Essentra (ESNT) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Essentra plc is a leading global provider of essential components and solutions, focusing on the manufacture and distribution of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded and metal items. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Essentra’s global network extends to 27 countries worldwide and includes c.3,000 employees, 14 manufacturing facilities, 25 distribution centres and 35 sales & service centres serving c.76,000 customers with a rapid supply of low cost but essential products for a variety of applications in industries such as equipment manufacturing, automotive, fabrication, electronics, medical and renewable energy. For further information, please visit www.essentraplc.com

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 104 to 106.45
• 50-Day Range: 80 to 108.20
• 52-Week Range: 78.40 to 114.60
• Volume: 691,813 shs
• Average Volume: 2.05 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £295.37 million
• P/E Ratio: 148.86
• Dividend Yield: 1.96%
• Price Target: GBX 132.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Essentra Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Essentra 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: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Essentra 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

Essentra has a consensus price target of GBX 132.50, representing about 27.2% upside from its current price of GBX 104.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Essentra has only been the subject of 3 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 Essentra is 148.86, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.98.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Essentra is 148.86, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 28.66.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Essentra has a PEG Ratio of 3.84. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Essentra has a P/B Ratio of 1.09. 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 ESNT.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Essentra pays a meaningful dividend of 1.96%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Essentra is 335.71%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.67

News Sentiment

Essentra 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.79 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Essentra this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for ESNT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.52% of the stock of Essentra is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

69.49% of the stock of Essentra is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Today: 8/01/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Multi-line Insurance
• Current Symbol: LON:ESNT
• Previous Symbol: LON:FLTR
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.essentraplc.com
• Phone: +44-1908-359100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 350
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Essentra: GBX 132.50
• High Price Target: GBX 160
• Low Price Target: GBX 100
• Potential Upside/Downside: +27.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 0.70
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 148.86
• Forward P/E Ratio: 0.20
• P/E Growth: 3.84
• Net Income: £3.50 million
• Net Margins: 1.71%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 2.02%
• Return on Assets: 1.74%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 53.28
• Current Ratio: 2.33
• Quick Ratio: 0.50

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £315.70 million
• Price / Sales: 0.94
• Cash Flow: GBX 21.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.94
• Book Value: GBX 95.89 per share
• Price / Book: 1.09

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 283,461,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £295.37 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.83