Evoke (LON:EVOK) Trading Up 17.2% - Time to Buy?

Evoke plc (LON:EVOK - Get Free Report)'s share price traded up 17.2% on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 45.90 ($0.60) and last traded at GBX 44.30 ($0.58). 3,500,189 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 35% from the average session volume of 2,588,063 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 37.80 ($0.49).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 140 ($1.83) price objective on shares of Evoke in a research note on Monday, December 16th.

Evoke Stock Up 2.8 %

The firm has a market cap of £213.18 million, a P/E ratio of -1.19 and a beta of 0.84. The stock's 50-day moving average is GBX 62.59 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 62.11.

Evoke (LON:EVOK - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX (6.40) (($0.08)) EPS for the quarter. Evoke had a negative return on equity of 517.98% and a negative net margin of 8.50%. As a group, analysts expect that Evoke plc will post 12.7648305 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Evoke

In related news, insider Jonathan (Jon) Mendelsohn bought 200,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 31st. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 48 ($0.63) per share, with a total value of £96,000 ($125,605.13). Also, insider Andrea Gisle Joosen bought 14,572 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 70 ($0.92) per share, with a total value of £10,200.40 ($13,346.07). 27.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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