PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) Insider Buys £149.38 in Stock

PZ Cussons plc (LON:PZC) insider Jonathan Myers purchased 154 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 97 per share, for a total transaction of £149.38.

Jonathan Myers also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 17th, Jonathan Myers purchased 145 shares of PZ Cussons stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 103 per share, with a total value of £149.35.
• On Friday, July 17th, Jonathan Myers bought 141 shares of PZ Cussons stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 107 per share, with a total value of £150.87.

PZ Cussons Price Performance

LON:PZC traded down GBX 0.50 during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 96.70. 871,158 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,571,569. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 104.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 91.79. The firm has a market cap of £407.43 million, a P/E ratio of 20.71, a P/E/G ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 0.52. PZ Cussons plc has a 52 week low of GBX 65.09 and a 52 week high of GBX 114. The company has a quick ratio of 1.36, a current ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 38.34.

PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported GBX 4.70 earnings per share for the quarter. PZ Cussons had a return on equity of 8.44% and a net margin of 3.66%. On average, research analysts anticipate that PZ Cussons plc will post 13.9099999 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on PZC shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of PZ Cussons from GBX 100 to GBX 110 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 120 price target on shares of PZ Cussons in a report on Friday, August 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 115.

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.