Evoke (LON:EVOK) Shares Up 14.5% - Time to Buy?

Evoke plc (LON:EVOK - Get Free Report)'s share price shot up 14.5% on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 48.90 ($0.65) and last traded at GBX 48.90 ($0.65). 42,064,105 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 1,236% from the average session volume of 3,148,381 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 42.70 ($0.57).

Evoke Stock Down 1.6 %

The firm has a market cap of £214.07 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.20 and a beta of 0.84. The company's fifty day moving average is GBX 61.72 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 61.89.

Evoke (LON:EVOK - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX (6.40) (($0.08)) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Evoke had a negative net margin of 8.50% and a negative return on equity of 517.98%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Evoke plc will post 12.7648305 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Jonathan (Jon) Mendelsohn acquired 200,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 31st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 48 ($0.64) per share, with a total value of £96,000 ($127,051.35). Also, insider Andrea Gisle Joosen bought 14,572 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 70 ($0.93) per share, with a total value of £10,200.40 ($13,499.74). 27.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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