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EKF Diagnostics (LON:EKF) Stock Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

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Key Points

  • Technical breakout: EKF Diagnostics' share price crossed above its 200-day moving average (GBX 25.32), trading as high as GBX 26.50 and last at GBX 26.30 on a volume of 308,789 shares.
  • Analyst view: Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a Buy rating with a GBX 35 price target, and the consensus analyst rating and average target on MarketBeat are both Buy/GBX 35.
  • Fundamentals: The company has a market cap of £109.78m and a high PE of 54.26, reported Q1 EPS of GBX 0.47 with a net margin of 4.12%, and carries a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.01.
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EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (LON:EKF - Get Free Report)'s stock price crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 25.32 and traded as high as GBX 26.50. EKF Diagnostics shares last traded at GBX 26.30, with a volume of 308,789 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 35 price target on shares of EKF Diagnostics in a report on Wednesday, April 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of GBX 35.

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EKF Diagnostics Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of £109.78 million, a PE ratio of 54.26 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a current ratio of 4.16, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.01. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 24.86 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 25.32.

EKF Diagnostics (LON:EKF - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 24th. The company reported GBX 0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. EKF Diagnostics had a net margin of 4.12% and a return on equity of 3.01%. On average, research analysts predict that EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc will post 2.2987842 earnings per share for the current year.

EKF Diagnostics Company Profile

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EKF is an AIM-listed global diagnostics business focussed on: ● Point-of-Care analysers in the key areas of Hematology and Diabetes ● Life Sciences services provide specialist manufacture of enzymes and custom products for use in diagnostic, food and industrial applications. EKF has headquarters in Penarth (near Cardiff) and operates five manufacturing sites across the US and Germany, selling into over 120 countries world-wide.

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