Key Points
- Genus insider Jorgen Kokke sold 50,236 shares at an average price of GBX 2,151, generating approximately £1.08 million in proceeds.
- Genus shares opened at GBX 2,152, with a £1.43 billion market capitalization and a 52-week trading range of GBX 1,943 to GBX 3,220.
- Analysts remain positive: Berenberg reaffirmed a “Buy” rating with a GBX 3,350 target, while the consensus rating is “Buy” with a GBX 3,216.67 target price.
Genus plc (LON:GNS - Get Free Report) insider Jorgen Kokke sold 50,236 shares of Genus stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,151, for a total value of £1,080,576.36.
Genus Price Performance
GNS stock opened at GBX 2,152 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of £1.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.31, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.90. Genus plc has a twelve month low of GBX 1,943 and a twelve month high of GBX 3,220. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 2,222.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,347.98. The company has a current ratio of 2.22, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.02.
Genus (LON:GNS - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The company reported GBX 110.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Genus had a net margin of 43.35% and a return on equity of 44.90%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Genus plc will post 70.9644323 EPS for the current year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Separately, Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 3,350 price objective on shares of Genus in a research report on Thursday, September 10th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 3,216.67.
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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. The company also sells bull semen and embryos to breed calves with various characteristics for milk and beef production under the ABS, Genus, and Bovec brands.
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