Genus (LON:GNS) Stock Price Up 19.4% – What’s Next?

Genus plc (LON:GNS)’s share price shot up 19.4% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 1,714 ($20.93) and last traded at GBX 1,700.27 ($20.76). 4,525,729 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 667% from the average session volume of 590,108 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,424 ($17.38).

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Genus in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th.

Genus Trading Up 17.8 %

The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 1,664.98 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 1,783.39. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.10 billion, a PE ratio of 13,982.98, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.54, a current ratio of 1.80 and a quick ratio of 1.08.

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.