Ferrexpo (LON:FXPO) Shares Down 13.3% – Here’s What Happened

Shares of Ferrexpo plc (LON:FXPO) traded down 13.3% during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 61.10 and last traded at GBX 63. 3,313,720 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 95% from the average session volume of 1,697,535 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 72.70.

Key Headlines Impacting Ferrexpo

Here are the key news stories impacting Ferrexpo this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Balance sheet resilience: Ferrexpo reported healthy liquidity and low leverage (current ratio ~2.11, quick ratio ~2.20, debt-to-equity ~0.33), which should help the company absorb a temporary operational shutdown.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market positioning and recent trading: FXPO trades well below its 52-week high and above its 52-week low, with elevated volume versus average; technicals show the 50-day SMA modestly above the 200-day SMA, underscoring short-term volatility rather than a clear long-term trend.
• Negative Sentiment: Operations halted and staff furloughed after power-grid attacks — immediate production disruption and potential revenue loss while outages persist, plus added operational and geopolitical risk for Ukraine-based assets. Miner Ferrexpo halts Ukraine operations, furloughs staff after power grid attacks

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Peel Hunt reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 53 price target on shares of Ferrexpo in a report on Monday, November 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 53.

Ferrexpo Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 2.11, a quick ratio of 2.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 68.72 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 58.32. The stock has a market cap of £377.75 million, a PE ratio of -1.25, a PEG ratio of -0.18 and a beta of 1.26.

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.