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Croda International PLC (CRDA.LSE) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CRDA.LSE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 57/100 · S&P 500 fund at 71, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-09
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +5.0% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-12
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.04 · down 0.71 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-09

Company snapshot — Croda International PLC

CRDA.LSE in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Croda International makes specialty chemicals across three areas: consumer care products such as beauty and home-care ingredients, life-science products including drug-delivery systems and crop-protection technologies, and industrial specialties like surfactants and phase-change materials. It sells across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and Asia, and is based in Goole, England.
Where it sits in the stack
Croda carries no seat in any Closelooknet index; it sits in the specialty chemicals sleeve of our broader materials sector coverage, outside the AI build-out stack we track.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no peer group listed for Croda; the comparison the market often draws is with Clariant, another diversified specialty-chemicals producer.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Croda holds no index seat in the diary and carries no Closelooknet score yet; it appears only through the daily price readings we log for names outside our covered indices.
What the diary watches
Whether the shares recover from their pullback below the recent trend levels, and whether that reflects demand in the life-science or industrial-specialty lines.

Croda International PLC (CRDA.LSE) trades on the LSE exchange in UK.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.25%, semi-annual · last 48.00 GBP on 2026-08-27

Dividends and capital return

What CRDA.LSE pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 111 GBP per share · a 3.25% yield on the 2026-10-12 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-10-12
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 111 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 48.00 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-27
  • By calendar year 2024: 47.00 GBP (partial) · 2025: 111 GBP · 2026: 111 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-09-05

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-13

Quick answers

What is Croda International PLC (CRDA.LSE)?

Croda International PLC trades as CRDA.LSE on the LSE exchange (UK) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-13.

Is CRDA.LSE in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Croda International PLC is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-13.

Where does CRDA.LSE trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +4.1% vs the 50-day and +14.9% vs the 200-day average, 2.5% below the 52-week high and +40.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-12 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Croda International PLC do?

Croda International makes specialty chemicals across three areas: consumer care products such as beauty and home-care ingredients, life-science products including drug-delivery systems and crop-protection technologies, and industrial specialties like surfactants and phase-change materials. It sells across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and Asia, and is based in Goole, England. The diary has no peer group listed for Croda; the comparison the market often draws is with Clariant, another diversified specialty-chemicals producer.

Where does Croda International PLC sit in the AI build-out?

Croda carries no seat in any Closelooknet index; it sits in the specialty chemicals sleeve of our broader materials sector coverage, outside the AI build-out stack we track. Croda holds no index seat in the diary and carries no Closelooknet score yet; it appears only through the daily price readings we log for names outside our covered indices.

Does Croda International PLC pay a dividend?

Croda International PLC has paid 111 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.25% on the 2026-10-12 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 48.00 GBP on 2026-08-27. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CRDA.LSE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.