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

Company Overview

Founded in 1871, Weir is one of the world’s leading engineering businesses with a purpose to make its mining and infrastructure customers’ operations more sustainable and efficient. Weir’s highly engineered technology enables critical resources to be produced using less energy, water and waste while reducing customers’ total cost of ownership. Weir is ideally positioned to benefit from structural trends that support long-term demand for its technology including the need for more essential metals to support economic development and carbon transition. Weir has c.12,000 employees operating in over 50 countries with a presence in every major mining region of the world. Find out more at www.global.weir.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 2,622 to 2,698
• 50-Day Range: 2,552 to 2,920
• 52-Week Range: 2,254 to 3,580
• Volume: 751,218 shs
• Average Volume: 8.41 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £6.86 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.95
• Dividend Yield: 1.55%
• Price Target: GBX 3,408.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

The Weir Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

The Weir Group scored higher than 70% 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: 4.2 / 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 3,408.33, representing about 29.0% upside from its current price of GBX 2,642.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

The Weir Group has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

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 25.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.52.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of The Weir Group is 25.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 22.90.

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 3.91. 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 1.55%, 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 40.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added The Weir Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of The Weir Group in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, The Weir Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £64,442.10 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.74% of the stock of The Weir Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.94% 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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Machinery
• Sub-Industry: Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
• 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 3,408.33
• High Price Target: GBX 4,000
• Low Price Target: GBX 2,750
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.89
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 101.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.95
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.42
• P/E Growth: 2.59
• Net Income: £218.85 million
• Net Margins: 9.97%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 13.45%
• Return on Assets: 5.84%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 91.54
• Current Ratio: 2.55
• Quick Ratio: 1.16

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £2.64 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.60
• Cash Flow: GBX 280.02 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.43
• Book Value: GBX 675.87 per share
• Price / Book: 3.91

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 259,612,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £6.86 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.09