Zotefoams (ZTF) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Zotefoams plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells polyolefin block foams in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. The company operates through Polyolefin Foams, High-Performance Products, and MuCell Extrusion LLC segments. It offers AZOTE, a polyolefin foam under the Plastazote, Evazote, and Supazote, AZOTE Adapt brands; and various high-performance foams manufactured from fluoropolymers, engineering polymers, and specialty elastomers under the ZOTEK brand; and Ecozote foam for plastic products that offers circularity and reduce reliance on fossil fuel-derived raw materials. The company also provides T-FIT, a clean insulation system; and ReZorce circular packaging, a range of mono-material barrier packaging solution. In addition, it owns and licenses microcellular foam technology, as well as sells related machinery. The company primarily serves the automotive, aerospace, medical, product protection, industrial parts, marine, building and construction, sports and leisure, military, athletic footwear, food and personal care manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotech, semiconductor cleanroom, and consumer packaging industries. Zotefoams plc was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Croydon, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 380 to 393.17
• 50-Day Range: 274 to 442
• 52-Week Range: 222 to 447
• Volume: 176,054 shs
• Average Volume: 121,308 shs
• Market Capitalization: £189.06 million
• P/E Ratio: 33,739.13
• Dividend Yield: 0.02%
• Price Target: GBX 540
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Zotefoams Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Zotefoams scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Zotefoams has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Zotefoams has a consensus price target of GBX 540, representing about 39.2% upside from its current price of GBX 388.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Zotefoams is 33,739.13, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 281.45.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Zotefoams is 33,739.13, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 157.02.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Zotefoams has a PEG Ratio of 0.66. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Zotefoams has a P/B Ratio of 1.57. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for ZTF.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Zotefoams pays a meaningful dividend of 1.93%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Zotefoams does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Zotefoams is 650.43%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for ZTF.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.98

News Sentiment

Zotefoams has a news sentiment score of 0.98. 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 0.59 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Zotefoams this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Zotefoams insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £901.20 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.51% of the stock of Zotefoams is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 28.99% of the stock of Zotefoams is held by institutions.

ZTF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ZTF shares performed this year?

Zotefoams' stock was trading at GBX 315 at the start of the year. Since then, ZTF stock has increased by 23.2% and is now trading at GBX 388.

How were Zotefoams' earnings last quarter?

Zotefoams plc (LON:ZTF) released its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 5th. The company reported $19.99 EPS for the quarter. Zotefoams had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.42% and a net margin of 7.45%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Zotefoams?

Shares of ZTF 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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Zotefoams own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Zotefoams investors own include Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), NetApp (NTAP), Twitter (TWTR), FD Technologies (FDP), TiVo (TIVO), Vodafone Group (VOD) and EMC (EMC).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2025
• Today: 9/18/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:ZTF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.zotefoams.com
• Phone: +44-20-86641600
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 549
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Zotefoams: GBX 540
• High Price Target: GBX 540
• Low Price Target: GBX 540
• Potential Upside/Downside: +39.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 0.01
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 33,739.13
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 0.66
• Net Income: £9.80 million
• Net Margins: 7.45%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.42%
• Return on Assets: 5.48%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 42.07
• Current Ratio: 1.30
• Quick Ratio: 0.67

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £154.16 million
• Price / Sales: 1.23
• Cash Flow: GBX 20.56 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.87
• Book Value: GBX 246.77 per share
• Price / Book: 1.57

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 48,727,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £189.06 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.40