Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG) Stock Price Passes Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

Oxford Metrics plc (LON:OMG) crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 69.51 ($0.86) and traded as low as GBX 51 ($0.63). Oxford Metrics shares last traded at GBX 51.30 ($0.63), with a volume of 210,697 shares traded.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

OMG has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their target price on Oxford Metrics from GBX 105 ($1.30) to GBX 100 ($1.24) and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their price objective on shares of Oxford Metrics from GBX 105 ($1.30) to GBX 100 ($1.24) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 5th.

Oxford Metrics Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.49, a current ratio of 6.64 and a quick ratio of 6.42. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 57.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 69.51. The stock has a market cap of £65.88 million, a PE ratio of 1,252.98 and a beta of 0.92.

Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 3rd. The company reported GBX 2.96 ($0.04) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Oxford Metrics had a net margin of 8.23% and a return on equity of 6.42%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Oxford Metrics plc will post 2.8794949 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oxford Metrics Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th will be issued a dividend of GBX 3.25 ($0.04) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 5.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. This is an increase from Oxford Metrics’s previous dividend of $2.75. Oxford Metrics’s dividend payout ratio is currently 7,500.00%.

Insider Activity at Oxford Metrics

In other news, insider Ian Wilcock bought 20,000 shares of Oxford Metrics stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 29th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 56 ($0.69) per share, for a total transaction of £11,200 ($13,833.99). 11.47% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Oxford Metrics

Oxford Metrics is a smart sensing and software company that enables the interface between the real world and its virtual twin. Our smart sensing technology helps over 10,000 customers in more than 70 countries, including all of the world’s top 10 games companies and all of the top 20 universities worldwide.