Tullow Oil plc (LON:TLW - Get Free Report)'s stock price shot up 14.1% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 17.52 ($0.23) and last traded at GBX 17.20 ($0.22). 175,336,875 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,210% from the average session volume of 13,385,377 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 15.07 ($0.19).
A number of analysts have issued reports on TLW shares. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their target price on shares of Tullow Oil from GBX 35 ($0.45) to GBX 25 ($0.32) and set a "speculative buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Shore Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Tullow Oil in a research note on Friday, March 21st.
Get Our Latest Stock Analysis on TLW
The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 17.17 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 20.85. The company has a current ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of -1,776.31. The firm has a market cap of £318.15 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.19 and a beta of 2.08.
Tullow is an independent energy company that is building a better future through responsible oil and gas development in Africa. The Company's operations are focused on its West-African producing assets in Ghana, Gabon and Côte d'Ivoire, alongside a material discovered resource base in Kenya. Tullow is committed to becoming Net Zero on its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and has a Shared Prosperity strategy that delivers lasting socio-economic benefits for its host nations.
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