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PAY Paypoint Plc

788.00
-5.00 (-0.63%)
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Paypoint Plc LSE:PAY London Ordinary Share GB00B02QND93 ORD 1/3P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -5.00 -0.63% 788.00 96,930 11:33:36
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
787.00 789.00 794.00 778.00 778.00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Adjustment & Collection Svcs 306.37M 35.69M 0.5038 15.66 561.71M
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
11:33:16 O 134 786.00 GBX

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Posted at 13/6/2025 09:20 by Paypoint Daily Update
Paypoint Plc is listed in the Adjustment & Collection Svcs sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker PAY. The last closing price for Paypoint was 793p.
Paypoint currently has 70,834,160 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Paypoint is £558,881,522.
Paypoint has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 15.66.
This morning PAY shares opened at 778p
Posted at 28/5/2025 15:55 by whites123
PayPoint presents a compelling investment opportunity, with several factors indicating potential for significant share price appreciation following its upcoming earnings report on June 12, 2025.

PayPoint's post-close trading update for FY25 suggests that the company is on track to meet financial expectations, with underlying EBITDA projected around £90 million and net debt below £100 million. The forthcoming earnings release is expected to provide further insights into the company's strategic initiatives and financial objectives through FY28, including details on the next phase of its share buyback program.

Analysts maintain a "Moderate Buy" consensus with an average price target of 928p, indicating a potential upside of over 37% from current levels. Additionally, intrinsic valuation models estimate the stock's fair value at approximately 1,132.58p, suggesting it may be undervalued by around 40%.

An attractive dividend yield of 5.8%, appealing to income-focused investors. The company's consistent dividend payments, supported by strong cash flows, underscore its commitment to returning value to shareholders.

The e-commerce division experienced a 32% revenue increase in Q3 FY25, reflecting successful expansion efforts. Strategic partnerships, such as the collaboration with Lloyds Banking Group, position PayPoint to capitalize on growth in digital payment solutions.

As part of its three-year share buyback initiative, PayPoint repurchased over 2.2 million shares by April 2025, totaling £15.9 million. This program not only signals management's confidence in the company's prospects but also enhances shareholder value through reduced share count.

With solid financial performance, favorable analyst sentiment, a strong dividend yield, and strategic growth initiatives, PayPoint is well-positioned for potential share price appreciation. The upcoming earnings report may serve as a catalyst for revaluation, making it an opportune time to consider a position in the stock.

I consider PAY a strong buy and have bought stock.
Posted at 23/4/2025 07:29 by masurenguy
Trading Update

Further progress for PayPoint Group.

PayPoint issues an unaudited post-close trading update for the FY ended 31 March 2025.

The Group anticipates that it will deliver a financial performance in line with expectations with underlying EBITDA of circa £90m, underlying PBT in line with expectations and year end net debt below £100m. Consistent with the 3 year share buyback programme announced on 1 July 2024, as of market close on 17 April 2025, a total of 2,227,615 shares have been purchased at a total value of £15.9m. PayPoint's preliminary results for the financial year ended 31 March 2025 will be announced on 12 June 2025 along with an update on Group strategy and our financial objectives for the 3 year period to FY28, including confirmation of the next stage of our share buyback programme.
Posted at 29/1/2025 09:42 by davebowler
joe.brent@panmureliberum.com Joe Walker Research Analyst Joe.Walker@panmureliberum.com

Q3 statement guides to trading in line with expectations, with 1.9% net revenue growth. The business is on track for £100m of EBITDA in FY 26, and we maintain our earnings and cash estimates. Looking at the 4 divisions: 1) At Payments and Banking, revenue increased by 0.8% with strength in digital and the contribution from obconnect, and despite weakness in cash payments; 2) At Shopping, the PayPoint network continues to grow, but consumer spending has impacted card volumes; 3) At Parcels there was 32% net revenue growth and there is huge growth potential from the Royal Mail partnership, and Chinese e-tailers and networks; and 4) At Love2shop, the increase in billings is a positive lead indicator. PayPoint’s position on the high street differentiates it in the crowded payment space; a CY 25 P/E of 9.6x and ordinary yield of 5.6% are too cheap. Target price £11
Posted at 11/12/2024 16:06 by masurenguy
Paypoint

PayPoint shares have more than doubled in the past 18 months, touching their highest for nearly five years and stopping just shy of 850p. Since the middle of last month the chart has failed three times to break 850p, often a signal a share is heading downwards, and on Tuesday slipped below 800p. At the least, stale shareholders are exiting. But that may create buying opportunities.

This Spanish-controlled business has several moving parts. It mainly offers payment systems for retailers and government departments such as hospitals and universities, particularly for the unbanked. Its fortunes are therefore strongly linked to consumer and public spending, both of which are expected to be on the up in the next few years. The bill-paying and cash machine operations are in long-term decline in the face of digital payments, but parcels are expanding. Its PayPoint One retail terminal handles sales while checking and managing stock in nearly 30,000 outlets. The chief executive, Nicholas Wiles, admitted last month that consumer confidence and spending was not as strong as he would have liked, but claimed the business was well positioned to deliver further revenue growth in the second half. Meanwhile it generates strong cashflow to invest, buy back shares and grow the dividend.

For the half-year to September 30, net revenue was up from £79.8m to £84.6m. Underlying ebitda was £6.4m higher at £37.5m, and £5.1m of the increase came from higher underlying profitability. Diluted underlying earnings per share rose from 22.1p to 27.4p. Ecommerce business was the main driver, increasing 56.9% to £8m. This month Lloyds Banking Group became PayPoint’s main payments processor for its local cash banking network. Wiles sees that deal as key to the future. Jefferies analysts believe the group can make £91m of earnings before deductions this year and £100m the year after. That would take the price-earnings ratio below ten and underpin the current 2.3% dividend yield. But the share overhang is a short-term concern.

Advice: Hold



NB: Their dividend yield figure is wrong - at todays shareprice of 776.5p the dividend is 5.0%.
Posted at 01/8/2024 14:01 by doom4gloom
Dont get carried away, there will come a time when the directors are satisfied having ramped the share price and buybacks will cease. They will probably realise their profits before the share price begins to slide and then rinse and repeat. Call me cynical if you like but either way this is not a growth stock and the share price will be driven by value alone.

Analysts and commentators typically follow the market not lead it so i pay little attention to what they have to say. There’s some good content in this group which provides far more insight than you get elsewhere.
Posted at 01/8/2024 08:28 by davebowler
Panmure- PayPoint's position on the high street differentiates it in the crowded payment space; a CY 25 P/E of 9.2x and ordinary yield of 5.7% are too cheap PayPoint is differentiated by its position on the high street, where physical cash meets digital, and where physical services are provided, including PayPoint One, Click and Collect, and vouchers. We think PayPoint's network, client relationships and ability to offer a one-stop shop solution for payments give it a unique positioning in the crowded payment space. A CY 25 P/E of 9.2x is attractive given its cash generation and growth opportunities, and the company offers a CY 25 ordinary dividend yield of 5.7%. In the five years to FY 25E, PayPoint will have paid out c. 25% of its market cap in dividends. Using a three stage DCF, we derive a target price of £11.
Posted at 01/8/2024 07:07 by masurenguy
Further good progress but with a prospective PER of circa 10 and a yield of 5.7%, there is still further mileage here in my view. Taking a majority stake in obconnect (see todays RNS) will provide greater integration in open banking, finance, data and confirmation of payee that will further enhance and expand their bill payments facility.

Trading update for the three months ended 30 June 20241

A positive quarter with further progress on building blocks to £100m EBITDA by end of FY26

Nick Wiles, Chief Executive of PayPoint Plc, said:“This has been a busy and productive quarter for the Group in which we have delivered further net revenue growth and established a strong platform for continued progress in the current financial year. The strategic investments we have made in Yodel and obconnect, along with an expanded partnership with Incomm in Love2shop, underpin our confidence in a number of our key new opportunity building blocks, adding further momentum to meeting expectations for the current financial year and achieving our medium-term targets. Consumer behaviour across a number of our businesses has improved over the quarter, though we continue to monitor energy and cash bill payment activity as we head towards the second half of the year. Our expectation remains that the consumer outlook will improve during the course of the year. Our share buyback programme commenced on 1 July 2024, returning at least £20m over the next 12 months, which, combined with our growing dividend, will further enhance shareholder returns. Our core characteristics of strong earnings growth and cash flow generation, along with continued growth across the Group, give the Board confidence in delivering further progress in the current year.”

GROUP AND DIVISIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

*Group net revenue increased by 9.5% to £39.2 million (Q1 FY24: £35.8 million), driven by a strong performance in the quarter by the Shopping, E-commerce and Love2shop divisions.

*Shopping divisional net revenue increased by 3.8% to £16.4 million (Q1 FY24: £15.8 million).

*Retail services net revenue increased by 3.8% to £8.1 million (Q1 FY24: £7.8 million) driven by further PayPoint One/Mini site growth to 19,431 (31 March 2024: 19,297) and the annual RPI service fee increase.

*Card payments net revenue grew by 3.8% to £8.3 million (Q1 FY24: £8.0 million) with further site growth in the EVO estate to 19,755 (31 March 2024: 19,682) and in the Lloyds Cardnet estate to 10,120 (31 March 2024: 10,064). Continued focus on cards pricing governance yielding improved new business and retention margins. Additionally, we continue to see contract length mix shift positively from 1 month to 12 months and time to transact has drastically reduced driven by our welcome call programme and an improved customer onboarding process

*Good progress on PayPoint Engage, our consumer engagement platform for FMCG brands, with further campaigns delivered in the quarter. This includes an Abraxas Marketing award-winning campaign for SPAR during the Euro 2024 campaign, and winning an award at the Independent Agency Awards for our 2023 campaign for Pringles, delivered with our partners, ZEAL Creative.

*E-commerce divisional net revenue increased strongly by 75.0% to £4.2 million (Q1 FY24: £2.4 million)

*Strong transaction growth of 66.7% to 32.0 million parcel transactions (Q1 FY24: 19.2 million) reflecting further volume growth for Vinted and driven by the growing consumer adoption of Out of Home and the strong market positioning of the Collect+ network

*Collect+ network increased to 13,085 sites (31 March 2024: 11,786)
Royal Mail rollout to 5,000 sites now complete as of 31st July 2024

*Payments & Banking divisional net revenue decreased by 1.6% to £12.2 million (Q1 FY24: £12.4 million)

*Continued growth through our MultiPay platform and Open Banking, with underlying net revenue increasing by 14.3% to £1.6 million (Q1 FY24: £1.4 million). Total digital net revenue decreased by 8.8% to £3.1 million (Q1 FY24: £3.4 million), with cash out net revenue decreasing by -22.9% to £1.5 million, with the prior year including the one-off benefit of £0.3m from the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS)

*Further Open Banking progress, including delivering cheque replacement services, leveraging our PayPoint OpenPay service, enabling customers to receive funds directly to their bank account or in cash

*Cash through to digital net revenue increased by 5.9% to £1.8 million in the quarter (Q1 FY24: £1.7 million), with continued growth in neobank deposits processed

*Cash payments net revenue was flat at £7.3 million (Q1 FY24: £7.3 million). Legacy cash energy sector net revenue decreased by 15.6% for the quarter versus Q1 FY24.
Love2shop divisional net revenue increased by 23.1% to £6.4 million (Q1 FY24: £5.2 million)

*Love2shop Business is trading in line with expectations with a continued focus on driving new business wins. Highstreetvouchers.com continues to perform ahead of expectations, driven by the positive changes made in Q4 FY24 to the product mix and focus of the site to drive improved margin and profitability

*Park Christmas Savings – good progress for 2024 savings season, with payment to conversion for new customers +5% vs prior year and an improvement in the number of ‘nil paid’ and ‘off track’ customers, driven by focused saver activity leveraging PayPoint’s PayByLink payment solution

*New redemption partners onboarded in the quarter, including Dobbies Garden Centres, Foyles Bookstores, Blackwells, Frankie & Bennys, Las Iguanas and Wilko

*Growing benefits from corporate API integrations launched into major clients last year, with increased billings and improved customer experience

PROGRESS ON BUILDING BLOCKS DRIVING NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND SUSTAINED GROWTH

Strategic investment in Yodel (Parcels)

As announced on 21 June 2024, PayPoint has made a strategic investment in the Yodel business alongside other strategic partners. This investment is in support of the management team plan to further automate and modernise the Yodel business, including initiatives to further strengthen the partnership between the two businesses and to enable an acceleration of consumer adoption of Out of Home delivery and materially increase parcel volumes through this channel. This partnership will enhance the longer-term growth prospects of Collect+ and underpin the further expansion of the Collect+ network as our parcel volumes continue to grow from the 100 million parcel transactions achieved in FY24 towards our medium-term target of 250 million transactions per annum.

Majority ownership of obconnect (Open Banking and Digital Payments)

In July 2022, PayPoint made a minority investment in obconnect, an early-stage technology platform with the capabilities to provide complete market ecosystems across Open Banking, Finance, Data, Energy, Confirmation of Payee and Enhanced Fraud Data. This investment and partnership with obconnect have enabled PayPoint to leverage this technology platform and range of capabilities, offering Open Banking services to both new and existing clients. At a time when the number of applications for Open Banking is growing rapidly, this technology has been an important addition for PayPoint and its clients. This partnership has delivered on our expectations and the Group has already made strong early progress, with over 25 clients contracted for Open Banking services, including American Express and Citizen’s Advice, along with a growing pipeline of opportunities across new and existing clients. Over the same period, obconnect as a standalone business has made significant progress, securing contracts with a number of banks and building societies, winning industry recognition at the Open Banking Expo Awards and is on track to achieve profitability in H2 2024.

Given this progress, in agreement with the obconnect management team, we have now taken the decision to take a majority position in obconnect. This strategic investment will see PayPoint own 59.3% of the business and is immediately earnings enhancing. It will further leverage their Open Banking technology platform and unlock greater opportunities within both the PayPoint business and obconnect’s new business streams working with a number of key financial institutions and payment organisations. Open Banking is important to the future of the PayPoint business and this investment will enable the Group to consolidate its position further, recognising a modest financial contribution in H2 FY25, and a more meaningful contribution in FY26 and thereafter. The investment is subject to regulatory approval, with completion expected in early October.

Expanded partnership for Love2shop with Incomm Payments

The Group has agreed an important distribution partnership for Love2shop gift cards with Incomm Payments, a global payments technology provider, building on the long-standing relationship between the two companies. The multi-year agreement will enable the distribution of Love2shop gift cards for the first time into new retailer channels, including leading UK grocers and High St stores. This expansion has the potential to deliver a meaningful increase of over £100m in Love2shop billings over the next 5 years, building on our progress in establishing new distribution channels through 2,600 multiple retailer partners over the past year and positioning Love2shop as the leading multi-retailer gift card in the UK market. The new partnership will start for the peak trading season this year, with gift cards available in stores within the InComm Payments retail network beginning in September 2024.

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 JUNE 2024

The Group had net corporate debt of £81.2 million (31 March 2024: £67.5 million), comprising cash balances of £8.5 million (31 March 2024: £26.4 million), less loans and borrowings of £89.7 million (31 March 2024: £93.9 million).

DIVIDEND

The Board have declared an increased final dividend of 19.2p per share, consistent with our dividend policy, vs the final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2023 of 18.6 pence per share. The dividend is payable in equal instalments of 9.6 pence per share on 6 August 2024 and 27 September 2024.

SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAMME

As announced on 1 July 2024, the Group has commenced a three-year share buyback programme, returning at least £20 million to shareholders over the next 12 months, with the potential to increase in years 2 and 3 depending on business performance, market conditions, cash generation and the overall capital needs of the business. Throughout this period, we will continue to increase dividends at a nominal rate and grow our cover ratio from the current 1.5 to 2.0 times earnings range to over 2.0 times earnings by FY27. Combined with the Buyback Programme, this will enhance shareholder returns and ensure the business continues to maintain an efficient capital structure, balancing an appropriate leverage ratio of around 1.0 times net debt/EBITDA with the overall capital needs of the business.
Posted at 06/12/2023 01:13 by stoopid
PAY have lost over 15% of their market value in 3 weeks after a positive trading update. With no news comming in the near future (next update is possibly trading update in March/april) will PAY share price just drift?
Posted at 01/8/2023 09:15 by stevensupertrader
As PAY share price went up, current yield is under 7% - one cannot get it both ways
Posted at 05/7/2023 09:22 by stevensupertrader
2023 not 2022 - Paypoint Internal Auditor didn’t do a proper due diligence on Appreciate otherwise all the relevant certifications and paperworks etc would be available for the External Auditor to see and verify . Likely the takeover of Appreciate was not at ‘Arm’s length’ .
If so this will cause a sharp drop in PAY share price. 😞 😞
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Paypoint Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the current Paypoint share price?
The current share price of Paypoint is 788.00p
How many Paypoint shares are in issue?
Paypoint has 70,834,160 shares in issue
What is the market cap of Paypoint?
The market capitalisation of Paypoint is GBP 561.71M
What is the 1 year trading range for Paypoint share price?
Paypoint has traded in the range of 568.00p to 865.00p during the past year
What is the PE ratio of Paypoint?
The price to earnings ratio of Paypoint is 15.66
What is the cash to sales ratio of Paypoint?
The cash to sales ratio of Paypoint is 1.82
What is the reporting currency for Paypoint?
Paypoint reports financial results in GBP
What is the latest annual turnover for Paypoint?
The latest annual turnover of Paypoint is GBP 306.37M
What is the latest annual profit for Paypoint?
The latest annual profit of Paypoint is GBP 35.69M
What is the registered address of Paypoint?
The registered address for Paypoint is 1 THE BOULEVARD, SHIRE PARK, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL7 1EL
What is the Paypoint website address?
The website address for Paypoint is www.paypoint.com
Which industry sector does Paypoint operate in?
Paypoint operates in the ADJUSTMENT & COLLECTION SVCS sector

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