Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG) Stock Passes Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Oxford Metrics plc (LON:OMG)’s share price crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 64.02 ($0.81) and traded as low as GBX 54 ($0.68). Oxford Metrics shares last traded at GBX 54.76 ($0.69), with a volume of 357,725 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on OMG. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their target price on shares of Oxford Metrics from GBX 105 ($1.32) to GBX 100 ($1.26) and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price target on shares of Oxford Metrics from GBX 105 ($1.32) to GBX 100 ($1.26) and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 5th.

Oxford Metrics Stock Performance

The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 53.51 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 64.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.77, a quick ratio of 6.42 and a current ratio of 7.47. The firm has a market cap of £67.04 million, a P/E ratio of 18.16 and a beta of 0.92.

Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 3rd. The company reported GBX 2.96 ($0.04) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Oxford Metrics had a return on equity of 4.81% and a net margin of 8.23%. On average, research analysts predict that Oxford Metrics plc will post 2.8794949 earnings per share for the current year.

Oxford Metrics Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th will be paid a GBX 3.25 ($0.04) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. This represents a yield of 5.42%. This is a positive change from Oxford Metrics’s previous dividend of $2.75. Oxford Metrics’s payout ratio is presently 101.12%.

About Oxford Metrics

Oxford Metrics is a smart sensing and software company that enables the interface between the real world and its virtual twin. Our smart sensing technology helps over 10,000 customers in more than 70 countries, including all of the world’s top 10 games companies and all of the top 20 universities worldwide.