JOY (TSE:JOY) Stock Breaks Above 50 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Shares of JOY Co., Ltd. (TSE:JOY – Get Free Report) crossed above its 50-day moving average during trading on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of C$5.66 and traded as high as C$5.88. JOY shares last traded at C$5.77, with a volume of 278,110 shares traded.

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JOY Stock Up 2.7%

The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is C$5.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$5.28. The company has a current ratio of 0.58, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.34. The company has a market capitalization of C$389.37 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.01 and a beta of 0.98.

JOY (TSE:JOY – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported C$0.26 EPS for the quarter. JOY had a net margin of 15.09% and a return on equity of 7.55%. The firm had revenue of C$55.38 million for the quarter. Sell-side analysts anticipate that JOY Co., Ltd. will post 0.26 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Gerald Gilewicz acquired 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 13th. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$5.64 per share, with a total value of C$169,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 444,875 shares of the company’s stock, valued at C$2,509,095. The trade was a 7.23% increase in their ownership of the stock. 7.64% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About JOY

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Journey is a Canadian exploration and production company focused on oil-weighted operations in Alberta, Canada. Journey’s strategy is to grow its production base by drilling on its existing core lands, implementing secondary and tertiary flood projects on its existing lands, and by executing on accretive acquisitions. The Company continues to shift its focus to the development of its unconventional Duvernay light oil resource play. In addition, Journey is continuing with its plans to grow its power generation business through its projects at Gilby and Mazeppa.

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