Genus’ (GNS) “Not Rated” Rating Reiterated at Shore Capital

Shore Capital reissued their not rated rating on shares of Genus (LON:GNS) in a research note released on Friday, MarketBeat Ratings reports.

Genus Trading Up 4.5 %

LON:GNS opened at GBX 1,718 ($21.63) on Friday. Genus has a 1-year low of GBX 1,478 ($18.61) and a 1-year high of GBX 2,378 ($29.95). The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 1,955.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 1,837.12. The company has a current ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.54. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14,316.67, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37.

Genus Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 7th will be given a dividend of GBX 21.70 ($0.27) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.21%. This is a positive change from Genus’s previous dividend of $10.30. Genus’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 26,666.67%.

Insider Transactions at Genus

In other news, insider Iain Ferguson acquired 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 5th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,800 ($22.67) per share, for a total transaction of £54,000 ($68,001.51). Also, insider Jorgen Kokke sold 2,186 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 1,956 ($24.63), for a total value of £42,758.16 ($53,844.81). 0.75% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.