James Cropper (LON:CRPR) Hits New 1-Year Low – Should You Sell?

James Cropper PLC (LON:CRPR)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 180 ($2.27) and last traded at GBX 186.40 ($2.36), with a volume of 15661 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 185 ($2.34).

James Cropper Trading Down 2.7 %

The firm has a market cap of £17.20 million, a PE ratio of -4.31 and a beta of 0.52. The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 206.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 233.98. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 2.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 96.80.

James Cropper (LON:CRPR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 20th. The company reported GBX (5.10) (($0.06)) EPS for the quarter. James Cropper had a negative return on equity of 13.45% and a negative net margin of 3.88%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that James Cropper PLC will post 10.2657444 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other James Cropper news, insider Mark A. J. Cropper bought 117,022 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 13th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 198 ($2.50) per share, for a total transaction of £231,703.56 ($292,739.81). Also, insider Jon Yeung bought 3,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 20th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 230 ($2.91) per share, with a total value of £8,050 ($10,170.56). 41.13% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About James Cropper

James Cropper is a global market leader in advanced materials and paper products. Led by the Cropper family for six generations, the business has an international workforce and an operational reach in over 50 countries.

Established in 1845, the Group manufactures paper, packaging and advanced materials incorporating pioneering non-wovens and electrochemical coatings.

James Cropper is a specialist provider of niche solutions tailored to a unique customer specification, ranging from substrates and components in hydrogen electrolysis and fuel cells to bespoke colours and textures in paper and moulded fibre packaging designed to replace single use plastics.

The Group operates across multiple markets from luxury retail to renewable energy.