Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) Plans Dividend Increase – GBX 63 Per Share

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) announced a dividend on Tuesday, February 25th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 10th will be paid a dividend of GBX 63 ($0.80) per share on Wednesday, May 28th. This represents a yield of 2.03%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 10th. This is a 34.0% increase from Croda International’s previous dividend of $47.00. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Croda International Stock Up 1.3 %

CRDA opened at GBX 2,657 ($33.82) on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 3,114.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 3,436.35. The company has a market capitalization of £3.71 billion, a PE ratio of 22.83, a PEG ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.74. Croda International has a 1-year low of GBX 2,567 ($32.68) and a 1-year high of GBX 5,034 ($64.08). The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 2.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 30.90.

Croda International (LON:CRDA) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported GBX 142.60 ($1.82) EPS for the quarter. Croda International had a return on equity of 6.96% and a net margin of 9.98%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Croda International will post 181.8307268 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Croda International

In other news, insider Steve Foots sold 3,249 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,909 ($37.03), for a total value of £94,513.41 ($120,307.29). Also, insider Ian Bull bought 400 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 25th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 3,240 ($41.24) per share, for a total transaction of £12,960 ($16,496.95). Insiders have purchased 570 shares of company stock valued at $1,790,555 over the last quarter. 0.93% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Croda International

Founded in 1925 with the aim of turning bio-based raw materials into innovative ingredients, Croda International is a speciality chemicals company focused on consumer care and life sciences markets. The company is focused on creating, making and selling innovative ingredients that deliver real benefits to a diverse range of customers and employs more than 6,000 people around the world.