Xaar (LON:XAR) Trading 10.6% Higher Following Insider Buying Activity

Xaar plc (LON:XAR)’s stock price shot up 10.6% during mid-day trading on Monday following insider buying activity. The company traded as high as GBX 115.12 ($1.49) and last traded at GBX 104 ($1.34). 2,788,393 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,387% from the average session volume of 187,455 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 94 ($1.21).

Specifically, insider Jacqueline Sutton bought 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 31st. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 105 ($1.36) per share, for a total transaction of £5,250 ($6,782.95). Also, insider Paul James purchased 14,841 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 25th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 67 ($0.87) per share, for a total transaction of £9,943.47 ($12,846.86).

Xaar Stock Up 10.6 %

The firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 72.53 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 81.20. The company has a market capitalization of £82.33 million, a P/E ratio of -23.66, a PEG ratio of 3.73 and a beta of 1.66. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 2.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.19.

Xaar (LON:XAR) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, March 25th. The company reported GBX 0.70 ($0.01) EPS for the quarter. Xaar had a negative net margin of 5.32% and a negative return on equity of 4.85%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Xaar plc will post 4.968795 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Xaar Company Profile

Xaar plc designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells printheads and associated products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. It operates through four segments: Printhead, Product Print Systems, Digital Imaging, and Ink Supply Systems segments. The company offers print head products; digital imaging solutions, comprising digital inkjet label presses and digital pathology scanners; industrial ink management and supply systems for digital inkjet; electronic products; industrial printing machines; and system components, such as ink system test kit, print manager, hydra ink supply system, midas ink supply system, inkjet development system, head personality card 1000, and 2001+ head personality card.