Insider Buying: Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) Insider Buys £12,960 in Stock

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) insider Ian Bull bought 400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 25th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 3,240 ($40.84) per share, with a total value of £12,960 ($16,334.76).

Croda International Stock Down 2.0 %

Shares of LON:CRDA opened at GBX 3,244.07 ($40.89) on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 3,267.56 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 3,610.31. Croda International Plc has a 52 week low of GBX 3,025.90 ($38.14) and a 52 week high of GBX 5,124 ($64.58). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 30.90, a quick ratio of 2.25 and a current ratio of 2.72. The company has a market cap of £4.54 billion, a PE ratio of 27.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.74.

Croda International (LON:CRDA) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported GBX 142.60 ($1.80) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Croda International had a return on equity of 6.96% and a net margin of 9.98%. As a group, research analysts expect that Croda International Plc will post 181.8307268 earnings per share for the current year.

Croda International Company Profile

Founded in 1925 with the aim of turning bio-based raw materials into innovative ingredients, Croda International is a speciality chemicals company focused on consumer care and life sciences markets. The company is focused on creating, making and selling innovative ingredients that deliver real benefits to a diverse range of customers and employs more than 6,000 people around the world.