Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Insider Nick Keher Purchases 136 Shares of Stock

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT) insider Nick Keher purchased 136 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 14th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 110 per share, with a total value of £149.60.

Nick Keher also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, March 12th, Nick Keher acquired 121 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 124 per share, with a total value of £150.04.
• On Thursday, February 12th, Nick Keher acquired 105 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 143 per share, with a total value of £150.15.
• On Wednesday, January 14th, Nick Keher acquired 100 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 150 per share, with a total value of £150.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Stock Performance

LON:ONT opened at GBX 110.10 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.96, a current ratio of 3.56 and a quick ratio of 6.01. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 123.94 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 134.54. The stock has a market cap of £1.07 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.29 and a beta of 0.88. Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has a 1-year low of GBX 104 and a 1-year high of GBX 224.80.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 2nd. The company reported GBX (15.10) earnings per share for the quarter. Oxford Nanopore Technologies had a negative net margin of 64.85% and a negative return on equity of 29.43%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ONT has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 210 to GBX 225 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price objective on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 300 to GBX 225 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 24th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 250 price objective on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Oxford Nanopore Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 218.60.

About Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The Group has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology that is currently used for real-time, high-performance, accessible, and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA. The technology is used in more than 125 countries, to understand the biology of humans, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses and environments as well as to understand diseases such as cancer.