Nick Keher Buys 118 Shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Stock

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT) insider Nick Keher acquired 118 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 127 per share, with a total value of £149.86.

Nick Keher also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, November 12th, Nick Keher acquired 104 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 144 per share, with a total value of £149.76.
• On Tuesday, October 14th, Nick Keher bought 100 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 150 per share, for a total transaction of £150.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Trading Down 4.8%

LON ONT opened at GBX 124.40 on Friday. Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has a 52 week low of GBX 88.60 and a 52 week high of GBX 224.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.07, a quick ratio of 6.01 and a current ratio of 4.45. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 136.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 153.99. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.41 and a beta of 0.80.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on ONT shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 190 to GBX 210 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 250 to GBX 280 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, September 8th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 250 target price on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 245.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Company Profile

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.