SDI Group (LON:SDI) Trading Down 9% – Time to Sell?

SDI Group plc (LON:SDI) dropped 9% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as GBX 78 and last traded at GBX 78.30. Approximately 343,740 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 9% from the average daily volume of 315,932 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 86.

SDI Group Trading Down 8.1%

The company has a quick ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 2.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.29. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 76.63 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 85.75. The stock has a market cap of £82.61 million, a P/E ratio of 20.73 and a beta of 1.43.

SDI Group (LON:SDI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported GBX 1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. SDI Group had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 9.52%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that SDI Group plc will post 6.002265 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

SDI Group Company Profile

About SDI Group plc:

SDl Group plc specialises in the acquisition and development of companies that design and manufacture products for use in the lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and the industrial & scientific products markets. SDI’s current portfolio of 14 companies target markets including life sciences, healthcare, astronomy, plastics and packaging, manufacturing, precision optics, measurement instrumentation and art conservation.

SDI’s growth strategy is twofold: 1) through the enhancement of its portfolio companies (organic growth) and, 2) through the identification and acquisition of complementary, niche technology businesses with established reputations in global markets (inorganic growth).