PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) Hits New 12-Month Low – Time to Sell?

PZ Cussons plc (LON:PZC) reached a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as GBX 77.80 ($1.00) and last traded at GBX 79.60 ($1.02), with a volume of 816237 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 79.90 ($1.03).

PZ Cussons Trading Down 0.4 %

The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 91.38 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 100.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.98, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 1.36. The stock has a market capitalization of £333.91 million, a P/E ratio of -564.81, a P/E/G ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 0.26.

PZ Cussons Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 31st will be given a dividend of GBX 2.10 ($0.03) per share. This is a boost from PZ Cussons’s previous dividend of $1.50. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. This represents a yield of 2.03%. PZ Cussons’s dividend payout ratio is presently -2,857.14%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Jonathan Myers sold 69,429 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 90 ($1.16), for a total value of £62,486.10 ($80,409.34). 43.74% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About PZ Cussons

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.