Shares of Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN - Get Free Report) crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 1,050.36 ($14.34) and traded as high as GBX 1,113 ($15.20). Smith & Nephew shares last traded at GBX 1,107 ($15.12), with a volume of 701,549 shares trading hands.
Smith & Nephew Trading Up 0.4%
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's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 1,078.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 1,051.34. The stock has a market cap of £12.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 0.62.
Insider Activity
In other news, insider Jeremy (Jez) Maiden purchased 1,855 shares of Smith & Nephew stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 1st. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 1,070 ($14.61) per share, with a total value of £19,848.50 ($27,104.33). Company insiders own 0.19% of the company's stock.
Smith & Nephew Company Profile
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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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