Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) Shares Up 15.6% – Still a Buy?

Ocado Group plc (LON:OCDO)’s stock price rose 15.6% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 293.58 ($3.78) and last traded at GBX 288.70 ($3.72). Approximately 384,146,594 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 1,835% from the average daily volume of 19,847,646 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 249.80 ($3.22).

Ocado Group Price Performance

The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 289.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 319.36. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.49 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.30 and a beta of 1.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 144.16, a quick ratio of 2.82 and a current ratio of 2.35.

Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The company reported GBX (41) (($0.53)) EPS for the quarter. Ocado Group had a negative return on equity of 15.18% and a negative net margin of 7.23%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ocado Group

In other Ocado Group news, insider Adam Warby acquired 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 225 ($2.90) per share, with a total value of £225,000 ($289,687.14). Company insiders own 29.45% of the company’s stock.

Ocado Group Company Profile

Ocado Group is a UK based technology company that provides end-to-end online grocery fulfilment solutions, known as the Ocado Smart Platform, to some of the world’s largest grocery retailers and holds a 50% share of Ocado Retail Ltd in the UK in a Joint Venture with Marks & Spencer. OSP comprises access to Ocado’s physical infrastructure solutions, running highly efficient warehouse operations for the single pick of products, together with the entire end-to-end proprietary software applications required to operate a world class online grocery business.