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Mears Group (LON:MER) Stock Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

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Mears Group plc (LON:MER - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 378.39 ($5.15) and traded as high as GBX 409 ($5.57). Mears Group shares last traded at GBX 397.50 ($5.41), with a volume of 222,831 shares changing hands.

Mears Group Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 139.90, a current ratio of 0.87 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The stock has a market cap of £346.06 million, a P/E ratio of 8.80, a P/E/G ratio of 0.68 and a beta of 1.26. The company's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 398.70 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 378.39.

Mears Group (LON:MER - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 10th. The company reported GBX 50.27 ($0.68) EPS for the quarter. Mears Group had a net margin of 3.67% and a return on equity of 21.83%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Mears Group plc will post 32.5150732 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Mears Group

In other news, insider Andrew C. M. Smith sold 108,411 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 393 ($5.35), for a total value of £426,055.23 ($579,982.62). Insiders own 2.76% of the company's stock.

Mears Group Company Profile

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Mears Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides various outsourced services to the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom. The company offers rapid-response and planned maintenance services to local authorities; gas and repair services; and maintenance and repairs, capital works, energy investment, and regeneration solutions for public buildings, as well as grounds maintenance services.

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