SigmaRoc (LON:SRC) Sets New 1-Year High - Here's What Happened

SigmaRoc plc (LON:SRC - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 92.17 ($1.20) and last traded at GBX 92.17 ($1.20), with a volume of 4361016 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 90.30 ($1.17).

SigmaRoc Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of £1.08 billion, a PE ratio of -4.84 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 92.26, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.08. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 78.34 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 74.93.

SigmaRoc (LON:SRC - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 8.21 ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. SigmaRoc had a negative return on equity of 0.37% and a negative net margin of 0.29%. Sell-side analysts forecast that SigmaRoc plc will post 9.1989319 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider David Barrett acquired 142,000 shares of SigmaRoc stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 6th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 67 ($0.87) per share, for a total transaction of £95,140 ($123,574.49). 21.82% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

SigmaRoc Company Profile

SigmaRoc is an AIM-quoted lime and limestone group targeting quarried materials assets in the UK and Northern Europe. It seeks to create value by purchasing assets in fragmented materials markets and extracting efficiencies through active management and by forming the assets into larger groups. It seeks to de-risk its investments through the selection of projects with strong asset-backing.