Ferrexpo (LON:FXPO) Shares Down 30.4% – Here’s What Happened

Ferrexpo plc (LON:FXPO)’s stock price dropped 30.4% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 67.80 ($0.85) and last traded at GBX 69.10 ($0.87). Approximately 19,404,246 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 417% from the average daily volume of 3,756,417 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 99.30 ($1.25).

Ferrexpo Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of £510.98 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.18 and a beta of 1.26. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 101.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 73.47. The company has a current ratio of 2.11, a quick ratio of 2.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

About Ferrexpo

Ferrexpo is a Swiss headquartered iron ore company with assets in Ukraine and a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE 250 index (ticker FXPO). The Group produces high grade iron ore pellets, which are a premium product for the global steel industry and enable reduced carbon emissions and increased productivity for steelmakers when the Group’s iron ore pellets are converted into steel, compared to more commonly traded forms of iron ore.

Ferrexpo’s operations have been supplying the global steel industry for over 50 years, and in 2022 the Group produced 6.1 million tonnes of iron ore pellets, despite the war in Ukraine.