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Likewise Group (LON:LIKE) Stock Price Up 11.8% - Still a Buy?

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Likewise Group Plc (LON:LIKE - Get Free Report)'s stock price rose 11.8% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 25 ($0.34) and last traded at GBX 24.15 ($0.33). Approximately 681,466 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 101% from the average daily volume of 339,241 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 21.60 ($0.29).

Likewise Group Stock Up 2.5%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.11, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a current ratio of 1.10. The business's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 19 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 18.48. The company has a market cap of £58.62 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.97 and a beta of 0.85.

Likewise Group (LON:LIKE - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 12th. The company reported GBX 0.30 ($0.00) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Likewise Group had a return on equity of 2.55% and a net margin of 0.70%. Sell-side analysts expect that Likewise Group Plc will post 1.1006289 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Likewise Group news, insider Andrew Simpson sold 1,397,135 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 19 ($0.26), for a total value of £265,455.65 ($357,275.44). Also, insider Anthony J. Brewer sold 1,000,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 17 ($0.23), for a total transaction of £170,000 ($228,802.15). Insiders own 37.49% of the company's stock.

Likewise Group Company Profile

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Likewise is a distributor of Residential and Commercial Flooring to independent retailers and contractors via it's twelve Distribution and Logistics Centres in Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Newbury, Sidcup, Sudbury, Erith, Derby, Newport and Plymouth. With the support of Manufacturing Partners across the Globe, an extensive product offering has been developed and with strong relationships with UK customers, In its formative five year journey, it has established a business with over 7,000 customers and currently employees c.500 employees.

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