Assura (LON:AGR) Share Price Crosses Above 200-Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

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.

Assura Trading Up 0.3%

The company has a quick ratio of 2.84, a current ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.05. The stock has a market cap of £1.59 billion, a PE ratio of -46.53, a P/E/G ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.37. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 49.70 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 47.49.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Assura

In other Assura news, insider Sam Barrell sold 34,153 shares of Assura stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 48, for a total transaction of £16,393.44. Also, insider Jayne Cottam sold 1,017,587 shares of Assura stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 50, for a total transaction of £508,793.50. In the last three months, insiders have purchased 2,540 shares of company stock worth $125,674 and have sold 5,182,149 shares worth $258,872,495. Insiders own 8.35% of the company's stock.

About Assura

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.