Genus (LON:GNS) Stock Keeps Buy Rating at Berenberg Bank

Genus (LON:GNS)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by stock analysts at Berenberg Bank in a research report issued on Tuesday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 3,350 price objective on the stock. Berenberg Bank’s target price points to a potential upside of 42.07% from the company’s current price.

Genus Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of GNS stock opened at GBX 2,358 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.22, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.02. Genus has a twelve month low of GBX 1,943 and a twelve month high of GBX 3,220. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 2,231.31 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 2,277.62. The stock has a market cap of £1.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.55, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.90.

Genus (LON:GNS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The company reported GBX 110.30 earnings per share for the quarter. Genus had a net margin of 43.35% and a return on equity of 44.90%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Genus will post 70.96 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Jorgen Kokke sold 50,236 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,151, for a total value of £1,080,576.36. Insiders own 0.71% of the company’s stock.

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.