Elementis (ELM) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Elementis is a global specialty chemicals company. We offer performance-driven additives that help create innovative formulations for consumer and industrial applications. As a FTSE 250 company, listed on the London Stock Exchange, we employ c.1,030 people globally. We have a nearly 200-year tradition of creating ingredients that add value to everyday consumer and industrial products. In 2024 Elementis reported revenue of $738m and adjusted operating profit of $129m.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 152 to 154.68
• 50-Day Range: 142.60 to 159.80
• 52-Week Range: 136 to 179.60
• Volume: 5.26 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.11 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £881.29 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.00%
• Price Target: GBX 200
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Elementis Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Elementis scored higher than 52% 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: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Elementis has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Elementis has a consensus price target of GBX 200, representing about 32.5% upside from its current price of GBX 151.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Elementis has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Elementis is -19.36, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Elementis is -19.36, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Elementis has a PEG Ratio of 3.05. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Elementis has a P/B Ratio of 1.13. 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 ELM.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Elementis pays a meaningful dividend of 2.00%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Elementis 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 0.48 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Elementis this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Elementis insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.89% of the stock of Elementis is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

57.47% of the stock of Elementis is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:ELM
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.elementisplc.com
• Phone: +44-20-74089300
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,281
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Elementis: GBX 200
• High Price Target: GBX 210
• Low Price Target: GBX 190
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (7.80)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.25
• P/E Growth: 3.05
• Net Income: -£43.57 million
• Net Margins: -7.58%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -6.85%
• Return on Assets: 4.49%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 39.85
• Current Ratio: 1.90
• Quick Ratio: 1.16

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £597.50 million
• Price / Sales: 1.47
• Cash Flow: GBX 17.49 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.83
• Book Value: GBX 133.56 per share
• Price / Book: 1.16

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 570,782,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £881.29 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.92