Genus (LON:GNS) Reaches New 12-Month High - What's Next?

Key Points

• Genus plc's stock reached a new 52-week high of GBX 2,555 ($33.97) during trading, closing at GBX 2,506.57 ($33.33) with a trading volume of 847 shares.
• Analysts have issued a "buy" rating for Genus, with Shore Capital setting a price target of GBX 2,750 ($36.56) and Deutsche Bank raising their target to GBX 2,550 ($33.91).
• The company operates in animal genetics with a market cap of £1.65 billion and offers products through its three segments: Genus PIC, Genus ABS, and Genus Research and Development.

Genus plc (LON:GNS - Get Free Report)'s stock price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 2,555 ($34.36) and last traded at GBX 2,506.57 ($33.71), with a volume of 847 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,495 ($33.55).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GNS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Shore Capital reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 2,750 ($36.98) price target on shares of Genus in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on Genus from GBX 2,250 ($30.26) to GBX 2,550 ($34.29) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th.

Genus Trading Up 0.4%

The firm's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 2,184.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 1,968.12. The stock has a market cap of £1.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 207.64, 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.

About Genus

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.