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Johnson Matthey (JMAT) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 1,736 -32.00 (-1.81%)
As of 08/1/2025 11:55 AM Eastern

About Johnson Matthey Stock (LON:JMAT)

Key Stats

Today's Range
1,731
1,769
50-Day Range
1,676.85
1,883
52-Week Range
1,131
1,901
Volume
638,480 shs
Average Volume
2.08 million shs
Market Capitalization
£2.90 billion
P/E Ratio
29.50
Dividend Yield
4.44%
Price Target
GBX 1,875
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Johnson Matthey Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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27th Percentile Overall Score

JMAT MarketRank™: 

Johnson Matthey scored higher than 27% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Johnson Matthey has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Johnson Matthey has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Johnson Matthey's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Johnson Matthey is 29.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.10.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Johnson Matthey is 29.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 117.77.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Johnson Matthey has a PEG Ratio of 49,242.50. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Johnson Matthey has a P/B Ratio of 1.34. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for JMAT.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Johnson Matthey is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.22%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Johnson Matthey does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Johnson Matthey is 130.84%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Read more about Johnson Matthey's dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for JMAT.
  • News Sentiment

    Johnson Matthey has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Johnson Matthey this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Johnson Matthey insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £489.78 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.61% of the stock of Johnson Matthey is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    66.59% of the stock of Johnson Matthey is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Johnson Matthey's insider trading history.
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JMAT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Johnson Matthey's stock was trading at GBX 1,340 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, JMAT stock has increased by 29.6% and is now trading at GBX 1,736.

Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 22nd. The company reported $149.20 EPS for the quarter. Johnson Matthey had a net margin of 0.84% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.49%.
Read the conference call transcript
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Shares of JMAT stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Johnson Matthey investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Unilever (ULVR), GSK (GSK), BP (BP), Johnson Matthey (JMPLY) and Associated British Foods (ABF).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
5/22/2025
Today
8/02/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
LON
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Sub-Industry
N/A
Current Symbol
LON:JMAT
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
N/A
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
GBX 1,950
Low Price Target
GBX 1,800
Potential Upside/Downside
+8.0%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
GBX 58.85
Trailing P/E Ratio
29.50
Forward P/E Ratio
10.01
P/E Growth
49242.5
Net Income
£98.34 million
Net Margins
0.84%
Pretax Margin
N/A
Return on Equity
4.49%
Return on Assets
3.41%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
62.73
Current Ratio
1.45
Quick Ratio
0.76

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£11.69 billion
Price / Sales
0.25
Cash Flow
GBX 186.55 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.31
Book Value
GBX 1,295.99 per share
Price / Book
1.34

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
167,213,935
Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£2.90 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.95
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This page (LON:JMAT) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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