Eden Research (LON:EDEN) Stock Price Up 2.8% on Insider Buying Activity

Eden Research plc (LON:EDEN) shares rose 2.8% during trading on Tuesday after an insider bought additional shares in the company. The stock traded as high as GBX 4.18 ($0.05) and last traded at GBX 3.70 ($0.05). Approximately 12,234,783 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 664% from the average daily volume of 1,602,016 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 3.60 ($0.04).

Specifically, insider Alexander John Abrey bought 540,540 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 4 ($0.05) per share, for a total transaction of £21,621.60 ($26,919.32).

Eden Research Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of £20.80 million, a PE ratio of -200.00 and a beta of 0.92. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 3.89 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 4.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 3.80 and a quick ratio of 2.42.

About Eden Research

Eden Research is the only UK-listed company focused on biopesticides for sustainable agriculture. It develops and supplies innovative biopesticide products and natural microencapsulation technologies to the global crop protection, animal health and consumer products industries.

Eden’s products are formulated with terpene active ingredients, based on natural plant defence metabolites.