Insider Buying: Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Insider Buys £149.34 in Stock

Posted by George Bondi on Aug 15th, 2026

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT – Get Free Report) insider Francis Van Parys acquired 114 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 12th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 131 per share, for a total transaction of £149.34.

Francis Van Parys also recently made the following trade(s):

On Tuesday, July 14th, Francis Van Parys bought 124 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 121 per share, for a total transaction of £150.04.
On Friday, June 12th, Francis Van Parys bought 121 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 124 per share, with a total value of £150.04.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of LON ONT opened at GBX 124.37 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of £1.21 billion, a PE ratio of -8.24 and a beta of 0.92. The company has a quick ratio of 6.01, a current ratio of 3.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.96. Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has a 52-week low of GBX 95.61 and a 52-week high of GBX 217.60. The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 118.35 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 123.62.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on ONT shares. Citigroup downgraded Oxford Nanopore Technologies to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 153 target price on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a report on Monday, July 13th. Berenberg Bank reduced their price target on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 230 to GBX 220 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, July 13th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 225 price target on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Oxford Nanopore Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 205.75.

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About Oxford Nanopore Technologies

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Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The Group has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology that is currently used for real-time, high-performance, accessible, and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA. The technology is used in more than 125 countries, to understand the biology of humans, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses and environments as well as to understand diseases such as cancer.