Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) Trading Up 14.1% Following Insider Buying Activity

Tullow Oil plc (LON:TLW) rose 14.1% during mid-day trading on Thursday after an insider bought additional shares in the company. The company traded as high as GBX 17.52 ($0.23) and last traded at GBX 17.20 ($0.22). Approximately 175,336,875 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 1,210% from the average daily volume of 13,385,377 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 15.07 ($0.20).

Specifically, insider Roald Goethe bought 100,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 26th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 17 ($0.22) per share, with a total value of £17,000 ($22,003.62).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently weighed in on TLW. Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of Tullow Oil in a research note on Friday, March 21st. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their target price on Tullow Oil from GBX 35 ($0.45) to GBX 25 ($0.32) and set a “speculative buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th.

Tullow Oil Trading Up 3.4 %

The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 16.93 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 20.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of -1,776.31, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.63. The stock has a market cap of £318.15 million, a P/E ratio of 20.32, a P/E/G ratio of -0.19 and a beta of 2.08.

About Tullow Oil

Tullow is an independent energy company that is building a better future through responsible oil and gas development in Africa. The Company’s operations are focused on its West-African producing assets in Ghana, Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire, alongside a material discovered resource base in Kenya. Tullow is committed to becoming Net Zero on its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and has a Shared Prosperity strategy that delivers lasting socio-economic benefits for its host nations.