EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) Stock Crosses Above 50 Day Moving Average – Here’s Why

EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) shares passed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 186.84 and traded as high as GBX 228. EPE Special Opportunities shares last traded at GBX 225, with a volume of 282,074 shares changing hands.

EPE Special Opportunities Price Performance

The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 186.84 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 164.46. The firm has a market capitalization of £55.45 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.93 and a beta of 0.90. The company has a current ratio of 4.24, a quick ratio of 5.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.27.

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

Insider Activity

In other news, insider David Robert Pirouet acquired 4,875 shares of EPE Special Opportunities stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 28th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 183 per share, for a total transaction of £8,921.25. Also, insider Heather Bestwick acquired 4,875 shares of EPE Special Opportunities stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 28th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 183 per share, for a total transaction of £8,921.25. Insiders have acquired a total of 37,134 shares of company stock valued at $6,601,548 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 2.59% of the company’s stock.

About EPE Special Opportunities

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.