Insider Buying: Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT) Insider Acquires 136 Shares of Stock

Posted by James Quigley on Apr 14th, 2026

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (LON:ONT – Get Free Report) insider Nick Keher purchased 136 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 14th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 110 per share, with a total value of £149.60.

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

On Thursday, March 12th, Nick Keher purchased 121 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 124 per share, for a total transaction of £150.04.
On Thursday, February 12th, Nick Keher purchased 105 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 143 per share, for a total transaction of £150.15.
On Wednesday, January 14th, Nick Keher acquired 100 shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 150 per share, for a total transaction of £150.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Trading Up 4.5%

LON ONT traded up GBX 4.70 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 110.10. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,916,681 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,023,564. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.96, a current ratio of 3.56 and a quick ratio of 6.01. Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc has a 52-week low of GBX 104 and a 52-week high of GBX 224.80. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 124.81 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 134.82. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.07 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.29 and a beta of 0.88.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LON:ONT – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 2nd. The company reported GBX (15.10) earnings per share for the quarter. Oxford Nanopore Technologies had a negative return on equity of 29.43% and a negative net margin of 64.85%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on ONT. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 250 target price on shares of Oxford Nanopore Technologies in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. 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 note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on Oxford Nanopore Technologies from GBX 300 to GBX 225 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 24th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 218.60.

Read Our Latest Analysis on ONT

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Company Profile

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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.