Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG) Stock Passes Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Here’s Why

Oxford Metrics plc (LON:OMG)’s share price passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 69.51 ($0.87) and traded as low as GBX 51 ($0.64). Oxford Metrics shares last traded at GBX 51.30 ($0.64), with a volume of 210,697 shares.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on OMG shares. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on shares of Oxford Metrics from GBX 105 ($1.31) to GBX 100 ($1.25) and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price objective on Oxford Metrics from GBX 105 ($1.31) to GBX 100 ($1.25) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 5th.

Oxford Metrics Price Performance

The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 57.03 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 69.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.49, a current ratio of 6.64 and a quick ratio of 6.42. The company has a market capitalization of £68.09 million, a P/E ratio of 1,295.00 and a beta of 0.92.

Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 3rd. The company reported GBX 2.96 ($0.04) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Oxford Metrics had a net margin of 8.23% and a return on equity of 6.42%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Oxford Metrics plc will post 2.8794949 EPS for the current year.

Oxford Metrics Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 12th will be given a GBX 3.25 ($0.04) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 5.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. This is a boost from Oxford Metrics’s previous dividend of $2.75. Oxford Metrics’s payout ratio is presently 7,500.00%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Ian Wilcock purchased 20,000 shares of Oxford Metrics stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 29th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 56 ($0.70) per share, with a total value of £11,200 ($13,984.27). Corporate insiders own 11.47% of the company’s stock.

Oxford Metrics Company Profile

Oxford Metrics is a smart sensing and software company that enables the interface between the real world and its virtual twin. Our smart sensing technology helps over 10,000 customers in more than 70 countries, including all of the world’s top 10 games companies and all of the top 20 universities worldwide.