Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) Stock Price Up 10.8% – Still a Buy?

Smiths Group plc (LON:SMINGet Free Report)’s stock price traded up 10.8% on Saturday . The company traded as high as GBX 2,188 ($26.88) and last traded at GBX 2,066 ($25.38). 5,864,697 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 75% from the average session volume of 3,346,268 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,865 ($22.91).

Smiths Group Price Performance

The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 1,775.44 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 1,728.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.84, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a current ratio of 2.07. The firm has a market cap of £7.09 billion, a PE ratio of 2,869.44, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.66.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Mark Seligman bought 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 13th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 1,726 ($21.21) per share, for a total transaction of £69,040 ($84,826.15). 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Smiths Group Company Profile

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Smiths Group plc operates as an industrial technology company in Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through four businesses: John Crane, Smiths Detection, Flex-Tek, and Smiths Interconnect. The John Crane business offers mechanical seals, seal support systems, power transmission couplings, and specialized filtration systems.

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