Francis Van Parys Buys 133 Shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Stock

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT) insider Francis Van Parys purchased 133 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 113 per share, for a total transaction of £150.29.

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

• On Tuesday, April 14th, Francis Van Parys acquired 136 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 110 per share, with a total value of £149.60.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Stock Up 1.5%

Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock traded up GBX 1.73 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting GBX 119.63. The company had a trading volume of 1,612,676 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,989,578. Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has a 12 month low of GBX 104 and a 12 month high of GBX 224.80. The company has a market capitalization of £1.16 billion, a PE ratio of -7.92 and a beta of 0.87. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 116.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 130.56. The company has a current ratio of 3.56, a quick ratio of 6.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.96.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) last issued its earnings results on Monday, March 2nd. The company reported GBX (15.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Oxford Nanopore Technologies had a negative return on equity of 29.43% and a negative net margin of 64.85%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 210 to GBX 225 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 250 price objective on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 225 target price on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 218.60.

About Oxford Nanopore Technologies

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.