Key Points
- Insider buying: Oxford Nanopore Technologies insider Nick Keher bought 22,018 shares on May 11 for about £24,880 at GBX 113 per share. He had also sold 22,993 shares in April, along with a few smaller purchases earlier this year.
- Stock performance: ONT shares rose 1.6% to GBX 117, leaving the company with a market value of about £1.14 billion. The stock is trading well below its 52-week high of GBX 224.80.
- Analyst outlook: Analysts remain cautiously positive, with four Buy ratings and one Hold rating. The consensus target price is GBX 218.60, above the current share price.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT - Get Free Report) insider Nick Keher acquired 22,018 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 113 per share, for a total transaction of £24,880.34.
Nick Keher also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Tuesday, April 14th, Nick Keher sold 22,993 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 108, for a total transaction of £24,832.44.
- On Tuesday, April 14th, Nick Keher purchased 136 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 110 per share, with a total value of £149.60.
- On Thursday, March 12th, Nick Keher bought 121 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 124 per share, for a total transaction of £150.04.
- On Thursday, February 12th, Nick Keher acquired 105 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 143 per share, with a total value of £150.15.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Trading Up 1.6%
Shares of ONT opened at GBX 117 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of £1.14 billion, a PE ratio of -7.75 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.96, a quick ratio of 6.01 and a current ratio of 3.56. Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 104 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 224.80. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 116.53 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 130.56.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, March 2nd. The company reported GBX (15.10) EPS for the quarter. Oxford Nanopore Technologies had a negative net margin of 64.85% and a negative return on equity of 29.43%.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on ONT shares. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 250 price target on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and set a GBX 225 price objective on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 210 to GBX 225 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Oxford Nanopore Technologies presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 218.60.
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About Oxford Nanopore Technologies
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Oxford Nanopore Technologies' goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The Group has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology that is currently used for real-time, high-performance, accessible, and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA. The technology is used in more than 125 countries, to understand the biology of humans, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses and environments as well as to understand diseases such as cancer.
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