Key Points
- Insider purchase: PZ Cussons insider David Tyler bought 40,000 shares at GBX 103 each, for a total investment of £41,200.
- Share performance: PZC opened at GBX 101.80 and has traded between GBX 65.09 and GBX 114 over the past year. The company has a market capitalization of approximately £427.9 million.
- Analyst outlook: Analysts have a “Moderate Buy” consensus, with an average price target of GBX 115; recent targets include GBX 110 from JPMorgan and GBX 120 from Deutsche Bank.
PZ Cussons plc (LON:PZC - Get Free Report) insider David Tyler bought 40,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 103 per share, with a total value of £41,200.
PZ Cussons Price Performance
Shares of PZC opened at GBX 101.80 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 103.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 88.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.36, a current ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 38.34. PZ Cussons plc has a twelve month low of GBX 65.09 and a twelve month high of GBX 114. The company has a market cap of £427.92 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -87.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 0.53.
PZ Cussons (LON:PZC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported GBX 4.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. PZ Cussons had a return on equity of 8.44% and a net margin of 3.66%. As a group, analysts predict that PZ Cussons plc will post 13.9099999 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several research analysts recently issued reports on PZC shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on PZ Cussons from GBX 100 to GBX 110 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 120 price target on shares of PZ Cussons in a report on Friday, August 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 115.
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PZ Cussons Company Profile
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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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