Xaar (XAR) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Xaar plc designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells printheads and associated products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. It operates through four segments: Printhead, Product Print Systems, Digital Imaging, and Ink Supply Systems segments. The company offers print head products; digital imaging solutions, comprising digital inkjet label presses and digital pathology scanners; industrial ink management and supply systems for digital inkjet; electronic products; industrial printing machines; and system components, such as ink system test kit, print manager, hydra ink supply system, midas ink supply system, inkjet development system, head personality card 1000, and 2001+ head personality card. Its products are used in 3D printing, ceramic tile decoration, coding and marking, decorative laminates, direct-to-shape, functional fluid deposition, glass printing, graphics, primary labels, textiles, packaging, and product printing. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 115.50 to 120.54
• 50-Day Range: 113 to 145
• 52-Week Range: 96.33 to 150
• Volume: 27,285 shs
• Average Volume: 130,756 shs
• Market Capitalization: £93.82 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 10.92%
• Price Target: GBX 140
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Xaar Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Xaar scored higher than 34% 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: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Xaar has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Xaar has a consensus price target of GBX 140, representing about 16.1% upside from its current price of GBX 120.54.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Xaar has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

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

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Xaar is -28.03, 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 Xaar is -28.03, 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

Xaar has a PEG Ratio of 3.73. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Xaar has a P/B Ratio of 1.35. 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 XAR.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Xaar is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 10.92%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.09

News Sentiment

Xaar has a news sentiment score of 0.09. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Xaar this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for XAR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.73% of the stock of Xaar is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

43.34% of the stock of Xaar is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Today: 8/05/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:XAR
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.xaar.com
• Phone: +44-1223-423663
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 444
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Xaar: GBX 140
• High Price Target: GBX 140
• Low Price Target: GBX 140
• Potential Upside/Downside: +17.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (4.30)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 24.06
• P/E Growth: 3.73
• Net Income: -£3.48 million
• Net Margins: -5.65%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -5.90%
• Return on Assets: -3.65%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 9.54
• Current Ratio: 2.55
• Quick Ratio: 1.31

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £60.06 million
• Price / Sales: 1.56
• Cash Flow: GBX 10.83 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.04
• Book Value: GBX 89.49 per share
• Price / Book: 1.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 78,473,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £93.82 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.78