LON:VCT - Victrex Share Price, Forecast & News

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

Victrex announced a dividend on Thursday, December 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 30th will be given a dividend of GBX 46.14 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a dividend yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. This is an increase from Victrex's previous dividend of $13.42. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Victrex's Dividend History.

10 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Victrex's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 1,940 to GBX 2,700. On average, they anticipate Victrex's share price to reach GBX 2,271.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Victrex.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Victrex in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Victrex.

News stories about VCT stock have been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Victrex earned a coverage optimism score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Victrex.

Some companies that are related to Victrex include Brenntag (BNR), Covestro (1COV), Croda International (CRDA), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Lanxess (LXS), Synthomer (SYNT), Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CHE.UN), Elementis (ELM), Scapa Group (SCPA), Zotefoams (ZTF), Ecosynthetix (ECO), Calix (CXL), Scidev (SDV), Nano One Materials (NNO) and Iofina (IOF).

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).

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 2,386.

Victrex has a market capitalization of £2.06 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.