Nichols plc (LON:NICL - Get Free Report)'s share price reached a new 52-week high on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 1,400 ($18.84) and last traded at GBX 1,344.11 ($18.09), with a volume of 84836 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,325 ($17.83).
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 1,760 ($23.69) price objective on shares of Nichols in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd.
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Nichols Stock Performance
The company has a market capitalization of £490.93 million, a PE ratio of 26.23 and a beta of 0.50. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 1,240.08 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 1,275.50. The company has a current ratio of 3.73, a quick ratio of 2.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80.
Nichols (LON:NICL - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 64.02 ($0.86) earnings per share for the quarter. Nichols had a net margin of 11.07% and a return on equity of 18.96%. Equities research analysts predict that Nichols plc will post 62.4371859 earnings per share for the current year.
Nichols Cuts Dividend
The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 20th were paid a dividend of GBX 17.10 ($0.23) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 20th. This represents a yield of 1.25%. Nichols's dividend payout ratio is presently 60.49%.
About Nichols
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Established in 1908, Nichols operates within the resilient soft drinks category and owns or licenses several brands. Nichols is geographically and operationally diversified, operating across three routes to market of UK Packaged, International Packaged and Out of Home.
In the UK, Nichols operates across five soft drinks sub-categories: squash, flavoured carbonates, fruit drinks, energy and flavoured water.
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