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Evoke (LON:EVOK) Shares Down 10% - Here's Why

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Evoke plc (LON:EVOK - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded down 10% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 50.20 ($0.65) and last traded at GBX 51.73 ($0.67). 65,066,164 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,994% from the average session volume of 3,107,171 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 57.45 ($0.74).

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on EVOK shares. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 140 ($1.81) price objective on shares of Evoke in a report on Monday, December 16th. Berenberg Bank decreased their price target on Evoke from GBX 130 ($1.68) to GBX 90 ($1.16) and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th.

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Evoke Stock Up 3.0 %

The stock has a market capitalization of £218.09 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.22 and a beta of 0.84. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 68.36 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 63.39.

Evoke (LON:EVOK - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results 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, equities research analysts anticipate that Evoke plc will post 12.7648305 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Evoke

In other news, insider Andrea Gisle Joosen acquired 14,572 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 70 ($0.90) per share, for a total transaction of £10,200.40 ($13,187.33). Also, insider Jonathan (Jon) Mendelsohn bought 200,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 31st. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 48 ($0.62) per share, for a total transaction of £96,000 ($124,111.18). Corporate insiders own 27.00% of the company's stock.

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