Genus (LON:GNS) Posts Earnings Results

Key Points

• Genus reported quarterly earnings of GBX 81.80 per share, with a return on equity of 1.41% and a net margin of 1.18%.
• The company's shares opened at GBX 2,816.40, with a market capitalization of £1.85 billion and a current ratio of 1.80.
• Recent analyst ratings include a "buy" from Shore Capital with a price target of GBX 2,900, and Deutsche Bank raised their target to GBX 2,550.

Genus (LON:GNS - Get Free Report) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported GBX 81.80 earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Genus had a return on equity of 1.41% and a net margin of 1.18%.

Genus Stock Performance

LON:GNS traded down GBX 15 during trading hours on Monday, reaching GBX 2,670. The company had a trading volume of 80,418 shares, compared to its average volume of 259,989. The firm has a market cap of £1.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -43,064.52, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a current ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.12. The firm's 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,451.67 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 2,086.52. Genus has a 52 week low of GBX 1,424 and a 52 week high of GBX 3,228.80.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Shore Capital restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 2,900 price objective on shares of Genus in a research report on Thursday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on shares of Genus from GBX 2,250 to GBX 2,550 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Genus presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of GBX 2,725.

Genus Company Profile

Genus plc operates as an animal genetics company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Russia, Africa, and Asia. The company operates through three segments: Genus PIC, Genus ABS, and Genus Research and Development. It sells breeding pigs and semen to breed pigs with various characteristics for pork production under the PIC brand.