Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Insider Purchases £148.83 in Stock

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT) insider Nick Keher purchased 123 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 14th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 121 per share, for a total transaction of £148.83.

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

• On Friday, June 12th, Nick Keher purchased 121 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 124 per share, for a total transaction of £150.04.
• On Wednesday, May 13th, Nick Keher acquired 134 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 113 per share, with a total value of £151.42.
• On Monday, May 11th, Nick Keher acquired 22,018 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 113 per share, with a total value of £24,880.34.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Stock Up 2.1%

ONT opened at GBX 115.90 on Friday. Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has a 12 month low of GBX 95.61 and a 12 month high of GBX 224.80. 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 stock has a market cap of £1.13 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.68 and a beta of 0.92. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 123.26 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 127.69.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. Citigroup lowered Oxford Nanopore Technologies to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 10th. Berenberg Bank lowered their target price on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 230 to GBX 220 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Peel Hunt restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 153 price target on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research report on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 225 price target on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 212.60.

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.