Ferrexpo (LON:FXPO) Trading Down 10.8% – Here’s Why

Ferrexpo plc (LON:FXPO)’s share price traded down 10.8% during trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as GBX 63.40 ($0.82) and last traded at GBX 63.40 ($0.82). 8,048,919 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 31% from the average session volume of 6,153,324 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 71.10 ($0.92).

Ferrexpo Trading Down 10.8 %

The company has a current ratio of 2.11, a quick ratio of 2.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 88.32 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 77.41. The firm has a market cap of £468.83 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.18 and a beta of 1.26.

Ferrexpo (LON:FXPO) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, March 20th. The iron ore producer reported GBX (8.51) (($0.11)) EPS for the quarter. Ferrexpo had a negative net margin of 6.50% and a negative return on equity of 5.13%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Ferrexpo plc will post 3.7897311 EPS for the current year.

Ferrexpo Company Profile

Ferrexpo is a Swiss headquartered iron ore company with assets in Ukraine and a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE 250 index (ticker FXPO). The Group produces high grade iron ore pellets, which are a premium product for the global steel industry and enable reduced carbon emissions and increased productivity for steelmakers when the Group’s iron ore pellets are converted into steel, compared to more commonly traded forms of iron ore.

Ferrexpo’s operations have been supplying the global steel industry for over 50 years, and in 2022 the Group produced 6.1 million tonnes of iron ore pellets, despite the war in Ukraine.