DCC plc (LON:DCC) Receives Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of DCC plc (LON:DCC) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the six brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 5,673.83.

Several analysts recently weighed in on DCC shares. Peel Hunt reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 5,635 target price on shares of DCC in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Panmure Gordon reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 4,708 price objective on shares of DCC in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 5,400 price objective on shares of DCC in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 6,300 target price on shares of DCC in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 6,500 target price on shares of DCC in a research report on Friday, January 23rd.

DCC Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of DCC stock opened at GBX 5,130 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 4,726.47 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 4,787.41. The firm has a market cap of £4.38 billion, a PE ratio of -67.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.37 and a beta of 0.74. DCC has a 1-year low of GBX 4,188 and a 1-year high of GBX 5,481.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 77.99, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.89.

DCC Company Profile

DCC is a customer-focused energy business, specialising in the sales, marketing, and distribution of secure, cleaner and competitive energy solutions to commercial, industrial, domestic, and transport customers. Headquartered in Dublin, DCC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100.