Ferrexpo (LON:FXPO) Stock Price Up 11% – Should You Buy?

Shares of Ferrexpo plc (LON:FXPO) shot up 11% on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 115 ($1.45) and last traded at GBX 107 ($1.35). 14,132,276 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 299% from the average session volume of 3,544,816 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 96.40 ($1.22).

Ferrexpo Stock Performance

The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 101.44 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 73.17. The stock has a market cap of £725.84 million, a PE ratio of -13.13, a PEG ratio of -0.18 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 2.11 and a quick ratio of 2.20.

Ferrexpo Company Profile

Ferrexpo is a Swiss headquartered iron ore company with assets in Ukraine and a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE 250 index (ticker FXPO). The Group produces high grade iron ore pellets, which are a premium product for the global steel industry and enable reduced carbon emissions and increased productivity for steelmakers when the Group’s iron ore pellets are converted into steel, compared to more commonly traded forms of iron ore.

Ferrexpo’s operations have been supplying the global steel industry for over 50 years, and in 2022 the Group produced 6.1 million tonnes of iron ore pellets, despite the war in Ukraine.