PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) Hits New 12-Month Low – Should You Sell?

PZ Cussons plc (LON:PZCGet Free Report) shares hit a new 52-week low on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 80.20 ($1.04) and last traded at GBX 81.40 ($1.06), with a volume of 916820 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 86.20 ($1.12).

PZ Cussons Price Performance

The business’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 94.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 100.64. The stock has a market cap of £341.46 million, a P/E ratio of -615.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 0.26. 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 business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of GBX 2.10 ($0.03) per share. This is a positive change from PZ Cussons’s previous dividend of $1.50. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 2.03%. PZ Cussons’s payout ratio is presently -2,857.14%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Jonathan Myers sold 69,429 shares of PZ Cussons stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 90 ($1.17), for a total transaction of £62,486.10 ($81,035.01). 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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