Genus (LON:GNS) Stock Price Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Here’s Why

Shares of Genus plc (LON:GNS) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,785 ($21.97) and traded as high as GBX 1,810 ($22.28). Genus shares last traded at GBX 1,770 ($21.79), with a volume of 159,291 shares changing hands.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

Genus Stock Performance

The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 1,631.92 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 1,785. 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 company has a market cap of £1.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 14,750.00, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37.

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.