Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) Shares Up 13.2% – Still a Buy?

Rockhopper Exploration plc (LON:RKH)’s stock price shot up 13.2% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 35.06 ($0.43) and last traded at GBX 34.40 ($0.43). 9,515,748 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 17% from the average session volume of 8,119,304 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 30.40 ($0.38).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “speculative buy” rating and issued a GBX 37 ($0.46) target price on shares of Rockhopper Exploration in a research report on Thursday, September 26th.

Rockhopper Exploration Trading Up 13.2 %

The stock has a market cap of £219.91 million, a P/E ratio of 1,720.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.20 and a beta of 0.87. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 18.88 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 15.77. The company has a quick ratio of 2.94, a current ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12.

About Rockhopper Exploration

Rockhopper Exploration plc operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company primarily in the United Kingdom. It engages in the exploration, appraisal, and exploitation of its oil and gas acreage primarily in the North Falkland Basin and the Greater Mediterranean region. The company holds 35% working interest in the PL003a, PL003b, PL004a, PL004b, PL004c, PL005, PL032, PL033 production licenses in North Falkland Basin.