Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) Trading 13.3% Higher - Still a Buy?

Shares of Ocado Group plc (LON:OCDO - Get Free Report) shot up 13.3% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 284.60 ($3.68) and last traded at GBX 283.10 ($3.66). 12,073,884 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 12% from the average session volume of 13,646,435 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 249.80 ($3.23).

Ocado Group Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of £2.47 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.21 and a beta of 1.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 144.16, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 2.82. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 287.88 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 318.84.

Ocado Group (LON:OCDO - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The company reported GBX (41) (($0.53)) earnings per share for the quarter. Ocado Group had a negative return on equity of 15.18% and a negative net margin of 7.23%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ocado Group

In related news, insider Adam Warby acquired 100,000 shares of Ocado Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 13th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 225 ($2.91) per share, with a total value of £225,000 ($291,224.44). 29.45% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Ocado Group Company Profile

Ocado Group is a UK based technology company that provides end-to-end online grocery fulfilment solutions, known as the Ocado Smart Platform, to some of the world's largest grocery retailers and holds a 50% share of Ocado Retail Ltd in the UK in a Joint Venture with Marks & Spencer. OSP comprises access to Ocado's physical infrastructure solutions, running highly efficient warehouse operations for the single pick of products, together with the entire end-to-end proprietary software applications required to operate a world class online grocery business.