Genus plc (LON:GNS - Get Free Report) insider Jorgen Kokke sold 19,967 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,731 ($21.77), for a total value of £345,628.77 ($434,643.83).
Genus Trading Up 4.4 %
GNS stock opened at GBX 1,826.16 ($22.96) on Friday. The company's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 1,709.29 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 1,798.05. The company has a quick ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.12. Genus plc has a 52-week low of GBX 1,424 ($17.91) and a 52-week high of GBX 2,155 ($27.10). The firm has a market cap of £1.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 151.37, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37.
Genus (LON:GNS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 39.80 ($0.50) 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, equities analysts forecast that Genus plc will post 70.9644323 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Genus in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th.
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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.
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