James Fisher and Sons (LON:FSJ) Shares Up 1.9% - Time to Buy?

James Fisher and Sons plc (LON:FSJ - Get Free Report) traded up 1.9% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as high as GBX 314 ($4.00) and last traded at GBX 314 ($4.00). 6,553 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 90% from the average session volume of 66,320 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 308 ($3.93).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group downgraded James Fisher and Sons to a "hold" rating and set a GBX 375 ($4.78) price objective on the stock. in a report on Thursday, September 12th.

James Fisher and Sons Trading Up 1.9 %

The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 185.01. The stock's 50 day moving average is GBX 330.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 330.78. The company has a market capitalization of £158.22 million, a PE ratio of -323.71 and a beta of 0.64.

About James Fisher and Sons

James Fisher and Sons plc operates as an engineering services company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy, Defence, and Maritime Transport. It offers oil and gas solutions, such as decommissioning, digital twin, diving and remotely operated vehicle (ROV), heat suppression, hazardous area design and engineering, lifting and handling, marine, ship-to-ship transfer, and subsea services, as well as artificial lifts, compressors and breathing air systems, diving systems and equipment, offshore monitoring systems, and ROVs.