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Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) Trading Down 12.9% - Here's Why

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Key Points

  • Ocado Group's shares plummeted 12.9% to GBX 261.40 ($3.55) after closing at GBX 300 ($4.07), with trading volume rising 308% compared to average levels.
  • Analysts from JPMorgan raised the target price for Ocado Group from GBX 400 to GBX 437 and maintained an "overweight" rating, with consensus indicating a "Buy" rating.
  • Ocado Group, which provides online grocery fulfilment solutions, has a market capitalization of £2.18 billion and an exceptionally high PE ratio of 559.73.
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Ocado Group plc (LON:OCDO - Get Free Report) shares traded down 12.9% on Friday . The stock traded as low as GBX 259.30 ($3.53) and last traded at GBX 261.40 ($3.56). 33,147,523 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 308% from the average session volume of 8,128,469 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 300 ($4.08).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Ocado Group from GBX 400 to GBX 437 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 437.

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Ocado Group Stock Performance

The company's fifty day moving average price is GBX 318.87 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 282.97. The company has a market cap of £1.87 billion, a PE ratio of 479.79 and a beta of 1.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 144.16, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 2.82.

Ocado Group Company Profile

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Ocado Group is a UK based technology company that provides end-to-end online grocery fulfilment solutions, known as the Ocado Smart Platform, to some of the world's largest grocery retailers and holds a 50% share of Ocado Retail Ltd in the UK in a Joint Venture with Marks & Spencer. OSP comprises access to Ocado's physical infrastructure solutions, running highly efficient warehouse operations for the single pick of products, together with the entire end-to-end proprietary software applications required to operate a world class online grocery business.

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