Forterra (LON:FORT) Shares Pass Below 50-Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

Forterra plc (LON:FORT - Get Free Report) passed below its 50 day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 168.66 ($2.11) and traded as low as GBX 158.40 ($1.98). Forterra shares last traded at GBX 159.40 ($1.99), with a volume of 238,464 shares traded.

Forterra Trading Down 1.1 %

The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 168.66 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 175.20. The firm has a market capitalization of £329.80 million, a P/E ratio of 3,985.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.30 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.10, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 1.79.

About Forterra

Forterra is a leading UK manufacturer of essential clay and concrete building products, with a unique combination of strong market positions in clay bricks, concrete blocks and precast concrete flooring. Our heritage dates back many decades and the durability, longevity and inherent sustainability of our products is evident in the construction of buildings that last for generations; wherever you are in Britain, you won't be far from a building with a Forterra product within its fabric. Our clay brick business combines our extensive secure mineral reserves with modern and efficient high-volume manufacturing processes to produce large quantities of extruded and soft mud bricks, primarily for the new build housing market.