Evoke (LON:EVOK) Shares Up 1.6% Following Insider Buying Activity

Evoke plc (LON:EVOK) shares shot up 1.6% during trading on Friday after an insider bought additional shares in the company. The company traded as high as GBX 52.30 ($0.69) and last traded at GBX 51.40 ($0.68). 1,645,428 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 31% from the average session volume of 2,375,274 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 50.60 ($0.67).

Specifically, insider Sean Wilkins purchased 101,652 shares of Evoke stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 30th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 50 ($0.66) per share, for a total transaction of £50,826 ($67,426.37).

Evoke Price Performance

The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 55.90 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 60.47. The firm has a market capitalization of £229.24 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.28 and a beta of 0.84.

Evoke (LON:EVOK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX (6.40) (($0.08)) EPS for the quarter. Evoke had a negative return on equity of 517.98% and a negative net margin of 8.50%. As a group, research analysts predict that Evoke plc will post 12.7648305 earnings per share for the current year.

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