PZC.L - PZ Cussons Plc
| Previous close | 244.60 |
| Open | 239.51 |
| Bid | 205.00 x 70000 |
| Ask | 0.00 x 83200 |
| Day's range | 238.80 - 243.80 |
| 52-week range | 199.70 - 367.80 |
| Volume | 1,479,909 |
| Avg. volume | 541,715 |
| Market cap | 1.006B |
| Beta | 1.04 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 15.22 |
| EPS (TTM) | 15.80 |
| Earnings date | 24 Jul 2018 |
| Forward dividend & yield | 0.08 (3.59%) |
| Ex-dividend date | N/A |
| 1y target est | 274.67 |
- Fool.co.uk•last month
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- Reuters•last month
Consumer stocks a headache as FTSE inches higher
UK shares managed a meagre gain on Thursday after a three-day losing streak as Britain's third-biggest company, Unilever, fell after announcing it would make Rotterdam its sole legal home a year before Brexit. The blue-chip FTSE 100 (.FTSE) index was up 0.1 percent at 7,139.76 points at its close, recovering some losses from the day before thanks to gains in financials, healthcare and industrials. Unilever (ULVR.L) (UNc.AS), which said it would keep its London listing despite scrapping its London corporate headquarters, was down 1.7 percent.
- Reuters - UK Focus•last month
Consumer stocks a headache as Britain's FTSE inches higher
UK shares managed a meagre gain on Thursday after a three-day losing streak as Britain's third-biggest company, Unilever, fell after announcing it would make Rotterdam its sole legal home a year before ...
Sky News•last monthUK bathing woes create stink for profits at PZ Cussons
Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) in PZ Cussons (LSE: PZC.L - news) lost more than a quarter of their value early on Thursday morning after the company issued a profit warning. The consumer goods firm, which includes the Imperial Leather soap and Original Source shower gel brands in its stable, said it had failed to see a pick-up in sales in two key areas of operations since its last trading update. It said these were its Nigeria milk and UK soap businesses, adding that it had not been immune from the Brexit-linked challenges facing the retail sector .
- Fool.co.uk•last month
Should I pile into PZ Cussons plc, down 15% today?
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- Reuters - UK Focus•last month
Britain's FTSE back in the black, Unilever slips after UK snub
UK shares gained on Thursday after three days in the red, while Britain's third-biggest company, Unilever, fell after announcing it would make Rotterdam its sole legal home a year before Brexit. At 1000 ...
- Reuters - UK Focus•last month
BUZZ-PZ Cussons: worst day ever after profit warning
** UK-based consumer products company PZ Cussons' shares down 22 pct, biggest ever one-day drop, after warns on full-year profit ** Cites weakness in the UK and Nigeria ** Co anticipates profit before ...
- Reuters•last month
Soap maker PZ Cussons warns on profit, shares see worst day ever
PZ Cussons has been hit by the devaluation of Nigerian currency Naira, while its UK consumers have been shopping cautiously due to general cost inflation and economic uncertainty. The company, which counts Nigeria as its biggest market and sells soaps to milk powder to electric goods in the African nation, said it would review its milk business in Nigeria with an objective of returning it to profitability. PZ Cussons also said it would look to cut overhead base, review product costs, and re-prioritise the group's new product pipeline to focus on fewer, bigger projects.
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- Bloomberg•3 months ago
Cash-Strapped Brits Scrimp on Soap as Consumer Cutbacks Deepen
Penny-pinching Britons are so concerned about the state of their finances that they’re now even saving on soap, at least according to PZ Cussons Plc.
- Reuters - UK Focus•3 months ago
BUZZ-PZ Cussons: weakens despite in-line H1 results
** Soap & shampoo maker PZ Cussons down c3 pct & near bottom of FTSE 250 in volume, retreating after solid recent run ** Weakness comes in spite of in-line H1 results reflecting what was flagged in mid ...
- Reuters - UK Focus•3 months ago
Unilever and consumer rivals raise bets on Nigeria
With Africa's most populous country out of recession, and the wider region on the path to growth, the world's consumer goods companies are looking to cash in. Last month, Unilever opened a $12 million Blue Band margarine factory in Nigeria's southwestern state of Ogun so that it does not have to import margarine from Ghana, as it has in recent years.
- Reuters•3 months ago
Unilever and consumer rivals raise bets on Nigeria
With Africa's most populous country out of recession, and the wider region on the path to growth, the world's consumer goods companies are looking to cash in. Last month, Unilever opened a $12 million Blue Band margarine factory in Nigeria's southwestern state of Ogun so that it does not have to import margarine from Ghana, as it has in recent years. Another way Unilever (ULVR.L) is tailoring its operations to the local market is by offering smaller pack sizes of a range of products, from tea to stock cubes, to appeal to more customers in a country and region plagued by poverty and inequality.
- Reuters•4 months ago
PZ Cussons warns of lower half year operating profit; shares fall
PZ Cussons's business in Africa, which accounts for 43 percent of its total sales, has been hit by weak market condition in Nigeria stemming from the devaluation of Naira. The maker of Original Source shower gel counts Nigeria as its biggest market, where it sells soaps to milk powder to electric goods. Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, is suffering its worst financial crisis in decades as a slump in oil revenues hammers public finances and the naira.
