Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) Insider Acquires £153.32 in Stock

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) insider Steve Foots bought 4 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 12th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 3,833 ($48.94) per share, with a total value of £153.32 ($195.76).

Croda International Stock Performance

Croda International stock traded up GBX 12 ($0.15) on Tuesday, reaching GBX 3,841 ($49.04). 141,719 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 413,525. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 4,057.04 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 4,530.15. The stock has a market cap of £5.36 billion, a PE ratio of 3,119.67, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 0.72. The company has a current ratio of 2.84, a quick ratio of 2.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.99. Croda International Plc has a twelve month low of GBX 3,787 ($48.35) and a twelve month high of GBX 5,614 ($71.68).

Croda International Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 5th will be paid a dividend of GBX 47 ($0.60) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 5th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.15%. Croda International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 8,934.43%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on CRDA. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Croda International from GBX 4,400 ($56.18) to GBX 4,200 ($53.63) and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 15th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 5,300 ($67.67) target price on shares of Croda International in a research note on Wednesday, May 1st.

About Croda International

Croda International Plc engages in the consumer care, life science, and industrial specialty businesses in in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Asia, and Latin America. The company offers speciality and active ingredients across beauty care, beauty actives, and home care products, as well as fragrances and flavours.