Sartorius (OTCMKTS:SARTF) Shares Gap Down – What’s Next?

Sartorius (OTCMKTS:SARTF) gapped down before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $201.69, but opened at $181.58. Sartorius shares last traded at $181.58, with a volume of 175 shares.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Sartorius to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 12th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Sartorius has a consensus rating of “Strong Buy”.

Sartorius Trading Down 10.0%

The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 110.72 and a beta of 1.00. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $189.03 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $193.19.

Sartorius (OTCMKTS:SARTF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The company reported $1.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by ($0.11). The firm had revenue of $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $977.90 million. Sartorius had a return on equity of 7.79% and a net margin of 3.00%.

About Sartorius

Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft provides bioprocess solutions and lab products and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers multi-parallel, benchtop, single-use, stainless steel, cell culture, rocking motion, and microbial bioreactors, and software apps for bioreactors and cell culture shake flask; fermenters; cell culture media products; cellcelector flex, incubator flowbox, nanowell arrays, and capillaries and tips; fluid management products; microbiology products; and Ultrafiltration membrane filters, glass and quartz microfiber filters, clarification, syringeless and in-line filters, lab chromatography, and filters and blotting papers.