DCC (OTCMKTS:DCCPF) Reaches New 12-Month High - Should You Buy?

Key Points

• DCC (OTCMKTS:DCCPF) shares reached a new 52-week high of $71.00 during mid-day trading (previous close $61.37) with 500 shares traded, while the 50- and 200-day moving averages are around $63.4.
• Analyst opinions are mixed: Morgan Stanley downgraded DCC to "cautious" in January while BNP Paribas Exane upgraded it to "outperform" in April, leaving a MarketBeat consensus rating of "Hold" (two Buys, one Sell).
• DCC plc operates across Energy, Healthcare and Technology and shows moderate balance-sheet metrics — quick ratio 1.08, current ratio 1.40 and debt-to-equity 0.70 — suggesting reasonable liquidity and leverage.

DCC (OTCMKTS:DCCPF - Get Free Report) shares hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $71.00 and last traded at $71.00, with a volume of 500 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $61.37.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on DCCPF. Morgan Stanley cut shares of DCC from an "overweight" rating to a "cautious" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. BNP Paribas Exane raised shares of DCC to an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, DCC has a consensus rating of "Hold".

DCC Stock Performance

The company's fifty day moving average is $63.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is $63.26. The company has a quick ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70.

About DCC

DCC plc is an international sales, marketing and support services group headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Trading on the London Stock Exchange since 1994 and quoted over-the-counter in the U.S. as DCCPF, the company operates through three core divisions—Energy, Healthcare and Technology—providing a broad portfolio of essential products and services to customers across Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region.

The Energy division distributes fuels and energy solutions including liquefied petroleum gas, heating oil, autogas, aviation fuels and renewable energy products.

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