Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) Stock Price Down 5.8% – What’s Next?

Ocado Group plc (LON:OCDO) was down 5.8% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as low as GBX 203 and last traded at GBX 205.10. Approximately 5,296,100 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 75% from the average daily volume of 21,453,643 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 217.70.

Ocado Group Trading Down 0.8%

The firm has a market capitalization of £1.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.15 and a beta of 2.34. The company has a current ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 2.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 131.70. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 200.98 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 218.63.

Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 6th. The company reported GBX (44.60) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Ocado Group had a net margin of 29.33% and a return on equity of 24.47%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Jorn Rausing purchased 910,698 shares of Ocado Group stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 202 per share, for a total transaction of £1,839,609.96. In the last three months, insiders bought 911,144 shares of company stock worth $184,051,104. 36.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Ocado Group

Ocado Group is a UK based technology company that provides end-to-end online grocery fulfilment solutions, known as the Ocado Smart Platform, to some of the world’s largest grocery retailers and holds a 50% share of Ocado Retail Ltd in the UK in a Joint Venture with Marks & Spencer. OSP comprises access to Ocado’s physical infrastructure solutions, running highly efficient warehouse operations for the single pick of products, together with the entire end-to-end proprietary software applications required to operate a world class online grocery business.