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

Genus plc (LON:GNS - Get Free Report)'s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,841.10 ($25.02) and traded as high as GBX 2,150 ($29.22). Genus shares last traded at GBX 2,130.17 ($28.95), with a volume of 60,056 shares.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital restated a "buy" rating on shares of Genus in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th.

Genus Stock Down 0.7%

The firm has a market cap of £1.43 billion, a PE ratio of 181.42, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.12, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a current ratio of 1.80. The firm's 50-day moving average price is GBX 2,028.92 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 1,843.64.

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.