DCC (DCC) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

DCC plc provides sales, marketing, and support services worldwide. The company operates through DCC Energy, DCC Healthcare, and DCC Technology segments. It sells and markets liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), refrigerants, and natural gas; markets, sells, and retails transport and commercial fuels, heating oils, and related products and services; operates retail petrol stations; resells fuel cards; distributes oil; and provides logistics services. It also offers products and services to healthcare providers, and health and beauty brand owners; contract manufacturing services to the health and beauty sector; nutrition products, such as vitamins and health supplements; beauty products; and product development, formulation, manufacturing, and packaging services. In, addition it distributes consumer technology products, including smart home products, peripherals and software, and accessories, as well as provides supply chain services. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 5,510 to 5,595
• 50-Day Range: 4,848 to 5,670
• 52-Week Range: 4,828 to 6,075
• Volume: 20.87 million shs
• Average Volume: 343,812 shs
• Market Capitalization: £5.53 billion
• P/E Ratio: 1,693.94
• Dividend Yield: 3.52%
• Price Target: GBX 6,630
• Consensus Rating: Buy

DCC Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

DCC scored higher than 25% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

DCC has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

DCC has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of DCC is 1,681.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 125.26.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of DCC is 1,681.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 109.55.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

DCC has a PEG Ratio of 4.37. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

DCC has a P/B Ratio of 1.77. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DCC.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

DCC is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.89%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

DCC does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of DCC is 5,969.70%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DCC.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.39

News Sentiment

DCC has a news sentiment score of 0.39. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for DCC this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, DCC insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.23% of the stock of DCC is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

71.06% of the stock of DCC is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

DCC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have DCC shares performed this year?

DCC's stock was trading at GBX 5,778 at the start of the year. Since then, DCC stock has decreased by 3.9% and is now trading at GBX 5,550.
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How do I buy shares of DCC?

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What other stocks do shareholders of DCC own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that DCC investors own include Barclays (BARC), BP (BP), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Meta Platforms (META), Aviva (AV), Unilever (ULVR) and Diageo (DGE).

Company Calendar

• Today: 11/21/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 12/13 Dividend: 11/21/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/13/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:DCC
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.dcc.ie
• Phone: 353 1 279 9400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 16,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 6,630
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 7,020
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 5,800
• Potential Upside/Downside: +20.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 3.30
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,669.70
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.15
• P/E Growth: 4.37
• Net Income: £326.26 million
• Net Margins: 1.64%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 10.91%
• Return on Assets: 3.67%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 73.97
• Current Ratio: 1.18
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £19.86 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.27
• Cash Flow: GBX 1,647.43 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.34
• Book Value: GBX 3,127 per share
• Price / Book: 1.76

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 98,880,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £5.45 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.74