Insider Buying: Croda International (LON:CRDA) Insider Acquires 750 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Insider purchase: Croda insider Danuta Gray bought 750 shares on March 6 at GBX 2,788 each, spending £20,910.
• Shares fell about 1.6% to GBX 2,794 on the day with volume ~912k versus an average ~3.96M, trading near its 50‑day (GBX 2,852) and 200‑day (GBX 2,760) moving averages and within a one‑year range of GBX 2,427–3,324.
• Croda has a market cap of £3.9bn and a P/E of 18.1; analysts have a consensus Hold rating with an average price target of GBX 3,112.50 (Jefferies recently cut its PT to GBX 3,000), and expect roughly GBX 181.8 EPS for the year.

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA - Get Free Report) insider Danuta Gray purchased 750 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 6th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,788 per share, with a total value of £20,910.

Croda International Stock Down 1.6%

Shares of CRDA stock traded down GBX 45 during trading on Friday, reaching GBX 2,794. The company's stock had a trading volume of 911,974 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,964,642. Croda International Plc has a one year low of GBX 2,426.77 and a one year high of GBX 3,324. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 2,851.94 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 2,759.74. The company has a market cap of £3.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a quick ratio of 2.25, a current ratio of 1.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.76.

Croda International (LON:CRDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The company reported GBX 146.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Croda International had a net margin of 3.65% and a return on equity of 2.82%. Analysts anticipate that Croda International Plc will post 181.8307268 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group cut Croda International to a "hold" rating and reduced their price target for the company from GBX 3,100 to GBX 3,000 in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Croda International has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 3,112.50.

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. Sustainability is a core part of the Groups strategy with a commitment to be Climate, Land and People positive by 2030.

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