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Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3) Trading Up 3.2% - Time to Buy?

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Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3 - Get Free Report)'s share price rose 3.2% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 48 ($0.66) and last traded at GBX 48 ($0.66). Approximately 99 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 100% from the average daily volume of 491,413 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 46.50 ($0.64).

Octopus Apollo VCT Stock Performance

The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 46.46 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 46.07. The firm has a market cap of £447.28 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -77.64 and a beta of -0.09.

Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3 - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 22nd. The company reported GBX (0.20) ($0.00) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Octopus Apollo VCT had a negative net margin of 226.25% and a negative return on equity of 1.19%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Octopus Apollo VCT

In other Octopus Apollo VCT news, insider Alex Hambro sold 55,913 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 47 ($0.64), for a total transaction of £26,279.11 ($36,053.11). Also, insider Murray Steele acquired 60,279 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 54 ($0.74) per share, for a total transaction of £32,550.66 ($44,657.24). Insiders own 0.07% of the company's stock.

About Octopus Apollo VCT

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Octopus Apollo VCT plc is a venture capital trust specializing in development and expansion investments in smaller unquoted companies. The fund invests in small and medium sized companies in the United Kingdom. It typically invests in companies with debt investment values between £1 million ($1.64 million) and £2 million ($3.29 million).

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