Vianet Group plc (LON:VNET) Insider James Dickson Acquires 25,000 Shares

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 purchased at an average price of GBX 88 ($1.10) per share, with a total value of £22,000 ($27,390.44).

Vianet Group Stock Performance

LON VNET traded down GBX 11.70 ($0.15) on Thursday, hitting GBX 89.80 ($1.12). 262,027 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 41,027. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.30, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 0.69. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 108.11 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 118.51. Vianet Group plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 81.60 ($1.02) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 140 ($1.74). The firm has a market cap of £26.44 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,993.33, a P/E/G ratio of 4.65 and a beta of 1.25.

Vianet Group (LON:VNET) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 3rd. The company reported GBX 0.06 ($0.00) 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 expect that Vianet Group plc will post 6.199187 EPS for the current year.

Vianet Group Cuts Dividend

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

About Vianet Group

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.