The Weir Group (WEIR) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Weir Group PLC produces and sells highly engineered original equipment worldwide. It operates in two segments, Minerals and ESCO. The Minerals segment offers engineering, manufacturing, and service processing technology for the use in abrasive high-wear mining applications; and differentiated technology for the use in infrastructure and general industrial markets. The ESCO segment provides ground engaging tools for large mining machines. This segment also offers cloud-based Artificial Intelligence solutions to the mining industry; manufactures and distributes highly engineered wear parts; and offers aftermarket services to the mining industry. The company offers its products under the Accumin, All-Cast, Aspir, Bucyrus Blades, Carbide Plus, Cavex, Delta Industrial, Enduron, ESCO, EverSharp, GEHO, GeoVor, Infinity, Isogate, Kwik-Lok, Lewis, Linacure, Linagard, Linard, Linatex, Loadmaster, MaxTemp, Motion Metrics, Multiflo, Nemisys, Posilok, Production Master, ProFill, Sand,aster, Super V, SV2, Synertrex, TopLock, Trio, UltraEdge, Ultrlok, Uni-Lok, Vulco, Warman, and Whisler Plus brands. The Weir Group PLC was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 2,508 to 2,590
• 50-Day Range: 2,493 to 3,530
• 52-Week Range: 2,274 to 3,580
• Volume: 2.45 million shs
• Average Volume: 11.76 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £6.69 billion
• P/E Ratio: 27.09
• Dividend Yield: 1.60%
• Price Target: GBX 3,479.78
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

The Weir Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

The Weir Group scored higher than 78% 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: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

The Weir Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.89, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

The Weir Group has a consensus price target of GBX 3,479.78, representing about 35.0% upside from its current price of GBX 2,576.72.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

The Weir Group has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of The Weir Group is 27.09, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 42.35.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of The Weir Group is 27.09, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.02.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

The Weir Group has a PEG Ratio of 2.59. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

The Weir Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.81. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued 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 WEIR.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

The Weir Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.60%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of The Weir Group is 43.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.55

News Sentiment

The Weir Group has a news sentiment score of 0.55. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for The Weir Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for WEIR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, The Weir 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 £1,018,374.56 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.70% of the stock of The Weir Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

74.22% of the stock of The Weir Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

WEIR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WEIR shares performed this year?

The Weir Group's stock was trading at GBX 2,846 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WEIR shares have decreased by 9.5% and is now trading at GBX 2,576.72.

How were The Weir Group's earnings last quarter?

The Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 4th. The company reported $123.80 EPS for the quarter. The Weir Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.42% and a net margin of 9.63%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of The Weir Group?

Shares of WEIR stock 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.

What other stocks do shareholders of The Weir Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that The Weir Group investors own include Tullow Oil (TLW), Aviva (AV), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Barclays (BARC), Glencore (GLEN) and Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/04/2026
• Today: 5/06/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:WEIR
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.global.weir
• Phone: +44-141-6377111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 12,391
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for The Weir Group: GBX 3,479.78
• High Price Target: GBX 4,000
• Low Price Target: GBX 2,750
• Potential Upside/Downside: +35.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.89
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 95.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.09
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.94
• P/E Growth: 2.59
• Net Income: £218.85 million
• Net Margins: 9.63%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 13.42%
• Return on Assets: 5.84%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 93.56
• Current Ratio: 2.05
• Quick Ratio: 1.16

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £2.56 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.61
• Cash Flow: GBX 273.10 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.43
• Book Value: GBX 675.87 per share
• Price / Book: 3.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 259,612,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £6.69 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.17