Berenberg Bank Reaffirms “Buy” Rating for Genus (LON:GNS)

Genus (LON:GNS)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by research analysts at Berenberg Bank in a note issued to investors on Thursday, MarketBeat.com reports. They presently have a GBX 3,350 target price on the stock. Berenberg Bank’s target price indicates a potential upside of 6.50% from the company’s current price.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of Genus from GBX 3,100 to GBX 3,300 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Shore Capital Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,000 price objective on shares of Genus in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 3,216.67.

Genus Price Performance

Shares of LON GNS opened at GBX 3,145.43 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.12, a current ratio of 1.80 and a quick ratio of 1.08. The company has a market cap of £2.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 108.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 2,697.28 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,586.79. Genus has a 1-year low of GBX 1,548 and a 1-year high of GBX 3,228.80.

Genus Company Profile

Genus plc operates as an animal genetics company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Russia, Africa, and Asia. The company operates through three segments: Genus PIC, Genus ABS, and Genus Research and Development. It sells breeding pigs and semen to breed pigs with various characteristics for pork production under the PIC brand. The company also sells bull semen and embryos to breed calves with various characteristics for milk and beef production under the ABS, Genus, and Bovec brands.