Genus (LON:GNS) Stock Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Here’s What Happened

Genus plc (LON:GNS)’s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,818.83 ($23.55) and traded as high as GBX 1,970 ($25.50). Genus shares last traded at GBX 1,952 ($25.27), with a volume of 7,896,197 shares.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Genus in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th.

Genus Stock Performance

The stock’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 1,847.11 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 1,818.83. The company has a quick ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.12. The company has a market cap of £1.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 161.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37.

Genus (LON:GNS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 39.80 ($0.52) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Genus had a net margin of 1.18% and a return on equity of 1.41%. As a group, research analysts expect that Genus plc will post 70.9644323 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Genus

In other news, insider Jorgen Kokke sold 19,967 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,731 ($22.41), for a total value of £345,628.77 ($447,473.81). 0.75% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Genus

Genus plc operates as an animal genetics company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Russia, Africa, and Asia. The company operates through three segments: Genus PIC, Genus ABS, and Genus Research and Development. It sells breeding pigs and semen to breed pigs with various characteristics for pork production under the PIC brand.