Gemfields Group (LON:GEM) Share Price Crosses Below 200 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Gemfields Group Limited (LON:GEM) shares passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday. The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 3.74 and traded as low as GBX 3.25. Gemfields Group shares last traded at GBX 3.50, with a volume of 150,256 shares trading hands.

Gemfields Group Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 38.08, a current ratio of 2.37 and a quick ratio of 2.46. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 3.12 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 3.74. The firm has a market cap of £60.35 million, a PE ratio of -0.67 and a beta of 0.20.

Gemfields Group Company Profile

Gemfields is a world-leading miner and marketer of coloured gemstones. Gemfields is the operator and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world’s single largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also holds controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licences in Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar.

Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key component of Gemfields’ business model that has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured gemstone sector.