Nichols (LON:NICL) Sets New 1-Year High – Here’s What Happened

Posted by Bonnie Powley on Mar 20th, 2025

Nichols plc (LON:NICL – Get Free Report)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 1,365 ($17.76) and last traded at GBX 1,360 ($17.69), with a volume of 129001 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,335 ($17.37).

Nichols Stock Performance

The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 1,298.15 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 1,214.57. The firm has a market cap of £478.47 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.56 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 3.73 and a quick ratio of 2.58.

Nichols (LON:NICL – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 64.02 ($0.83) earnings per share for the quarter. Nichols had a return on equity of 18.96% and a net margin of 11.07%. On average, analysts anticipate that Nichols plc will post 62.4371859 earnings per share for the current year.

Nichols Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 20th will be given a dividend of GBX 17.10 ($0.22) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.25%. Nichols’s payout ratio is currently 60.49%.