Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) Stock Price Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Serica Energy plc (LON:SQZGet Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 254.37 and traded as high as GBX 265.60. Serica Energy shares last traded at GBX 263.40, with a volume of 993,061 shares.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have issued reports on SQZ. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 310 price target on shares of Serica Energy in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 365 target price on shares of Serica Energy in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 340 target price on shares of Serica Energy in a report on Monday, July 27th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 282.29.

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Serica Energy Trading Up 1.4%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.47, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.42. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 240.29 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 254.37. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.03 billion, a PE ratio of -19.98, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 0.05.

Serica Energy (LON:SQZGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported GBX 2 EPS for the quarter. Serica Energy had a negative return on equity of 0.62% and a negative net margin of 0.27%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Serica Energy plc will post 30.373444 earnings per share for the current year.

Serica Energy Company Profile

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Serica Energy plc, an upstream oil and gas company, identifies, acquires, explores, exploits, and produces oil and gas reserves in the United Kingdom. The company holds 100% interest in the Keith oil field; 98% interest in the Bruce field; and 50% interest in the Rhum gas field located in the Northern North Sea, as well as 18% non-operating interest in the Erskine field located in Central North Sea. It also has 50% interest in the Columbus development; and 20% interest in the Skerryvore and Ruvaal prospects located in Central North Sea, as well as 100% interest in the North and South Eigg exploration prospects located in the Northern North Sea.

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