Oxford Instruments (LON:OXIG) Insider Richard Tyson Acquires 65 Shares of Stock

Oxford Instruments plc (LON:OXIG) insider Richard Tyson purchased 65 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 10th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 2,731 per share, for a total transaction of £1,775.15.

Richard Tyson also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, July 31st, Richard Tyson sold 11,124 shares of Oxford Instruments stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,786, for a total value of £309,914.64.
• On Friday, July 24th, Richard Tyson acquired 3,154 shares of Oxford Instruments stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 3,044 per share, for a total transaction of £96,007.76.

Oxford Instruments Price Performance

Shares of LON OXIG opened at GBX 2,578 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of £1.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.80, a PEG ratio of -3.56 and a beta of 1.09. Oxford Instruments plc has a 52 week low of GBX 1,682 and a 52 week high of GBX 3,318. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 2,839.33 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 2,816.29. The company has a current ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.08.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on OXIG. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on shares of Oxford Instruments from GBX 2,590 to GBX 3,000 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Oxford Instruments from GBX 3,200 to GBX 3,400 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Berenberg Bank boosted their price target on Oxford Instruments from GBX 2,700 to GBX 3,000 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 2,883.33.

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