Nichols plc (LON:NICL - Get Free Report)'s share price crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,282.91 ($17.41) and traded as high as GBX 1,445 ($19.61). Nichols shares last traded at GBX 1,410 ($19.13), with a volume of 28,521 shares changing hands.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Separately, Berenberg Bank reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 1,760 ($23.88) price objective on shares of Nichols in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd.
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Nichols Price Performance
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 3.73 and a quick ratio of 2.58. The company has a market cap of £514.99 million, a P/E ratio of 27.51 and a beta of 0.50. The firm's 50-day moving average is GBX 1,270.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 1,282.91.
Nichols (LON:NICL - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 64.02 ($0.87) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Nichols had a net margin of 11.07% and a return on equity of 18.96%. Analysts anticipate that Nichols plc will post 62.4371859 earnings per share for the current year.
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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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