Genus (LON:GNS) Insider Sells £1,080,576.36 in Stock

Genus plc (LON:GNSGet Free Report) insider Jorgen Kokke sold 50,236 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, September 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,151, for a total value of £1,080,576.36.

Genus Stock Up 0.2%

GNS stock traded up GBX 4 during trading on Wednesday, hitting GBX 2,154. 565,982 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 780,717. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.34, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.90. The company has a current ratio of 2.22, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.02. Genus plc has a 52-week low of GBX 1,943 and a 52-week high of GBX 3,220. The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 2,219.71 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 2,354.38.

Genus (LON:GNSGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The company reported GBX 110.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Genus had a return on equity of 44.90% and a net margin of 43.35%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Genus plc will post 70.9644323 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,350 price objective on shares of Genus in a research report on Thursday, September 10th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 3,216.67.

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Genus Company Profile

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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. The company also sells bull semen and embryos to breed calves with various characteristics for milk and beef production under the ABS, Genus, and Bovec brands.

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