Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) Trading Up 6.6% – Time to Buy?

Tullow Oil plc (LON:TLWGet Free Report) rose 6.6% on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 21.46 ($0.27) and last traded at GBX 21.33 ($0.27). Approximately 5,220,506 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 10% from the average daily volume of 4,726,858 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 20 ($0.25).

Tullow Oil Stock Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of £311.42 million, a P/E ratio of -450.33, a P/E/G ratio of -0.19 and a beta of 2.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 457.18, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.63. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 22.33 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 25.82.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tullow Oil

In other Tullow Oil news, insider Roald Goethe bought 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 24th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 20 ($0.25) per share, for a total transaction of £20,000 ($25,094.10). Insiders own 24.59% of the company’s stock.

Tullow Oil Company Profile

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Tullow Oil plc engages in the oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities primarily in Africa, Europe, and South America. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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