Croda International (LON:CRDA) Stock Passes Above 200-Day Moving Average of $4,694.54

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA)’s stock price passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 4,694.54 ($57.99) and traded as high as GBX 4,716 ($58.25). Croda International shares last traded at GBX 4,703 ($58.09), with a volume of 306,913 shares traded.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 5,200 ($64.23) target price on shares of Croda International in a research report on Wednesday, February 28th.

Croda International Trading Up 1.2 %

The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 4,806.40 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 4,694.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.99, a quick ratio of 2.25 and a current ratio of 2.84. The firm has a market cap of £6.57 billion, a PE ratio of 3,854.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 0.71.

Croda International Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 18th will be given a GBX 62 ($0.77) dividend. This is a positive change from Croda International’s previous dividend of $47.00. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 18th. This represents a yield of 1.26%. Croda International’s payout ratio is 8,934.43%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Croda International news, insider Tom Brophy sold 820 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 4,954 ($61.19), for a total transaction of £40,622.80 ($50,176.38). In the last 90 days, insiders acquired 9 shares of company stock valued at $43,116. 0.94% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.