Croda International (LON:CRDA) Hits New 1-Year Low – Time to Sell?

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as GBX 3,760 ($49.10) and last traded at GBX 3,876 ($50.61), with a volume of 2683567 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 3,953 ($51.62).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of Croda International from GBX 4,400 ($57.46) to GBX 4,200 ($54.84) and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, July 15th.

Croda International Trading Down 2.8 %

The company has a market cap of £5.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,378.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.74. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 4,001.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 4,292.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 30.70, a quick ratio of 2.25 and a current ratio of 2.72.

Croda International Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 5th were paid a dividend of GBX 47 ($0.61) per share. This represents a yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 5th. Croda International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 9,316.24%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Croda International

In other Croda International news, insider Ian Bull purchased 1,000 shares of Croda International stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 30th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 3,936 ($51.40) per share, for a total transaction of £39,360 ($51,397.23). Insiders acquired a total of 1,011 shares of company stock worth $3,979,618 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.93% of the company’s stock.

About Croda International

Croda International Plc engages in the consumer care, life science, and industrial specialty businesses in in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Asia, and Latin America. The company offers speciality and active ingredients across beauty care, beauty actives, and home care products, as well as fragrances and flavours.