Crest Nicholson (LON:CRST) Share Price Passes Below 200-Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Posted by Amy Steele on Mar 12th, 2025

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST – Get Free Report)’s share price crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 174.58 ($2.26) and traded as low as GBX 145.60 ($1.89). Crest Nicholson shares last traded at GBX 145.60 ($1.89), with a volume of 765,500 shares.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Crest Nicholson to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from GBX 180 ($2.33) to GBX 190 ($2.46) in a research report on Thursday, December 5th.

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Crest Nicholson Price Performance

The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 164.87 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 173.69. The stock has a market cap of £374.98 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -14.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 2.00. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 3.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.94.

Crest Nicholson (LON:CRST – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported GBX 5.60 ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter. Crest Nicholson had a negative net margin of 4.21% and a negative return on equity of 3.47%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Crest Nicholson Holdings plc will post 9.0980939 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Crest Nicholson

In other Crest Nicholson news, insider William Floydd acquired 11,024 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 157 ($2.04) per share, with a total value of £17,307.68 ($22,445.44). 9.46% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Crest Nicholson

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Crest Nicholson Holdings plc engages in building residential homes in the United Kingdom. It develops and sells apartments, houses, and commercial properties. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Addlestone, the United Kingdom.