Croda Share Discussion Threads

[jange] 04/4/2011 10:09

What a remarkable stock.

[a2088340] 04/4/2011 09:57

Wow - what is the gossip for the rise this morning. Out in the sticks - have no access to chatter

[worsleybird] 04/4/2011 09:23

broadwood can you elaborate - wondered why we were moving even better than usual this morning?

[broadwood] 04/4/2011 08:44

Going well again.

Benefitting from the Euro M&A news. Superb share.

[apad] 22/2/2011 08:53

Can't find fault - bucked the trend of raw materials increase that has affected other shares and paid down that debt. Increased holding at far more than I wanted to - reward success and punish failure.
apad

[broadwood] 22/2/2011 07:11

First glance - looks a superb set of results.

[apad] 04/2/2011 15:24

Cost of raw materials now very high - expect a fall post results.
Be good to be able to top up at £14
apad

[uhound] 04/2/2011 10:32

SP keeps bouncing off 1500 so would expect a bit of a run soon as results due in a couple of weeks I believe.

[nellie1973] 12/1/2011 13:25

Broker upgrade today target 1750p

[broadwood] 12/1/2011 08:10

Strong Broker upgrade this morning. Its off to the races - again!

[uhound] 03/12/2010 13:18

Start of a new push higher?

[nellie1973] 01/12/2010 10:20

Broker upgrade today

[sajjad017] 01/11/2010 13:27

london evening standard reports multiple bidders @1900p for croda see link

[broadwood] 29/10/2010 07:41

The chemicals company Croda International supplies materials for a range of industries from skin care to pesticides, from car maintenance, to textiles, printing inks and technology for the oil and gas industries. The dividend is strong, raised 50 per cent at the interims to 9.75p, and the stock trades on an estimated price of 13.5 times full-year 2011 earnings, which looks justified. The shares retreated off yesterday's announcement, which certainly looks like a buying opportunity says the Independent.

Croda has always said that it will use excess cash to fund acquisitions or, failing that, share buy-backs. There are precious few of the former in prospect, while the chances of the latter has fuelled this year's share price rise. The shares have risen by a third since the company's interim results, at the end of July, and now sell on more than 13 times' next year's expected earnings. That feels about right. Hold, but buy on weakness, says the Times.

[morkandmindy] 28/10/2010 13:39

Positive by EOD?

[broadwood] 28/10/2010 10:38

CRDA - Croda International

Latest Prices
Name Price %
Croda International 1,463.00p -3.43%

FTSE 250 10,885 +0.53%
FTSE 350 3,014 +0.92%
FTSE All-Share 2,949 +0.91%
Chemicals 6,460 -0.66%

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Speciality chemicals supplier Croda posted a 57% surge in pre-tax profit boosted by a strong performance at its consumer care business and added that momentum was expected to continue into 2011.

Pre-tax profit rose to £47.5m for the quarter to September compared with £30.3m the same time a year before. Sales rose 18.6% to £255.3m while volumes increased 12.1%.

In quarter three Consumer Care saw sales rise 15.4% and operating profit increase 32.5%. Margins also improved during the quarter.

In Industrial Specialities sales and profits were up 22.1% and 89.4% respectively. All business areas were ahead of 2009 with Crop Care delivering a particularly strong performance, it explained.

"Croda continues to trade strongly and we expect to report further year on year progress in the final quarter of 2010 and into 2011."

[broadwood] 28/10/2010 10:05

Sanity returning.

[wjccghcc] 28/10/2010 09:45

Added a few on the dip.

[uhound] 28/10/2010 09:45

I'd expect the press to help give the stock a push over the next few days. Would not be supprised to see Croda continuing to move up & up.

[broadwood] 28/10/2010 08:33

Ouch - wrong there. Hopefully just a bit of profit taking after such a run.

[broadwood] 28/10/2010 07:07

Looks like today's statement will keep the momentum going.

[cat] 25/10/2010 17:03

look set for another good move up

[contrarian2investor] 19/10/2010 18:05

Surely these have to be the best performing stock ytd at market cap >£1bln. I don't hold but my brother works for the company and has a very large amount. How long before these are a FTSE 100 stock?

c2i

[goalkeeper] 28/9/2010 12:44

Still going to the races ;-)

[goalkeeper] 09/9/2010 10:53

Site presenation today to fund/investment managers
Q3 update 28 October.