Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSE:BYD) Director Robert Berthold Espey Buys 200 Shares

Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSE:BYD) Director Robert Berthold Espey purchased 200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$220.00 per share, with a total value of C$44,000.00.

Boyd Group Services Trading Down 0.5 %

TSE:BYD opened at C$216.06 on Friday. Boyd Group Services Inc. has a 12 month low of C$198.61 and a 12 month high of C$324.75. The firm has a market cap of C$4.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.93, a P/E/G ratio of -56.72 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a quick ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 0.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 146.14. The company’s 50 day moving average is C$214.89 and its 200-day moving average is C$229.37.

Boyd Group Services (TSE:BYD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The company reported C$0.20 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.66 by C($0.46). Boyd Group Services had a net margin of 1.93% and a return on equity of 7.21%. The firm had revenue of C$1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of C$1.03 billion. Equities analysts anticipate that Boyd Group Services Inc. will post 7.1452646 EPS for the current year.

Boyd Group Services Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th were given a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 27th. Boyd Group Services’s dividend payout ratio is 16.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently commented on the stock. Cormark decreased their price target on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$300.00 to C$255.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 9th. Raymond James decreased their price target on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$295.00 to C$285.00 in a report on Thursday, November 7th. TD Securities decreased their price target on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$300.00 to C$270.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. ATB Capital cut their price objective on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$340.00 to C$320.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, CIBC cut their price objective on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$290.00 to C$268.00 in a research report on Friday, August 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$277.75.

Boyd Group Services Company Profile

Boyd Group Services Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates non-franchised collision repair centers in North America. The company operates its locations under the Boyd Autobody & Glass and Assured Automotive names in Canada; and Gerber Collision & Glass name in the United States. It also operates as a retail auto glass operator under the Gerber Collision & Glass, Glass America, Auto Glass Service, Auto Glass Authority, and Autoglassonly.com names in the United States.