Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) to Issue Dividend of GBX 62

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) announced a dividend on Tuesday, February 27th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 18th will be paid a dividend of GBX 62 ($0.77) per share on Wednesday, May 29th. This represents a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 18th. This is an increase from Croda International’s previous dividend of $47.00. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Croda International Price Performance

Shares of CRDA opened at GBX 4,913 ($61.16) on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of £6.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,959.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 0.71. Croda International has a fifty-two week low of GBX 4,018 ($50.02) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 7,132 ($88.78). 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 business’s 50-day moving average is GBX 4,823.12 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 4,690.35.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 5,200 ($64.73) price objective on shares of Croda International in a report on Wednesday, February 28th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Tom Brophy sold 820 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 4,954 ($61.67), for a total value of £40,622.80 ($50,569.90). Insiders purchased 9 shares of company stock valued at $43,116 over the last 90 days. 0.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.