Vianet Group plc (LON:VNET) Insider Acquires £22,000 in Stock

Vianet Group plc (LON:VNET) insider James Dickson acquired 25,000 shares of Vianet Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 30th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 88 ($1.09) per share, with a total value of £22,000 ($27,278.36).

Vianet Group Trading Down 0.7 %

Shares of Vianet Group stock opened at GBX 88.35 ($1.10) on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 107.58 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 117.97. The stock has a market cap of £26.01 million, a PE ratio of 2,945.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.65 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a current ratio of 2.35, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.30. Vianet Group plc has a 12-month low of GBX 81.60 ($1.01) and a 12-month high of GBX 140 ($1.74).

Vianet Group (LON:VNET) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 3rd. The company reported GBX 0.06 ($0.00) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Vianet Group had a return on equity of 3.01% and a net margin of 5.28%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Vianet Group plc will post 6.199187 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Vianet Group Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were issued a dividend of GBX 0.30 ($0.00) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 12th. This represents a yield of 0.31%. Vianet Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 3,333.33%.

Vianet Group Company Profile

Vianet Group plc provides data services, actionable management information, and business insights in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, and Canada. It operates through two segments: Smart Zones and Smart Machines. The company offers SmartContact, a contactless payment solution; SmartVend, a vending management system; iDraught, a draught beer quality and waste management system; SmartInsight, which provides actionable data and insights through interactive reporting; SmartAcademy which offers a range of e-learning videos and face to face training courses to support the business; and SmartMetrics, a telemetry solution that offers data capture and machine management services.