Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) Trading Up 14.1% After Insider Buying Activity

Tullow Oil plc (LON:TLW)’s share price shot up 14.1% during mid-day trading on Thursday following insider buying activity. The stock traded as high as GBX 17.52 ($0.23) and last traded at GBX 17.20 ($0.22). 175,336,875 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 1,210% from the average session volume of 13,385,377 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 15.07 ($0.20).

Specifically, insider Roald Goethe acquired 100,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 26th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 17 ($0.22) per share, for a total transaction of £17,000 ($22,003.62).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have commented on TLW. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Tullow Oil in a report on Friday, March 21st. Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their target price on Tullow Oil from GBX 35 ($0.45) to GBX 25 ($0.32) and set a “speculative buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 20th.

Tullow Oil Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of £318.15 million, a PE ratio of 20.32, a P/E/G ratio of -0.19 and a beta of 2.08. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 16.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 20.80. The company has a quick ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of -1,776.31.

About Tullow Oil

Tullow is an independent energy company that is building a better future through responsible oil and gas development in Africa. The Company’s operations are focused on its West-African producing assets in Ghana, Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire, alongside a material discovered resource base in Kenya. Tullow is committed to becoming Net Zero on its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and has a Shared Prosperity strategy that delivers lasting socio-economic benefits for its host nations.