POET Technologies (CVE:PTK) Trading 18.1% Higher – Should You Buy?

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POET Technologies Inc. (CVE:PTK – Get Free Report) traded up 18.1% during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as C$8.43 and last traded at C$8.24. 322,979 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 128% from the average session volume of 141,842 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$6.98.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Northland Capmk upgraded POET Technologies to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th.

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POET Technologies Trading Up 18.1 %

The stock has a market cap of C$573.50 million, a PE ratio of -11.29 and a beta of 0.48. The business has a 50-day moving average of C$6.08 and a 200 day moving average of C$4.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.63, a quick ratio of 5.08 and a current ratio of 6.71.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director James Lee sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$6.95, for a total value of C$173,712.50. Also, Senior Officer Vivek Rajgarhia sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$7.24, for a total transaction of C$36,219.00. 0.82% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

POET Technologies Company Profile

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POET Technologies Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and sells discrete and integrated opto-electronic solutions in Canada, the United States, Singapore, and China. The company offers integration solutions based on the POET Optical Interposer, a novel platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques.

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