Gemfields Group (LON:GEM) Shares Climb 7.7% – Should You Buy?

Gemfields Group Limited (LON:GEM)’s stock price was up 7.7% on Monday. The company traded as high as GBX 4 and last traded at GBX 3.50. 638,308 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 79% from the average session volume of 356,587 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 3.25.

Gemfields Group Stock Up 7.7%

The company has a quick ratio of 2.46, a current ratio of 2.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 38.08. The company has a market capitalization of £60.35 million, a PE ratio of -0.67 and a beta of 0.20. The company’s 50 day moving average is GBX 3.21 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 3.63.

Gemfields Group Company Profile

Gemfields is a world-leading miner and marketer of coloured gemstones. Gemfields is the operator and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world’s single largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also holds controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licences in Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar.

Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key component of Gemfields’ business model that has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured gemstone sector.