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| Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Stock Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pz Cussons Plc | PZC | London | Ordinary Share |
| Price Change | Price Change % | Share Price | Last Trade
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| -0.20 | -0.27% | 73.10 | 16:35:15 |
| Open Price | Low Price | High Price | Close Price | Previous Close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74.00 | 73.10 | 74.00 | 73.10 | 73.30 |
| Industry Sector |
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| PERSONAL GOODS |
| Announcement Date | Type | Currency | Dividend Amount | Ex Date | Record Date | Payment Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/02/2025 | Interim | GBP | 0.015 | 06/03/2025 | 07/03/2025 | 09/04/2025 |
| 18/09/2024 | Final | GBP | 0.021 | 31/10/2024 | 01/11/2024 | 04/12/2024 |
| 07/02/2024 | Interim | GBP | 0.015 | 07/03/2024 | 08/03/2024 | 04/04/2024 |
| 26/09/2023 | Final | GBP | 0.0373 | 02/11/2023 | 03/11/2023 | 30/11/2023 |
| 08/02/2023 | Interim | GBP | 0.0267 | 09/03/2023 | 10/03/2023 | 06/04/2023 |
| 22/09/2022 | Final | GBP | 0.0373 | 20/10/2022 | 21/10/2022 | 30/11/2022 |
| 09/02/2022 | Interim | GBP | 0.0267 | 10/03/2022 | 11/03/2022 | 07/04/2022 |
| 22/09/2021 | Final | GBP | 0.0342 | 21/10/2021 | 22/10/2021 | 30/11/2021 |
| 26/01/2021 | Interim | GBP | 0.0267 | 11/02/2021 | 12/02/2021 | 01/04/2021 |
| 23/09/2020 | Final | GBP | 0.0313 | 08/10/2020 | 09/10/2020 | 03/12/2020 |
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Posted at 02/7/2025 15:23 by bedford1976 when the PZC share price was 72.50p. I doubt there will be a dividend cut as it's already been re-based.Reports in Nigerian press yesterday that PZ Cussons Nigeria has made a return to profitability something like 20 billion Naira. |
Posted at 02/7/2025 14:15 by buoycat Until they cut the dividend |
Posted at 29/6/2025 09:43 by 3800 when the PZC share price was 74.40p. How much dividend do you expect going folwards Deanowls? |
Posted at 28/6/2025 09:52 by scruff1 when the PZC share price was 74.40p. GargoyleWatched the podcast that you posted (thanks for that). The most interesting bit to me was that when Pzc was first mentioned Paul Hill seemed to scoff as though it was a bit of a lame duck but Paul Scott who obviously has a more detailed knowledge and a line to Lord Lee who still has contacts with the BoD was not only pleased that St Tropez hadnt been flogged on the cheap but was very positive at developing it in the US. He also was of the opinion that PZc has a long way to run if things pan out as expected. I heard an earlier interview with Lee who expressed the same sentiment. The thing that struck me was that if Paul Hill represents the current attitude of the markets and Scott represent true investor knowledge then PZc could indeed be flying well under the radar and represents real growth potential. |
Posted at 27/6/2025 23:45 by gargoyle2 when the PZC share price was 74.40p. PZC discussed (positively) at the end of this interview: www.voxmarkets.co.ukI have been adding this week. |
Posted at 20/6/2025 12:48 by fevertreeman What a wonderful sinecure for Myers...St Tropez US figs aren't encouraging, and, of course, there's no detail. It raises lots of questions that Myers has been unable to find a buyer after all this time:1. Is there anyone out there who actually wants the brand? 2. Is the downturn in sales due to change in US retailer behaviour, is it due to Myers withdrawing support for the brand, knowing its up for sale, is it due to change in US consumer behaviour? PZC must be sold as it is just not big enough in the FMCG space, and it has brands that will be better under the umbrella of s/o ele. The problem is that wno one will contemplate an approach until Nigeria is definitively sorted. |
Posted at 09/6/2025 22:30 by gateside Well we are clearly not getting a Q3 trading update.Last year the Q4 trading update was on 26th June. And if they can't be bothered to update shareholders then, I guess we will have to wait for the Preliminary Results in late September. Held PZC for a very long time. A disaster of an Investment. I have no faith in the current management and hope that PZC are bought out by a bigger company with management that know what they are doing. Current lot seem clueless. |
Posted at 08/5/2025 17:22 by bottomfisher Agree with all the above. But still.maimtain a slight hope that the new chairman and SID are digging their heels in and not agreeing to sell assets at fire sale prices.The likes of Umilever can afford to dump their Nigerian assets at current rock bottom prices, but PZC wld be daft to walk away from an Afri an business which has been a core part of the company for over 100 years.My main co corn is that the CEO and FD come fro. Traditional FCMG backgrounds and have little experience of dealing with countries like Nigeria,unlike PZC'S old management. |
Posted at 07/5/2025 20:03 by wunderbar They say patience is a virtue. Well, my patience is starting to wear thin with this stock. It’s now 15 months since I made my initial purchase at 99p and I’m still waiting for tangible evidence of a recovery. I’m getting bored watching share price move a fraction of a penny up/down, absolutely tedious. In the main, since last November [six months now] the share price has been stuck in a tight trading range of 75-85p. Yes, it’s recovered from the recent Trump tariff flash crash which pushed us down to 69p but nonetheless today’s closing price c.82p is nothing short of abysmal.Anyone know the relevance of 24 April 2024? It was the date of last year’s Q3 update - more specifically when PZC first mentioned they were planning to sell the St Tropez tanning brand as well as evaluating strategic options re Africa. Since then…absolutel What on earth is going on here, it shouldn’t be taking this long to sell a prestige brand like St Tropez. Shareholders have the right to know if anyone has tabled an offer since it was put on the market. Having listened again to last year’s Q3 update management gave the impression a sale would be easy to achieve, yet 12 months later no sale has been announced. This isn’t a multi-billion dollar transaction we’re talking about, it’s a circa £100m disposal, there's been plenty time to wrap this up. This lengthy delay is becoming farcical and brings into question the credibility of management. As for off-loading part of the African operation, again NOTHING! In some ways this bizarre situation sums up management, just plodding along with no real sense of urgency. All of which has resulted in a share price languishing at a TWO DECADE LOW. Silence is NOT golden. Why haven’t they released Q3 update. Is it overdue, I’d say definitely so. Below are previous Q3 reporting dates since 2020. 16 Apr 2020 27 Apr 2021 13 Apr 2022 13 Apr 2023 24 Apr 2024 As you can see the Q3 update has been released in April in each of the past five years. Why is 2025 an exception? Cue conspiracy theories. Are they delaying because they’re desperately trying to conclude a sale of St.Tropez / part sale Africa, or a sale of the entire company [takeover] or is it because they’re just plain incompetent. Don’t bother looking at the PZC website for answers, the Investors Financial Calendar is useless. It has two headings; “upcoming events” and “past events”. There’s no information whatsoever in the “upcoming events” section. Given it’s a certainty there will be an update this month [May] why haven’t they published a date. It seems the website only gets updated AFTER the event. Anyway, as far as I’m concerned Q3 update is imminent. Apart from news on any disposals I’m keen to see if they’re still sticking with FY25 guidance adjusted operating profit £52-58m. Also, if/how much they’ve reduced debt since 30 November 2024 [Interims]. Noting gross debt was £153m and net debt £106.1m. I didn’t like the wording they used in Interim report re future dividends; “The Group’s future approach to dividend policy will remain under review, particularly in light of the ongoing portfolio transformation activity and the Board’s intent to reduce financial leverage from current levels.” It came across as a thinly veiled threat to cut the dividend again. If this transpires to be the case shareholders will be fuming, it’s already been cut by 44% in 2024. With no share price recovery in sight a further dividend cut would be rubbing salt in the wound. Despite being frustrated by the lack of action I remain convinced one bit of decent/positive news could propel this up to 100p in no time at all. PZC continues to be my number one stock pick whilst it remains in this price range [75-85p]. Since my last post in February I’ve continued buying between 74-80p and will keep adding at these levels. The law of averages says we can't keep moving sideways forever, there will come a time when the share price goes into overdrive. I won't be getting remotely excited until we move into 100-125p territory which is still very low when compared with historic prices. In closing: CEO Jonathan Myers needs to wake up and smell the Carex! The natives are growing restless. WTF is going on re disposals/Q3 update. This guy needs to stop waffling on about the [supposedly] great progress being made to transform the business and take a look at the share price noting PZC has lost 50% of its market value [c.£350m] since he took over. Without a tangible turnaround of fortunes it can only be a matter of time before major shareholders push for a change at the top. Myers has been in the hot seat for five years now and only succeeded in destroying shareholder value. |
Posted at 10/2/2025 22:51 by wunderbar It’s exactly 12 months since I made my first purchase in PZC at 99p, a bargain I thought! A month later topped up at 90p, an even bigger bargain! Over the next couple months we saw a gradual recovery to 118p .…and that’s when the fairy tale ended. Following full year results in September [full year loss / dividend cut] shares fell 15% to 88p and since then we’ve more or less been drifting aimlessly between 75-85p. I’ve subsequently made several purchases in this price range believing PZC to be a screaming buy at these levels.I thought 2024 would be a year of gradual recovery, and if I’m being honest had hoped to see c.100-120p at year end opposed to 81.6p. In short, 2024 was an absolute shocker, share price down c.47% [2023 down c.27%]. To put it bluntly, shareholder value has been massacred these past couple years. Since start of 2023 share price is down a whopping 62%. Today’s closing price of 79.5p is pitiful, a price point previously seen 21 years ago. Despite this abysmal performance CEO Jonathan Myers [appointed May 2020] has somehow managed to remain in the hot seat. Any further bad news and he’ll likely face the axe. Bottom line is PZC has been trashed on his watch. As most of you know PZC release Interims tomorrow [11 Feb]. Let’s hope the market reacts more positively than previous two Interims - each suffering heavy falls [Feb 2023 down 9% / Feb 2024 down 16.5%]. With regards to disposals I want definitive news on a sale not the repeated mantra of simply using the word 'progressing'. It’s time to put some meat on the bone. Do they or do they not have a firm offer for St. Tropez noting this was put up for sale in April 2024. If so what’s the agreed sale price and expected completion date, noting £100m has been previously mooted by analysts. For info PZC bought St. Tropez in 2010 for £62.5m from LDC [private-equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group]. As for Nigeria, any talk about selling the entire operation is nonsense as far as I’m concerned. It’s just hot air to appease the market. PZC has been doing business in this country for 120 years and I don’t see it ending anytime soon. I personally think the Zochonis family are emotionally attached to the Nigerian operation given the long history and are desperately hoping for a turnaround, for that reason a partial sale seems more likely, probably disposing some minor bits like electricals. There was some recent talk on here re takeover candidates. On that subject I’ll merely reiterate what I said in my original post. My shout would be Reckitt Benckiser [RKT] as they have no exposure in this space. Despite this they have the marketing nous and financial muscle power to extract value from Cusson’s brands in the same vein as Durex and Calgon for example. It’s well documented they wasted billions on their ill-feted takeover of Mead Johnson Nutrition [baby formula maker]. With this in mind there is huge opportunity here with PZC’s market cap being only c.£340m. Reckitt could easily offer double or treble the current share price without batting an eyelid. This would result in a take-out price of 160p [£680m] or 240p [£1.02bn], all of which is peanuts to a company the size of Reckitt. In my initial post I mentioned I had a target price of 200p with a time frame of 2-4 years. One year has now passed without any progress whatsoever. Despite this I’m sticking with my 200p target with a pro-rata time frame of 2-3 years which I still think possible. Trouble is Nigeria could be key to any recovery [assuming PZC don’t sell African business], which in turn is dependent on stability of Naira currency and how well PZC manage it, ie hedging/dollars. I must admit this part of the business is very difficult to call. As things stand PZC is my number one stock pick given the share price is at a 20 year low. There is considerable upside potential here. Or let me put it another way, if there isn’t money to be made at 75-85p I might as well quit investing and crawl under a rock! In closing, I’m hoping for a safe/steady update tomorrow. As I said earlier, it’s time for definitive news on disposals. Any stalling tactics on this front will likely test the patience of the market [not to mention shareholders] which could have a negative impact on share price. Having just sold a large chunk of BATS shares I’m now sitting on a cash-pile ready to add if need be. |
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