Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Reaches New 1-Year High - Time to Buy?

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week high on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 176.50 ($2.37) and last traded at GBX 172.80 ($2.32), with a volume of 382877 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 147.97 ($1.98).

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Stock Up 14.0%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.07, a quick ratio of 6.01 and a current ratio of 4.45. The company has a market capitalization of £1.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.08 and a beta of 0.80. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 131.39 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 124.56.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oxford Nanopore Technologies news, insider Gurdial (Gordon) Sanghera sold 20,188 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 119 ($1.60), for a total transaction of £24,023.72 ($32,224.98). Insiders have bought 332 shares of company stock worth $45,170 over the last ninety days. 32.62% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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