Assura (LON:AGR) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

Key Points

• Assura Plc shares have surpassed their 200-day moving average, reaching a high of GBX 48.18 ($0.65) during trading, with the last trade at GBX 48.01 ($0.65).
• The company's market capitalization stands at £1.56 billion, with a reported negative return on equity of -1.92% and a negative net margin of -18.09%.
• Insider selling activity includes a sale of 1,394,556 shares by Jonathan Murphy for £697,278 ($941,885.72), indicating significant insider movement in the company's stock.

Shares of Assura Plc (LON:AGR - Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 47.25 ($0.64) and traded as high as GBX 48.18 ($0.65). Assura shares last traded at GBX 48.01 ($0.65), with a volume of 52,473,902 shares trading hands.

Assura Trading Up 0.5%

The stock has a market capitalization of £1.56 billion, a PE ratio of -45.89, a PEG ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.37. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 49.80 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 47.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.05, a quick ratio of 2.84 and a current ratio of 0.89.

Assura (LON:AGR - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The real estate investment trust reported GBX 3.50 ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter. Assura had a negative return on equity of 1.92% and a negative net margin of 18.09%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Assura Plc will post 3.5830389 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Assura

In other Assura news, insider Jonathan Murphy sold 1,394,556 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 50 ($0.68), for a total value of £697,278 ($941,885.72). Also, insider Ed Smith sold 116,163 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 49 ($0.66), for a total value of £56,919.87 ($76,887.57). Over the last quarter, insiders have purchased 2,540 shares of company stock valued at $125,674 and have sold 5,147,996 shares valued at $257,233,151. 8.35% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Assura Company Profile

Assura plc is a specialist healthcare property investor and developer. We enable better health outcomes through our portfolio of more than 600 healthcare buildings across the UK and Ireland, from which over six million patients are served. We BUILD for health, having developed over 100 new healthcare buildings in our history, and at the heart of our strategy sits The Bigger Picture; Healthy Environment (E), Healthy Communities (S), Healthy Business (G). Assura plc achieved B Corp certification in July 2024 - the first FTSE 250 business to do so.

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