Nichols (LON:NICL) Stock Price Crosses Above 200-Day Moving Average of $1,046.93

Nichols plc (LON:NICL) shares crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 1,046.93 ($13.69) and traded as high as GBX 1,145 ($14.97). Nichols shares last traded at GBX 1,145 ($14.97), with a volume of 16,338 shares trading hands.

Nichols Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of £403.66 million, a P/E ratio of 2,245.10 and a beta of 0.51. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 1,122.81 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 1,048.34. The company has a quick ratio of 2.58, a current ratio of 3.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80.

Nichols Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 1st were given a dividend of GBX 69.70 ($0.91) per share. This represents a yield of 6.97%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 1st. This is a positive change from Nichols’s previous dividend of $15.60. Nichols’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 6,078.43%.

Nichols Company Profile

Nichols plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in supply of soft drinks to the retail, wholesale, catering, licensed, and leisure industries in the United Kingdom. The company operates through two segments, Still and Carbonate. It offers still, cordial, carbonated, post-mix, and frozen drinks under the Vimto, Feel Good, Levi Roots, Starslush, ICEE, SLUSH OUPPiE, CocaCola, Coke, pepsi, IRN BRU, Old Jamaica, Ocean Spray, FRYST, DOUWE EGBERTS, and Sunkist brands.