Spectris plc (LON:SXS - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,697.22 ($34.00) and traded as high as GBX 2,948 ($37.16). Spectris shares last traded at GBX 2,894 ($36.48), with a volume of 168,424 shares trading hands.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Spectris in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of GBX 4,707.50 ($59.33).
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Spectris Trading Down 0.1 %
The company has a current ratio of 2.36, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.37. The stock has a market cap of £2.87 billion, a PE ratio of 10.66, a PEG ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.61. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,767.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 2,698.99.
Spectris (LON:SXS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The company reported GBX 148.10 ($1.87) earnings per share for the quarter. Spectris had a return on equity of 20.13% and a net margin of 20.44%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Spectris plc will post 194.7972456 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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