Nichols (LON:NICL) Stock Price Passes Above 200-Day Moving Average – Here’s What Happened

by · The Cerbat Gem

Shares of Nichols plc (LON:NICL – Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,219.19 ($15.78) and traded as high as GBX 1,305 ($16.90). Nichols shares last traded at GBX 1,289.90 ($16.70), with a volume of 67,101 shares.

Nichols Stock Down 1.2 %

The company has a market cap of £465.68 million, a P/E ratio of 24.88 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a quick ratio of 2.58, a current ratio of 3.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 1,300.60 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 1,221.79.

Nichols (LON:NICL – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 64.02 ($0.83) EPS for the quarter. Nichols had a net margin of 11.07% and a return on equity of 18.96%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Nichols plc will post 62.4371859 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Nichols Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 20th will be given a GBX 17.10 ($0.22) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 20th. This represents a yield of 1.25%. Nichols’s payout ratio is presently 60.49%.

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