EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) Hits New 12-Month High – Here’s Why

EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during 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 1.3%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.27, a current ratio of 4.24 and a quick ratio of 5.86. The company has a market capitalization of £55.20 million, a PE ratio of 9.88 and a beta of 0.90. The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 184.20 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 162.74.

EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 24.22 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 that occurred on Tuesday, April 28th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 183 per share, for a total transaction of £8,921.25. Also, insider Clive L. Spears bought 4,875 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 purchased a total of 37,134 shares of company stock valued at $6,601,548 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 2.59% of the company’s stock.

EPE Special Opportunities Company Profile

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.