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

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

Genus Price Performance

Shares of LON GNS opened at GBX 2,115.29 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 2,226.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 2,341.14. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.40 billion, a PE ratio of 29.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.90. Genus plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 1,943 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 3,220. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.02, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a current ratio of 2.22.

Genus (LON:GNS) last announced its quarterly 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 forecast that Genus plc will post 70.9644323 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

About Genus

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.