Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) Trading 15.3% Higher – Time to Buy?

Shares of Tullow Oil plc (LON:TLW) shot up 15.3% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 9.95 and last traded at GBX 9.84. 34,914,574 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 219% from the average session volume of 10,933,178 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 8.53.

More Tullow Oil News

Here are the key news stories impacting Tullow Oil this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: No articles attached — please paste the items you want summarized so I can produce article-specific bullets and links.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market snapshot: shares are trading lower on high volume versus average, the 50-day MA (GBX 7.05) is below current levels while the 200-day MA (GBX 8.72) is near current levels; 52‑week range is GBX 3.51–21.50 and market cap is ~£146m. (This is from your supplied data.)
• Neutral Sentiment: Watch list of news topics that typically move TLW: oil price swings, production / appraisal updates, licence/asset sales, RNS guidance on cash/debt, and any equity or bond financing announcements.
• Negative Sentiment: Trading pattern: the combination of a share-price decline and a large intraday volume spike suggests selling pressure or position adjustments (reaction to news or increased risk aversion). This is likely the main driver of today’s share weakness.
• Negative Sentiment: Fundamentals raising investor caution: negative P/E, very low liquidity ratios (current ratio ~0.70, quick ratio ~0.63), and high leverage metrics imply refinancing, asset-sale or dilution risk — items that often depress sentiment absent reassuring updates from management.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Panmure Gordon dropped their price objective on Tullow Oil from GBX 7.80 to GBX 5.40 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, November 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Tullow Oil has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of GBX 12.85.

Tullow Oil Stock Performance

The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 7.13 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 8.69. The company has a quick ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of -1,776.31. The company has a market capitalization of £146.17 million, a PE ratio of -0.71, a PEG ratio of -0.19 and a beta of 2.08.

About Tullow Oil

Tullow is an independent energy company that is building a better future through responsible oil and gas development in Africa. Tullow’s operations are focused on its core producing assets in Ghana. Tullow is committed to becoming Net Zero on its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, with a Shared Prosperity strategy that delivers lasting socio-economic benefits for its host nations. The Group is quoted on the London and Ghanaian stock exchanges (symbol: TLW).

For further information, please refer to: www.tullowoil.com.