DCC (DCC) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

DCC is a customer-focused energy business, specialising in the sales, marketing, and distribution of secure, cleaner and competitive energy solutions to commercial, industrial, domestic, and transport customers. Headquartered in Dublin, DCC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 6,160 to 6,230
• 50-Day Range: 5,380 to 6,240
• 52-Week Range: 4,188 to 6,345
• Volume: 27.11 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.05 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £5.27 billion
• P/E Ratio: 436.61
• Dividend Yield: 3.56%
• Price Target: GBX 6,020.43
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

DCC Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

DCC scored higher than 25% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

DCC has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for DCC is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

DCC has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of DCC is 436.61, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 46.06.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of DCC is 436.61, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 18.80.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

DCC has a PEG Ratio of 4.37. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

DCC has a P/B Ratio of 1.98. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DCC.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

DCC is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.56%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

DCC does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of DCC is 1,485.20%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

DCC has a news sentiment score of 0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for DCC this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for DCC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, DCC insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.10% of the stock of DCC is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

64.46% of the stock of DCC is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:DCC
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.dcc.ie
• Phone: 353 1 279 9400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 16,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for DCC: GBX 6,020.43
• High Price Target: GBX 6,700
• Low Price Target: GBX 4,708
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.57
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 14.12
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 436.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.48
• P/E Growth: 4.37
• Net Income: £213.25 million
• Net Margins: 0.09%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 0.55%
• Return on Assets: 3.67%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 100.63
• Current Ratio: 1.20
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £15.44 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.34
• Cash Flow: GBX 1,843.27 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.34
• Book Value: GBX 3,109.37 per share
• Price / Book: 1.98

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 85,424,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £5.27 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.73