Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) Trading 13.3% Higher – Still a Buy?

Shares of Ocado Group plc (LON:OCDO) rose 13.3% during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 284.60 ($3.68) and last traded at GBX 283.10 ($3.67). 12,073,884 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 12% from the average daily volume of 13,646,435 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 249.80 ($3.23).

Ocado Group Stock Up 1.3 %

The company has a market cap of £2.47 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.20 and a beta of 1.85. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 288.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 319.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 144.16, a quick ratio of 2.82 and a current ratio of 2.35.

Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The company reported GBX (41) (($0.53)) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Ocado Group had a negative return on equity of 15.18% and a negative net margin of 7.23%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ocado Group

In other Ocado Group news, insider Adam Warby bought 100,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 225 ($2.91) per share, with a total value of £225,000 ($291,299.84). Insiders own 29.45% of the company’s stock.

About Ocado Group

Ocado Group is a UK based technology company that provides end-to-end online grocery fulfilment solutions, known as the Ocado Smart Platform, to some of the world’s largest grocery retailers and holds a 50% share of Ocado Retail Ltd in the UK in a Joint Venture with Marks & Spencer. OSP comprises access to Ocado’s physical infrastructure solutions, running highly efficient warehouse operations for the single pick of products, together with the entire end-to-end proprietary software applications required to operate a world class online grocery business.