Ceres Power (LON:CWR) Shares Down 38.5% – Time to Sell?

Ceres Power Holdings plc (LON:CWR) shares fell 38.5% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 68.05 ($0.86) and last traded at GBX 80.55 ($1.02). 8,976,891 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 577% from the average session volume of 1,325,255 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 131 ($1.66).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 650 ($8.21) target price on shares of Ceres Power in a report on Wednesday, January 29th.

Ceres Power Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £152.44 million, a PE ratio of -3.78 and a beta of 1.60. The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 156.02 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 184.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 12.18 and a current ratio of 6.48.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Dame Julia King bought 30,200 shares of Ceres Power stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 28th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 165 ($2.08) per share, with a total value of £49,830 ($62,956.41). Also, insider Stuart Paynter acquired 7,151 shares of Ceres Power stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 29th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 139 ($1.76) per share, for a total transaction of £9,939.89 ($12,558.29). Corporate insiders own 40.29% of the company’s stock.

About Ceres Power

Ceres is a leading developer of clean energy technology: electrolysis for the creation of green hydrogen and fuel
cells for power generation. Its asset-light, licensing model has seen it establish partnerships with some of the world’s largest companies, such as Bosch, Doosan, Delta and Weichai. Ceres’ solid oxide technology supports greater electrification of our energy systems and produces green hydrogen at high-efficiencies as a route to decarbonise emissions-intensive industries such as steelmaking, ammonia and future fuels.