EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) Hits New 1-Year High – Here’s What Happened

EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 240 and last traded at GBX 238, with a volume of 74288 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 240.

EPE Special Opportunities Stock Down 0.8%

The company has a quick ratio of 5.86, a current ratio of 4.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.27. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 182.40 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 161.55. The firm has a market capitalization of £58.65 million, a PE ratio of 10.50 and a beta of 0.90.

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

Insider Transactions at EPE Special Opportunities

In other news, insider Michael Gray bought 4,875 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 28th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 183 per share, with a total value of £8,921.25. Also, insider Heather Bestwick bought 4,875 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 28th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 183 per share, with a total value of £8,921.25. Over the last ninety days, insiders acquired 37,134 shares of company stock valued at $6,601,548. Corporate 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.