Currys (LON:CURY) Trading Up 10.5% – Here’s What Happened

Currys plc (LON:CURY) rose 10.5% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 120.70 ($1.56) and last traded at GBX 98.31 ($1.27). Approximately 14,405,310 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 188% from the average daily volume of 5,008,034 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 88.95 ($1.15).

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Shore Capital restated a “not rated” rating on shares of Currys in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Berenberg Bank raised their price objective on Currys from GBX 125 ($1.61) to GBX 175 ($2.26) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday.

Currys Stock Performance

The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 92.45 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 88.18. The company has a market capitalization of £1.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.49 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.83, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio of 0.29.

Insider Buying and Selling at Currys

In related news, insider Octavia Morley bought 35,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 90 ($1.16) per share, for a total transaction of £31,500 ($40,634.67). Company insiders own 10.33% of the company’s stock.

About Currys

Currys plc is a leading omnichannel retailer of technology products and services, operating online and through over 800
stores in 8 countries. We Help Everyone Enjoy Amazing Technology, however they choose to shop with us.

In the UK & Ireland we trade as Currys; in the Nordics under the Elkjøp brand and as Kotsovolos in Greece.