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

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

Boyd Group Services Price Performance

BYD stock opened at C$216.39 on Thursday. Boyd Group Services Inc. has a 1 year low of C$198.61 and a 1 year high of C$324.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 146.14, a current ratio of 0.61 and a quick ratio of 0.30. The firm has a market capitalization of C$4.65 billion, a PE ratio of 57.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -56.72 and a beta of 0.99. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of C$214.43 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$229.55.

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

Boyd Group Services Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on BYD shares. CIBC cut their price target on Boyd Group Services from C$290.00 to C$268.00 in a research note on Friday, August 9th. Cormark cut their price objective on Boyd Group Services from C$300.00 to C$255.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 9th. Raymond James decreased their target price on Boyd Group Services from C$295.00 to C$285.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. National Bankshares cut their price target on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$270.00 to C$245.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, ATB Capital decreased their price objective on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$340.00 to C$320.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Boyd Group Services currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus 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.