Perpetua Resources (TSE:PPTA) Trading Up 1.8% - Still a Buy?

Perpetua Resources Corp. (TSE:PPTA - Get Free Report)'s share price shot up 1.8% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as C$16.83 and last traded at C$16.54. 207,706 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 47% from the average session volume of 141,603 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$16.25.Get Perpetua Resources alerts:Perpetua Resources Stock Up 1.8%The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.44 and a current ratio of 2.31. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is C$19.29 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$16.95. The company has a market capitalization of C$826.15 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -35.93, a P/E/G ratio of -0.66 and a beta of 1.28. Insider Buying and SellingIn other Perpetua Resources news, Director Michael Stephen Wright sold 6,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$19.25, for a total value of C$125,134.75. Also, Director Chris Dail sold 16,227 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$15.34, for a total value of C$248,958.04. 0.43% of the stock is owned by insiders. About Perpetua Resources (Get Free Report)Perpetua Resources Corp is focused on the exploration, site restoration, and redevelopment of gold-antimony-silver deposits in the Stibnite-Yellow Pine district of central Idaho that are encompassed by the Stibnite Gold Project. The Project is one of the highest-grade, open-pit gold deposits in the United States and is designed to apply a modern, responsible mining approach to restore an abandoned mine site and produce both gold and the only mined source of antimony in the United States.Featured StoriesFive stocks we like better than Perpetua Resources3 Grocery Stocks That Are Proving They Are Still Essential Tesla’s Robotaxi Hype Fuels Bullish Price Targets to $500What is Insider Trading? What You Can Learn from Insider TradingValue vs Growth Ratio Hits Cycle Low—Top Value Picks to BuyUsing the MarketBeat Dividend Yield CalculatorBiotech Catalyst Alert: NKTR, CDTX & WGS Rallying With Big GainsThis instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate reporting. This story was reviewed by MarketBeat's editorial team prior to publication. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.Should You Invest $1,000 in Perpetua Resources Right Now?Before you consider Perpetua Resources, you'll want to hear this.MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. MarketBeat has identified the five stocks that top analysts are quietly whispering to their clients to buy now before the broader market catches on... and Perpetua Resources wasn't on the list.While Perpetua Resources currently has a Buy rating among analysts, top-rated analysts believe these five stocks are better buys.View The Five Stocks Here