PZ Cussons plc (LON:PZC - Get Free Report) crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 96.23 ($1.21) and traded as low as GBX 84.60 ($1.07). PZ Cussons shares last traded at GBX 86.80 ($1.10), with a volume of 656,261 shares trading hands.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 120 ($1.51) target price on shares of PZ Cussons in a research note on Friday, November 22nd.
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PZ Cussons Stock Performance
The firm has a market cap of £357.82 million, a PE ratio of -609.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 0.26. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 84.38 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 96.23. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.98.
PZ Cussons Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 31st were paid a GBX 2.10 ($0.03) dividend. This is a boost from PZ Cussons's previous dividend of $1.50. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 2.03%. PZ Cussons's dividend payout ratio is -2,857.14%.
Insider Activity
In other news, insider Jonathan Myers sold 69,429 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 90 ($1.14), for a total value of £62,486.10 ($78,866.72). Corporate insiders own 43.74% of the company's stock.
About PZ Cussons
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PZ Cussons plc manufactures, distributes, markets, and sells baby, beauty, and hygiene products in Europe, the Americas, the Asia Pacific, and Africa. The company offers toiletries, pharmaceuticals, electrical goods, edible oils, fats and spreads, nutritional products, shampoos, body washes, toothpastes, toothbrushes, skin and hair care products, food pouches, cereals, snacks, flavors, and fragrances; beauty soaps, lotions, wipes, creams, shower gels, foam-bursts, bar soaps, deodorants, bath infusions, handwashes, and conditioners; ointments; dishwashing liquids, dishwasher tablets, dishwasher gels, dishwasher capsules, rinse aids, liquid detergents, laundry soaps, and laundry solutions; and cooking and vegetable oils.
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