James Cropper (LON:CRPR) Reaches New 1-Year High – What’s Next?

James Cropper PLC (LON:CRPR) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as GBX 540 and last traded at GBX 540, with a volume of 24891 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 500.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital Group reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of James Cropper in a report on Thursday, July 2nd.

James Cropper Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 86.70, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 2.01. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 417.64 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 356. The company has a market capitalization of £51.60 million, a PE ratio of 17.53 and a beta of 0.49.

James Cropper (LON:CRPR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 15th. The company reported GBX 30.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. James Cropper had a return on equity of 11.95% and a net margin of 2.82%. Equities analysts forecast that James Cropper PLC will post 10.2657444 EPS for the current year.

James Cropper Company Profile

James Cropper is a global market leader in advanced materials and paper products. Led by the Cropper family for six generations, the business has an international workforce and an operational reach in over 50 countries.

Established in 1845, the Group manufactures paper, packaging and advanced materials incorporating pioneering non-wovens and electrochemical coatings.

James Cropper is a specialist provider of niche solutions tailored to a unique customer specification, ranging from substrates and components in hydrogen electrolysis and fuel cells to bespoke colours and textures in paper and moulded fibre packaging designed to replace single use plastics.

The Group operates across multiple markets from luxury retail to renewable energy.