Victrex (VCT) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Victrex plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of polymer solutions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Sustainable Solutions and Medical. It develops PEEK and PAEK based polymer solutions, and semi-finished and finished parts. The company also provides specialist solutions for medical device manufacturers; sells thermoplastic polymers; sustainable solutions for energy and industrial, VAR, automotive, aerospace, and electronics markets; and engages in trading activities. It serves automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial, electronics, and medical markets. Victrex plc was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Thornton-Cleveleys, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 938 to 945
• 50-Day Range: 846.19 to 1,010
• 52-Week Range: 515 to 1,024
• Volume: 26,171 shs
• Average Volume: 1.33 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £822.78 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 6.37%
• Price Target: GBX 807.86
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Victrex Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Victrex scored higher than 24% 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: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Victrex has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Victrex has a consensus price target of GBX 807.86, representing about 14.1% downside from its current price of GBX 941.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Victrex has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Victrex is -42.01, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Victrex is -42.01, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Victrex has a PEG Ratio of 1.92. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Victrex has a P/B Ratio of 1.77. 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 VCT.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Victrex is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.37%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Victrex has a news sentiment score of 1.14. 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 0.39 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.16% of the stock of Victrex is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

75.47% of the stock of Victrex is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: LON:VCT
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.victrexplc.com
• Phone: +44-1253-897700
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,109
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Victrex: GBX 807.86
• High Price Target: GBX 1,050
• Low Price Target: GBX 575
• Potential Upside/Downside: -14.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (22.40)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 1.92
• Net Income: £30.80 million
• Net Margins: -6.70%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -4.95%
• Return on Assets: 6.59%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 21.30
• Current Ratio: 2.35
• Quick Ratio: 1.99

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £296.40 million
• Price / Sales: 2.77
• Cash Flow: GBX 27.53 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 34.21
• Book Value: GBX 530.87 per share
• Price / Book: 1.77

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 87,159,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £821.04 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.76