LON:ESNT - Essentra Share Price, Forecast & News

Essentra trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "ESNT."

Essentra announced a dividend on Friday, August 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 26th will be paid a dividend of GBX 6.30 per share on Wednesday, October 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 26th. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Essentra's Dividend History.

Essentra PLC (LON:ESNT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March, 2nd. The company reported $22.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $22.80 by $0.70. The company earned $1.03 billion during the quarter. View Essentra's Earnings History.

Essentra is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Essentra.

5 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Essentra's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 445 to GBX 505. On average, they expect Essentra's share price to reach GBX 475 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Essentra.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essentra in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Essentra.

News articles about ESNT stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Essentra earned a media sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Essentra.

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Shares of ESNT 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.

One share of ESNT stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 405.60.

Essentra has a market capitalization of £1.07 billion and generates £1.02 billion in revenue each year. Essentra employs 9,270 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Essentra.

The official website for Essentra is http://www.essentraplc.com/.

Essentra's mailing address is Avebury HSE, 201-249 Avebury Boulevard, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1AU, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1908-359100.