McBride (LON:MCB) Share Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

McBride plc (LON:MCB)’s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 135.47 and traded as high as GBX 138.40. McBride shares last traded at GBX 136, with a volume of 175,965 shares.

Key McBride News

Here are the key news stories impacting McBride this week:

• Positive Sentiment: McBride announced it repurchased and cancelled 117,490 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange, continuing its buyback programme — this reduces share count and is earnings-per-share accretive, signals management confidence in the business and supports the share price. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: McBride also reported a prior repurchase of 25,000 ordinary shares (27 March) as part of the same buyback programme and an associated capital adjustment — further evidence of ongoing capital return to shareholders. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: The rest of the recent headlines in the feed concern unrelated sports stories about players named McBride (NBA coverage of Miles/Deuce McBride). These do not pertain to McBride plc’s operations or fundamentals but may create noise in keyword-driven news aggregators. Example: Knicks guard Miles McBride injury coverage. Article Title

McBride Stock Performance

The company has a current ratio of 0.95, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 145.77. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 150.21 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 135.47. The company has a market cap of £235.55 million, a P/E ratio of 8.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.36 and a beta of 1.46.

McBride (LON:MCB) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The company reported GBX 10.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. McBride had a net margin of 3.20% and a return on equity of 30.98%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that McBride plc will post 19.2307692 earnings per share for the current year.

About McBride

With trading roots dating back to 1927, McBride boasts a strong heritage. As the leading European manufacturer and supplier of private label and contract manufactured products for the domestic household and professional cleaning and hygiene markets, McBride offers end‑to‑end development and manufacturing capabilities to a wide range of customers in Europe and Asia Pacific.