Genus (LON:GNS) Stock Price Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Genus plc (LON:GNS) shares passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,818.83 ($23.55) and traded as high as GBX 1,970 ($25.50). Genus shares last traded at GBX 1,952 ($25.27), with a volume of 7,896,197 shares traded.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Genus in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th.

Genus Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £1.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 157.33, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 1,853.39 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 1,820.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.12, a current ratio of 1.80 and a quick ratio of 1.08.

Genus (LON:GNS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 39.80 ($0.52) EPS for the quarter. Genus had a net margin of 1.18% and a return on equity of 1.41%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Genus plc will post 70.9644323 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Genus news, insider Jorgen Kokke sold 19,967 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,731 ($22.41), for a total value of £345,628.77 ($447,473.81). Company insiders own 0.75% of the company’s stock.

About Genus

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.