Benchmark (LON:BMK) Shares Up 17.3% - Here's What Happened

Benchmark Holdings plc (LON:BMK - Get Free Report)'s share price traded up 17.3% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 43.50 ($0.55) and last traded at GBX 41.06 ($0.52). 394,854 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 487% from the average session volume of 67,312 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 35 ($0.44).

Benchmark Stock Performance

The firm has a market cap of £278.90 million, a P/E ratio of -943.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -19.62 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a current ratio of 2.71, a quick ratio of 1.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.32. The business's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 38.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 40.15.

Benchmark Company Profile

Benchmark Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of technical services, products, and specialist knowledge that supports the development of food and farming industries. It operates through Genetics, Advanced Nutrition, and Health segments. The Genetics segment offers sea bass and bream, salmon, and shrimp breeding technologies and production facilities to the harnesses industry to provide various genetic merit ova.