2.71) and a 12-month high of GBX 410 ($5.49). The company has a quick ratio of 3.60, a current ratio of 4.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.89.

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported GBX 19.50 ($0.26) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Bridgepoint Group had a return on equity of 6.10% and a net margin of 16.74%. Sell-side analysts predict that Bridgepoint Group will post 17.4062165 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Citigroup upgraded shares of Bridgepoint Group to a “buy” rating and set a GBX 410 ($5.49) price target on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 20th.

About Bridgepoint Group

Bridgepoint Group plc is a private equity and private credit firm specializing in middle market, small mid cap, small cap, growth capital, buyouts investments, syndicate debt, infrastructure, direct lending and credit opportunities in private credit investments. It prefers to invest in advanced industrials, automation, agricultural sciences, energy transition enablers, business services, financial services, professional services, testing inspection and certification, information services, consumer, digital brands, video games, wellbeing products, health care, pharma and MedTech outsourced services, pharma products, and MedTech Products sectors.