Nichols (LON:NICL) Insider Elizabeth McMeikan Buys 470 Shares

Nichols plc (LON:NICL) insider Elizabeth McMeikan bought 470 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 12th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 1,059 per share, with a total value of £4,977.30.

Nichols Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of LON:NICL opened at GBX 1,072.16 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 3.53, a quick ratio of 2.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.08. The firm has a market cap of £392.04 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.47 and a beta of 0.45. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 983.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 968.74. Nichols plc has a 12-month low of GBX 880 and a 12-month high of GBX 1,272.97.

Nichols (LON:NICL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported GBX 30.30 EPS for the quarter. Nichols had a net margin of 13.39% and a return on equity of 24.74%. On average, research analysts forecast that Nichols plc will post 62.4371859 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on NICL. Berenberg Bank boosted their target price on Nichols from GBX 1,720 to GBX 1,750 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,150 price objective on shares of Nichols in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Nichols has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 1,400.

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