PayPoint Continues Buyback With Year-End Share Repurchase and Cancellation

Paypoint ( (GB:PAY) ) just unveiled an announcement.

PayPoint plc has continued its share buyback activity, purchasing 4,675 ordinary shares on 31 December 2025 through Investec Bank at prices between 472p and 476p per share, with a volume-weighted average price of 473.9165p. The company plans to cancel the repurchased shares, reducing the number of shares in issue to 62,535,019 and leaving no shares held in treasury, a move that marginally concentrates existing shareholders’ stakes and may support earnings per share over time, while also updating the free float figure used for regulatory disclosure thresholds under the FCA’s transparency rules.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:PAY) stock is a Hold with a £471.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Paypoint stock, see the GB:PAY Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on GB:PAY Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, GB:PAY is a Neutral.

Paypoint’s overall stock score reflects a mixed outlook. The high dividend yield and strategic corporate actions are positive, but financial performance challenges and bearish technical indicators weigh on the score. The company needs to address operational and financial risks to improve its market position.

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More about Paypoint

PayPoint plc is a UK-listed payments and financial services company whose ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange. The group’s business centres on facilitating consumer payments and related services, with its share capital structured into ordinary shares that each carry one voting right at general meetings, providing investors with standard governance participation rights in line with UK market practice.

Average Trading Volume: 305,781

Technical Sentiment Signal: Sell

Current Market Cap: £296.2M

Learn more about PAY stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.