Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) Stock Price Down 11.7% – Here’s Why

Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRO) shares traded down 11.7% on Saturday . The stock traded as low as GBX 488.80 ($6.32) and last traded at GBX 491.24 ($6.35). 18,429,754 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 92% from the average session volume of 9,600,518 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 556.40 ($7.19).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 850 ($10.99) target price on shares of Melrose Industries in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd.

Melrose Industries Stock Performance

The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 596.44 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 531.51. The company has a market cap of £6.35 billion, a P/E ratio of -166.14, a PEG ratio of 0.48 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.03, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio of 0.45.

Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported GBX 26.80 ($0.35) earnings per share for the quarter. Melrose Industries had a negative return on equity of 1.18% and a negative net margin of 1.13%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Melrose Industries PLC will post 33.9741641 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Melrose Industries Company Profile

Melrose Industries PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides aerospace components and systems to civil and defence markets in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Engines and Structures. The Engines segment offers structural engineered components; parts repair; and commercial and aftermarket contracts to engines original equipment manufacturers.