PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) Reaches New 1-Year Low – Should You Sell?

PZ Cussons plc (LON:PZC) shares hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock 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 Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of £329.30 million, a P/E ratio of -560.71, a P/E/G ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 0.26. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.98. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 90.93 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 99.95.

PZ Cussons Increases Dividend

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

Insider Activity

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

PZ Cussons Company Profile

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.