Shares of BT Group plc (LON:BT.A - Get Free Report) traded up 8.4% on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 221.17 ($2.95) and last traded at GBX 216.12 ($2.89). 49,113,328 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 165% from the average session volume of 18,542,895 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 199.40 ($2.66).
BT Group Trading Down 1.7%
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 187.58, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 0.89. The firm has a market capitalization of £20.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,308.89, a P/E/G ratio of 0.38 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 188.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 167.86.
BT Group (LON:BT.A - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 22nd. The communications services company reported GBX 18.80 ($0.25) EPS for the quarter. BT Group had a return on equity of 6.33% and a net margin of 4.11%. On average, research analysts forecast that BT Group plc will post 19.1185956 EPS for the current year.
Insider Activity
In other BT Group news, insider Simon Lowth sold 134,546 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 190 ($2.54), for a total value of £255,637.40 ($341,532.93). 43.86% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
About BT Group
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BT Group is the UK's leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital products, solutions and services. We also provide managed telecommunications, security and network and IT infrastructure services to customers across 180 countries.
BT Group consists of three customer-facing units: Consumer serves individuals and families in the UK; Business* covers companies and public services in the UK and internationally; Openreach is an independently governed, wholly owned subsidiary wholesaling fixed access infrastructure services to its customers - over 650 communication providers across the UK.
British Telecommunications plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group.
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