LON:VCTVictrex Share Price, Forecast & News

Victrex's stock was trading at GBX 1,952 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VCT shares have decreased by 3.3% and is now trading at GBX 1,887. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Victrex in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Victrex.

Victrex is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 11th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Victrex.

Victrex announced a dividend on Thursday, December 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 30th will be paid a dividend of GBX 46.14 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. This is a positive change from Victrex's previous dividend of $13.42. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Victrex's dividend history.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Victrex's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 1,750 to GBX 2,600. On average, they anticipate Victrex's stock price to reach GBX 2,195 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Victrex.

News articles about VCT stock have trended very negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Victrex earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutVictrex.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Victrex investors own include Anglo American (AAL), Centamin (CEY), Renishaw (RSW), Hastings Group (HSTG), Rotork (ROR), Playtech (PTEC), Spirent Communications (SPT), Ashtead Group (AHT), Rio Tinto (RIO) and Quilter (QLT).

Victrex trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "VCT."

Shares of VCT 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 VCT stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 1,887.

Victrex has a market capitalization of £1.63 billion and generates £294 million in revenue each year. Victrex employs 921 workers across the globe. View additional information about Victrex.

The official website for Victrex is http://www.victrexplc.com/.

Victrex's mailing address is Victrex Technology Centre , Hillhouse International,, THORNTON CLEVELEYS, FY5 4QD, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1253-897700.