Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Trading 10% Higher – Still a Buy?

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT) shares traded up 10% during mid-day trading on Saturday . The stock traded as high as GBX 103.10 ($1.33) and last traded at GBX 102.20 ($1.32). 217,104,266 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,552% from the average session volume of 13,141,608 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 92.90 ($1.20).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a report on Friday, December 6th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 235.50 ($3.04).

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.07, a current ratio of 4.45 and a quick ratio of 6.01. The company has a market capitalization of £969.93 million, a PE ratio of -5.50 and a beta of 0.80. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 129.81 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 137.78.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 4th. The company reported GBX (16) (($0.21)) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Oxford Nanopore Technologies had a negative return on equity of 26.02% and a negative net margin of 94.82%.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Company Profile

Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere.