Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Insider Acquires £150.15 in Stock

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT) insider Nick Keher acquired 105 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 12th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 143 per share, with a total value of £150.15.

Nick Keher also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, January 14th, Nick Keher bought 100 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 150 per share, with a total value of £150.
• On Friday, December 12th, Nick Keher bought 118 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 127 per share, with a total value of £149.86.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of LON ONT opened at GBX 132.21 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 141.59 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 154.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.07, a quick ratio of 6.01 and a current ratio of 4.45. The company has a market capitalization of £1.28 billion, a PE ratio of -8.93 and a beta of 0.80. Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has a 1 year low of GBX 88.60 and a 1 year high of GBX 224.80.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ONT has been the subject of several research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 280 to GBX 300 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 210 to GBX 225 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 250 price target on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 153 price objective on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 233.60.

About Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The Group has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology that is currently used for real-time, high-performance, accessible, and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA. The technology is used in more than 125 countries, to understand the biology of humans, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses and environments as well as to understand diseases such as cancer.