BT Group (LON:BT.A) Share Price Passes Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

BT Group plc (LON:BT.A)’s share price passed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 191.70 and traded as low as GBX 182.33. BT Group shares last traded at GBX 182.80, with a volume of 26,981,561 shares.

BT Group Stock Up 0.2%

The company has a market capitalization of £17.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.08, a P/E/G ratio of 0.38 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 187.58. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 181.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 191.70.

BT Group (LON:BT.A) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The communications services company reported GBX 9.30 EPS for the quarter. BT Group had a return on equity of 6.33% and a net margin of 4.11%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that BT Group plc will post 19.1185956 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Alex Chisholm purchased 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 183 per share, for a total transaction of £18,300. Also, insider Sunil Bharti Mittal purchased 3,317,006 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 5th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 179 per share, for a total transaction of £5,937,440.74. 1.75% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About BT Group

BT Group is the UK’s leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital products, solutions and services. We also provide managed telecommunications, security and network and IT infrastructure services to customers across 180 countries.

BT Group consists of three customer-facing units: Consumer serves individuals and families in the UK; Business* covers companies and public services in the UK and internationally; Openreach is an independently governed, wholly owned subsidiary wholesaling fixed access infrastructure services to its customers – over 650 communication providers across the UK.

British Telecommunications plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group.