Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Posted by on May 14th, 2026

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA – Get Free Report) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six research firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 3,140.

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley raised Croda International to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from GBX 3,280 to GBX 3,350 in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 3,000 price objective on shares of Croda International in a report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price objective on Croda International from GBX 3,100 to GBX 3,000 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 24th.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Danuta Gray acquired 750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 6th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 2,788 per share, with a total value of £20,910. Also, insider Steve Foots sold 3,622 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,606, for a total value of £94,389.32. Over the last 90 days, insiders have bought 771 shares of company stock valued at $2,151,538 and have sold 4,715 shares valued at $12,351,292. Corporate insiders own 0.83% of the company’s stock.

Croda International Stock Up 0.7%

Croda International stock opened at GBX 2,786 on Thursday. Croda International has a 1-year low of GBX 2,426.77 and a 1-year high of GBX 3,312. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.85, a current ratio of 1.99 and a quick ratio of 2.25. The stock has a market cap of £3.88 billion, a PE ratio of 62.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.90. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 2,839.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,821.44.

Croda International (LON:CRDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The company reported GBX 146.20 earnings per share for the quarter. Croda International had a return on equity of 2.82% and a net margin of 3.65%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Croda International will post 181.8307268 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Croda International

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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. Sustainability is a core part of the Groups strategy with a commitment to be Climate, Land and People positive by 2030.

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