Strix Group (KETL) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Founded in 1982, Isle of Man based Strix, is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of kettle safety controls and other components and devices involving water heating and temperature control, steam management and water filtration. Strix's core product range comprises a variety of safety controls for small domestic appliances, primarily kettles. Kettle safety controls require precision engineering and intricate knowledge of material properties in order to repeatedly function correctly. Strix has built up market leading capability and know-how, expanding into complementary products and technologies. The Group's brands include Aqua Optima and LAICA, providing our customers with market leading water solutions on a global basis.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 34.55 to 35.85
• 50-Day Range: 32.55 to 43
• 52-Week Range: 32.50 to 52
• Volume: 370,909 shs
• Average Volume: 740,110 shs
• Market Capitalization: £70.89 million
• P/E Ratio: 10.54
• Dividend Yield: 6.21%
• Price Target: GBX 56.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Strix Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Strix Group scored higher than 72% 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

Strix Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Strix Group has a consensus price target of GBX 56.67, representing about 58.1% upside from its current price of GBX 35.85.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Strix Group 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 Strix Group is 10.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 46.01.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Strix Group is 10.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 79.78.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Strix Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.85. 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 KETL.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Strix Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.21%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Strix Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Strix Group has a news sentiment score of 0.92. 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 0.68 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Strix Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £2,715.45 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.66% of the stock of Strix Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

15.49% of the stock of Strix Group is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components
• Sub-Industry: Electronic Components
• Current Symbol: LON:KETL
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.strixplc.com
• Phone: 44 1624 829 829
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Strix Group: GBX 56.67
• High Price Target: GBX 70
• Low Price Target: GBX 46
• Potential Upside/Downside: +58.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 3.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.54
• Forward P/E Ratio: 3.90
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £266.97 million
• Net Margins: -0.97%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -3.15%
• Return on Assets: 10.07%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 186.31
• Current Ratio: 1.40
• Quick Ratio: 1.19

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £138.37 million
• Price / Sales: 0.51
• Cash Flow: GBX 3.47 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.33
• Book Value: GBX 19.40 per share
• Price / Book: 1.85

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 197,741,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £70.89 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.95