James Fisher and Sons (LON:FSJ) Sets New 52-Week High – Should You Buy?

James Fisher and Sons plc (LON:FSJ) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 369 ($4.83) and last traded at GBX 369 ($4.83), with a volume of 116493 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 350 ($4.58).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group downgraded James Fisher and Sons to a “hold” rating and set a GBX 375 ($4.91) target price for the company. in a research report on Thursday, September 12th.

James Fisher and Sons Stock Up 5.4 %

The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 185.01. The company has a market cap of £185.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -371.13 and a beta of 0.64. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 349.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 317.14.

James Fisher and Sons Company Profile

James Fisher and Sons plc operates as an engineering services company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy, Defence, and Maritime Transport. It offers oil and gas solutions, such as decommissioning, digital twin, diving and remotely operated vehicle (ROV), heat suppression, hazardous area design and engineering, lifting and handling, marine, ship-to-ship transfer, and subsea services, as well as artificial lifts, compressors and breathing air systems, diving systems and equipment, offshore monitoring systems, and ROVs.