POET Technologies (CVE:PTK) Trading Up 18.1% – Time to Buy?

by · The Markets Daily

POET Technologies Inc. (CVE:PTK – Get Free Report)’s stock price traded up 18.1% during mid-day 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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

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POET Technologies Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.63, a quick ratio of 5.08 and a current ratio of 6.71. The firm has a 50 day moving average of C$6.13 and a 200-day moving average of C$4.84. The stock has a market capitalization of C$573.50 million, a PE ratio of -11.29 and a beta of 0.48.

Insider Transactions at POET Technologies

In other news, Senior Officer Vivek Rajgarhia sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$7.24, for a total value of C$36,219.00. Also, Director James Lee sold 25,000 shares of POET Technologies 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. 0.82% of the stock is owned by 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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