Nick Keher Purchases 121 Shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Stock

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT) insider Nick Keher bought 121 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 12th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 124 per share, with a total value of £150.04.

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

• On Thursday, February 12th, Nick Keher purchased 105 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 143 per share, for a total transaction of £150.15.
• On Wednesday, January 14th, Nick Keher acquired 100 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 150 per share, with a total value of £150.
• On Friday, December 12th, Nick Keher acquired 118 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 127 per share, with a total value of £149.86.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Stock Performance

ONT stock traded down GBX 3.70 on Thursday, reaching GBX 117.20. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 312,949 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,150,662. Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has a 52 week low of GBX 96.35 and a 52 week high of GBX 224.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.96, a current ratio of 3.56 and a quick ratio of 6.01. The company has a market capitalization of £1.13 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.92 and a beta of 0.83. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 141.03 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 143.73.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) last announced its earnings results on Monday, March 2nd. The company reported GBX (15.10) earnings per share for the quarter. Oxford Nanopore Technologies had a negative net margin of 64.85% and a negative return on equity of 29.43%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently weighed in on ONT. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 280 to GBX 300 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Peel Hunt reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 153 target price on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 250 price target on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price target on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 210 to GBX 225 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oxford Nanopore Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 233.60.

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. The technology is used in more than 125 countries, to understand the biology of humans, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses and environments as well as to understand diseases such as cancer.