Genus’ (GNS) “Buy” Rating Reiterated at Shore Capital

Genus (LON:GNS)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by stock analysts at Shore Capital in a note issued to investors on Friday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. They presently have a GBX 3,000 price target on the stock. Shore Capital’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 7.30% from the company’s previous close.

GNS has been the topic of a number of other reports. Berenberg Bank raised their target price on shares of Genus from GBX 3,050 to GBX 3,250 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on shares of Genus from GBX 2,900 to GBX 3,100 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 19th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, Genus presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 3,116.67.

Genus Price Performance

Shares of LON:GNS traded up GBX 165.95 on Friday, hitting GBX 2,795.95. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 531,870 shares, compared to its average volume of 340,815. The company has a market capitalization of £1.86 billion, a PE ratio of 96.75, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.12, a current ratio of 1.80 and a quick ratio of 1.08. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 2,538.69 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 2,504.95. Genus has a 1 year low of GBX 1,548 and a 1 year high of GBX 3,228.80.

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. The company also sells bull semen and embryos to breed calves with various characteristics for milk and beef production under the ABS, Genus, and Bovec brands.