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Cranswick (LON:CWK) Shares Cross Above 200-Day Moving Average - Here's Why

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Cranswick plc (LON:CWK - Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 4,820.93 ($59.78) and traded as high as GBX 5,050 ($62.62). Cranswick shares last traded at GBX 5,020 ($62.24), with a volume of 79,325 shares trading hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on CWK shares. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 57 ($0.71) price objective on shares of Cranswick in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Shore Capital restated a "house stock" rating on shares of Cranswick in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st.

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Cranswick Price Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88. The firm's fifty day moving average price is GBX 4,910.26 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 4,828.48. The stock has a market cap of £2.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 2,411.48, a PEG ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.44.

Cranswick (LON:CWK - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 26th. The company reported GBX 132.10 ($1.64) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Cranswick had a net margin of 4.35% and a return on equity of 12.89%. Analysts forecast that Cranswick plc will post 258.5590189 earnings per share for the current year.

Cranswick Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th were issued a dividend of GBX 25 ($0.31) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 12th. This represents a yield of 0.49%. Cranswick's dividend payout ratio is presently 4,306.22%.

About Cranswick

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Cranswick is a leading and innovative British supplier of premium, fresh and added value food products, with revenues in excess of £2.0 billion. We produce and supply premium food to UK grocery retailers, the food service sector and other global food producers. Our core market is the United Kingdom where we provide a range of high quality, predominantly fresh food including Fresh Pork, Poultry, Convenience and Gourmet Products and more recently have further expanded our portfolio by adding high quality pet food.

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