Celia Baxter Buys 1,728 Shares of Genus (LON:GNS) Stock

Genus plc (LON:GNS) insider Celia Baxter purchased 1,728 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 27th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,893 per share, for a total transaction of £49,991.04.

Genus Stock Up 2.6%

Shares of LON GNS opened at GBX 2,915 on Friday. Genus plc has a 12 month low of GBX 1,548 and a 12 month high of GBX 3,220. The company has a current ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.12. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 100.87, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37. The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,845.83 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,649.56.

Genus (LON:GNS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported GBX 60.80 earnings per share for the quarter. Genus had a net margin of 1.18% and a return on equity of 1.41%. Sell-side analysts expect that Genus plc will post 70.9644323 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on GNS. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,350 price objective on shares of Genus in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on Genus from GBX 3,100 to GBX 3,300 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,000 price target on shares of Genus in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target 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.