Key Points
- Insider purchase: Christopher Powles bought 20,832 shares on December 22 at an average price of GBX 52, costing a total of £10,832.64.
- Share context: Octopus Apollo VCT opened at GBX 46.30, trades in a 12‑month range of GBX 39–49, and has a market cap of £497.17m with a P/E of 14.94.
- Financials and strategy: The fund reported a negative EPS (GBX -0.10) and a very large negative net margin (226.25%), and invests primarily via secured loans and equity instruments in small UK unquoted companies with typical debt investments of £1–2m.
Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3 - Get Free Report) insider Christopher Powles acquired 20,832 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 52 per share, for a total transaction of £10,832.64.
Octopus Apollo VCT Stock Performance
LON OAP3 opened at GBX 46.30 on Tuesday. Octopus Apollo VCT has a 12 month low of GBX 39 and a 12 month high of GBX 49. The stock has a market cap of £497.17 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.94 and a beta of -0.09. The company's 50 day moving average is GBX 46.60 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 46.73.
Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3 - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 15th. The company reported GBX (0.10) EPS for the quarter. Octopus Apollo VCT had a negative net margin of 226.25% and a negative return on equity of 1.19%.
Octopus Apollo VCT Company Profile
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Octopus Apollo VCT plc is a venture capital trust specializing in development and expansion investments in smaller unquoted companies. The fund invests in small and medium sized companies in the United Kingdom. It typically invests in companies with debt investment values between £1 million ($1.64 million) and £2 million ($3.29 million). The fund primarily invests in the form of a secured loan using various unquoted investment instruments, including ordinary and preference shares, loan stocks, and convertible securities.
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