Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) Trading Down 5.8% - Should You Sell?

Key Points

• Shares fell 5.8% on Friday, trading as low as GBX 203 and last at GBX 205.10, with volume of about 5.3M shares—roughly 75% below the average session volume of 21.45M.
• Insiders are buying: Jorn Rausing purchased 910,698 shares at GBX 202 on March 11, insiders bought ~911,144 shares in the last three months and now own 36.12% of the company.
• Valuation and recent results: Ocado has a market cap of £1.68bn and a PE of 4.16, with 50‑day/200‑day moving averages at GBX 201.34/218.84, while it reported a quarterly EPS of GBX (44.60) alongside a reported net margin of 29.33% and ROE of 24.47%.

Ocado Group plc (LON:OCDO - Get Free Report)'s stock price fell 5.8% during trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as GBX 203 and last traded at GBX 205.10. 5,296,100 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 75% from the average session volume of 21,453,643 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 217.70.

Ocado Group Stock Down 0.7%

The firm has a market cap of £1.68 billion, a PE ratio of 4.16 and a beta of 2.34. The company has a quick ratio of 2.82, a current ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 131.70. The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 201.34 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 218.84.

Ocado Group (LON:OCDO - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, March 6th. The company reported GBX (44.60) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Ocado Group had a net margin of 29.33% and a return on equity of 24.47%.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Jorn Rausing acquired 910,698 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 202 per share, for a total transaction of £1,839,609.96. In the last three months, insiders bought 911,144 shares of company stock valued at $184,051,104. Company insiders own 36.12% of the company's stock.

Ocado Group Company Profile

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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