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Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

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Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN - Get Free Report) shares passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,055.89 ($14.18) and traded as high as GBX 1,140 ($15.31). Smith & Nephew shares last traded at GBX 1,122.50 ($15.07), with a volume of 1,274,729 shares traded.

Smith & Nephew Trading Down 0.3%

The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 2.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 70.22. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 1,088.48 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 1,055.89. The company has a market cap of £12.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.29, a PEG ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 0.62.

Insider Activity at Smith & Nephew

In other news, insider Jeremy (Jez) Maiden purchased 1,855 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 1st. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 1,070 ($14.37) per share, for a total transaction of £19,848.50 ($26,649.44). 0.19% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Smith & Nephew

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Smith & Nephew plc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells medical devices and services in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through three segments: Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT, and Advanced Wound Management. The company offers knee implant products for knee replacement procedures; hip implants for revision procedures; trauma and extremities products that include internal and external devices used in the stabilization of severe fractures and deformity correction procedures; and other reconstruction products.

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