Insider Buying: PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) Insider Acquires £2,633.40 in Stock

Key Points

• Insider purchase: PZ Cussons director Kirsty Bashforth bought 2,508 shares at GBX 105 each, spending a total of £2,633.40.
• Stock performance: Shares opened at GBX 105.40 and were up 1.0%, with the company valued at approximately £443.05 million. The stock has traded between GBX 65.09 and GBX 114 over the past year.
• Analyst outlook: Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus, with a GBX 115 average target price; JPMorgan rates the stock neutral at GBX 110, while Deutsche Bank maintains a buy rating with a GBX 120 target.

PZ Cussons plc (LON:PZC - Get Free Report) insider Kirsty Bashforth purchased 2,508 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 24th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 105 per share, with a total value of £2,633.40.

PZ Cussons Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of PZC opened at GBX 105.40 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of £443.05 million, a P/E ratio of -90.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 0.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 38.34, a current ratio of 0.84 and a quick ratio of 1.36. PZ Cussons plc has a 1 year low of GBX 65.09 and a 1 year high of GBX 114. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 105.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 89.76.

PZ Cussons (LON:PZC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported GBX 4.70 EPS for the quarter. PZ Cussons had a net margin of 3.66% and a return on equity of 8.44%. On average, equities analysts expect that PZ Cussons plc will post 13.9099999 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

PZC has been the topic of several research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of PZ Cussons from GBX 100 to GBX 110 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 120 price objective on shares of PZ Cussons in a research report on Friday, August 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, PZ Cussons has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 115.

About PZ Cussons

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.

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