Bytes Technology Group (LON:BYIT) Stock Price Up 17.9% on Analyst Upgrade

Bytes Technology Group plc (LON:BYIT) shares rose 17.9% during trading on Tuesday after Berenberg Bank raised their price target on the stock from GBX 640 to GBX 660. Berenberg Bank currently has a buy rating on the stock. Bytes Technology Group traded as high as GBX 503 ($6.54) and last traded at GBX 488.40 ($6.35). Approximately 156,397,625 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 3,624% from the average daily volume of 4,199,771 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 414.40 ($5.39).

Separately, Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of Bytes Technology Group in a report on Tuesday.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Ross Paterson acquired 2,800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 20th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 427 ($5.55) per share, for a total transaction of £11,956 ($15,553.53). 9.51% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Bytes Technology Group Stock Performance

The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 437.91 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 454.81. The stock has a market cap of £1.19 billion, a PE ratio of 22.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.09.

About Bytes Technology Group

With a 40-year track record, Bytes Technology Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of software, security and cloud services. We enable effective and cost-efficient technology sourcing, adoption and management across software, security, hardware and cloud services.

Our strong relationships with many of the world’s largest software companies enable our specialist staff to deliver the latest technology to a diverse and embedded customer base.