LON:FORTForterra Share Price, Forecast & News

Forterra's stock was trading at GBX 276.50 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FORT shares have decreased by 35.4% and is now trading at GBX 178.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Forterra in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Forterra.

Forterra announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 18th will be paid a dividend of GBX 7.50 per share on Thursday, July 9th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 18th. This is an increase from Forterra's previous dividend of GBX 4. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Forterra's dividend history.

6 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Forterra's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 200 to GBX 360. On average, they anticipate Forterra's share price to reach GBX 292.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 63.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Forterra.

Press coverage about FORT stock has been trending very negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Forterra earned a news impact score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Forterra.

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Forterra trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "FORT."

Shares of FORT 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 FORT stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 178.60.

Forterra has a market capitalization of £408.36 million and generates £380 million in revenue each year. Forterra employs 1,940 workers across the globe.

The official website for Forterra is forterraplc.co.uk.

Forterra's mailing address is 5 Grange Park Court, Roman Way, NORTHAMPTON, NN4 5EA, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1604-707600.