goeasy Ltd. (TSE:GSY) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

goeasy Ltd. (TSE:GSY) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven analysts that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$191.13.

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on goeasy from C$225.00 to C$194.00 in a research note on Monday, November 10th. National Bankshares decreased their price target on goeasy from C$265.00 to C$245.00 in a report on Thursday, November 6th. TD Securities downgraded goeasy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from C$160.00 to C$135.00 in a research report on Monday, January 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price objective on shares of goeasy from C$194.00 to C$156.00 in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Finally, Raymond James Financial cut shares of goeasy from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price objective for the company from C$208.00 to C$153.00 in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd.

goeasy Price Performance

GSY stock opened at C$129.85 on Tuesday. goeasy has a 52 week low of C$117.52 and a 52 week high of C$216.50. The firm has a market capitalization of C$2.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of C$130.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$160.92. The company has a quick ratio of 28.46, a current ratio of 82.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 287.63.

goeasy (TSE:GSY) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported C$4.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. goeasy had a net margin of 19.49% and a return on equity of 25.26%. The firm had revenue of C$440.22 million for the quarter. Analysts anticipate that goeasy will post 20.3207343 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

goeasy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 9th. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were given a $1.46 dividend. This represents a $5.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 24th. goeasy’s dividend payout ratio is 40.48%.

goeasy Company Profile

goeasy Ltd provides financial services to own furniture, electronics, computers, and appliances. It offers merchandise leasing of household furnishings, appliances, and home electronic products to consumers under weekly or monthly leasing agreements. The company also offers unsecured installment loans to consumers. Its reportable business segments include easyhome and easyfinancial, of which it derives maximum revenue from easyfinancial segment.