Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) Insider Buys £144 in Stock

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA - Get Free Report) insider Tom Brophy bought 3 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 10th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 4,800 ($60.75) per share, with a total value of £144 ($182.26).

Tom Brophy also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, March 25th, Tom Brophy sold 820 shares of Croda International stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 4,954 ($62.70), for a total transaction of £40,622.80 ($51,414.76).

Croda International Stock Performance

LON CRDA traded down GBX 16 ($0.20) during trading hours on Thursday, hitting GBX 4,754 ($60.17). The company's stock had a trading volume of 302,777 shares, compared to its average volume of 404,643. Croda International Plc has a 12 month low of GBX 4,018 ($50.85) and a 12 month high of GBX 7,132 ($90.27). The company's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 4,831.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 4,692.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.99, a current ratio of 2.84 and a quick ratio of 2.25. The company has a market cap of £6.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,896.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 0.71.

Croda International Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 18th will be paid a GBX 62 ($0.78) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 18th. This is a positive change from Croda International's previous dividend of $47.00. This represents a dividend yield of 1.26%. Croda International's payout ratio is currently 8,934.43%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 5,200 ($65.81) price objective on shares of Croda International in a research report on Wednesday, February 28th.

Croda International Company Profile

Croda International Plc engages in the consumer care, life science, and industrial specialty businesses in in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Asia, and Latin America. The company offers speciality and active ingredients across beauty care, beauty actives, and home care products, as well as fragrances and flavours.