Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$1.51
+0.00% today
1Y Change
+6.34%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 255 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
PZ Cussons plc (PZCUY) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $320.00M and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $1.51 and up 6.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -2.7%, EPS growth of +80.3%, a dividend yield of 4.7%. What stands out right now is revenue -2.7%, EPS +80.3%, free cash flow +144.1% with operating margin 7.8% and ROIC 0.5%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.7%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PZCUY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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PZCUY
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
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PZCUY Max Drawdown
0.00%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$603.3M
+1.8% YoY
FY Net Income
-$16.6M
-134.7% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$41.6M
-1.4% YoY
Revenue Growth
-2.7%
EPS Growth
+80.3%
Gross Margin
38.6%
Net Margin
-0.9%
Income statement
GBP
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 514M | 528M | 656M | 593M | 603M |
| Gross Profit | 207M | 131M | 238M | 228M | 237M |
| Operating Income | 21M | -84M | 60M | 67M | 66M |
| EBITDA | 35M | -55M | 93M | 88M | 95M |
| Net Income | -6M | -57M | 36M | 48M | -17M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
GBP
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 45M | 51M | 127M | 164M | 87M |
| Total Assets | 615M | 650M | 988M | 941M | 788M |
| Total Liabilities | 402M | 414M | 566M | 492M | 406M |
| Shareholder Equity | 220M | 242M | 396M | 424M | 362M |
| Total Debt | 172M | 179M | 264M | 191M | 130M |
| Net Debt | 127M | 127M | 137M | 27M | 43M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
51M
+0.2% YoY
Capital Expenditures
9M
-8.5% YoY
Free Cash Flow
42M
-1.4% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
38.6%
Operating Margin
7.8%
Net Margin
-0.9%
ROE
-2.2%
Debt / Equity
0.68x
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