PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

PZ Cussons plc (LON:PZC)’s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 75.56 and traded as high as GBX 77.30. PZ Cussons shares last traded at GBX 74.50, with a volume of 1,562,327 shares traded.

PZ Cussons Trading Up 0.3%

The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 77.69 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 75.58. The company has a current ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 67.93. The stock has a market cap of £314.85 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -64.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 0.59.

PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported GBX 4.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. PZ Cussons had a negative return on equity of 2.16% and a negative net margin of 0.92%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that PZ Cussons plc will post 13.9099999 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider David A. Tyler acquired 50,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 3rd. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 80 per share, with a total value of £40,000. Also, insider Vivek Ahuja bought 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 13th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 91 per share, with a total value of £18,200. Insiders have acquired a total of 95,591 shares of company stock worth $8,140,134 over the last quarter. 15.49% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

PZ Cussons Company Profile

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.