Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) Trading Up 15.6% – Should You Buy?

Ocado Group plc (LON:OCDO) shot up 15.6% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 293.58 ($3.80) and last traded at GBX 288.70 ($3.74). 384,146,594 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 1,835% from the average session volume of 19,847,646 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 249.80 ($3.23).

Ocado Group Stock Performance

The firm has a market cap of £2.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.21 and a beta of 1.85. The company has a quick ratio of 2.82, a current ratio of 2.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 144.16. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 288.49 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 319.02.

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

Insider Activity at Ocado Group

In related news, insider Adam Warby purchased 100,000 shares of Ocado Group stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 225 ($2.91) per share, with a total value of £225,000 ($291,224.44). Insiders own 29.45% of the company’s stock.

About Ocado Group

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.