Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Insider Nick Keher Sells 22,993 Shares

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT) insider Nick Keher sold 22,993 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 108, for a total value of £24,832.44.

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

• On Tuesday, April 14th, Nick Keher bought 136 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 110 per share, for a total transaction of £149.60.
• On Thursday, March 12th, Nick Keher bought 121 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 124 per share, for a total transaction of £150.04.
• On Thursday, February 12th, Nick Keher bought 105 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 143 per share, for a total transaction of £150.15.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Price Performance

Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock opened at GBX 116.09 on Thursday. 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 business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 123.16 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 134.41. Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has a 12 month low of GBX 104 and a 12 month high of GBX 224.80. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.12 billion, a PE ratio of -7.69 and a beta of 0.88.

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%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 250 target price on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a GBX 225 price target on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised 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. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Oxford Nanopore Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 218.60.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Company Profile

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.