Nichols (LON:NICL) Shares Pass Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Nichols plc (LON:NICL) shares crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 1,219.19 ($15.78) and traded as high as GBX 1,305 ($16.90). Nichols shares last traded at GBX 1,289.90 ($16.70), with a volume of 67,101 shares changing hands.

Nichols Trading Down 0.0 %

The firm has a market cap of £471.13 million, a PE ratio of 25.17 and a beta of 0.50. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 1,299.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 1,219.19. The company has a current ratio of 3.73, a quick ratio of 2.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80.

Nichols (LON:NICL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 64.02 ($0.83) EPS for the quarter. Nichols had a return on equity of 18.96% and a net margin of 11.07%. Equities analysts forecast that Nichols plc will post 62.4371859 EPS for the current year.

Nichols Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 20th will be paid a dividend of GBX 17.10 ($0.22) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 20th. Nichols’s payout ratio is 60.49%.

Nichols Company Profile