PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results

Key Points

• PZ Cussons reported a quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of GBX 7.34, but faced challenges with a negative net margin of 10.80% and a negative return on equity of 21.80%.
• The company's market cap is £307.49 million with a current stock price of GBX 73.30, reflecting a 10.6% increase in trading.
• Analysts have set a consensus price target of GBX 110 for PZ Cussons stocks, with JPMorgan maintaining a "neutral" rating and a GBX 100 price objective.

PZ Cussons (LON:PZC - Get Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported GBX 7.34 EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. PZ Cussons had a negative return on equity of 21.80% and a negative net margin of 10.80%.

PZ Cussons Price Performance

LON PZC traded up GBX 2.90 during trading on Friday, hitting GBX 79.20. 1,568,609 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 844,376. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 73.75. The company has a market cap of £332.24 million, a PE ratio of -5,044.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 0.26. PZ Cussons has a fifty-two week low of GBX 65.53 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 98.50. The stock's 50 day moving average price is GBX 70.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 75.96.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and issued a GBX 100 price target on shares of PZ Cussons in a research note on Tuesday, July 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 110.

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.