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Victrex BATS-CHIXE:VCTL Stock Report

Last Price

UK£10.84

Market Cap

UK£933.9m

7D

2.7%

1Y

-29.0%

Updated

27 Dec, 2024

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Victrex
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUK£10.84
52 Week HighUK£15.44
52 Week LowUK£8.18
Beta0.69
1 Month Change25.17%
3 Month Change10.50%
1 Year Change-28.96%
3 Year Change-55.57%
5 Year Change-56.95%
Change since IPO-24.67%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

VCTLGB ChemicalsGB Market
7D2.7%2.0%0.5%
1Y-29.0%-24.9%2.7%

Return vs Industry: VCTL underperformed the UK Chemicals industry which returned -24.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: VCTL underperformed the UK Market which returned 3.1% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is VCTL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
VCTL volatility
VCTL Average Weekly Movement6.1%
Chemicals Industry Average Movement6.0%
Market Average Movement4.7%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market10.5%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market2.6%

Stable Share Price: VCTL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: VCTL's weekly volatility (6%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
19931,109Jakob Sigurdssonwww.victrexplc.com

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.

Victrex plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Victrex's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
VCTL fundamental statistics
Market capUK£933.94m
Earnings (TTM)UK£17.20m
Revenue (TTM)UK£291.00m

54.3x

P/E Ratio

3.2x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
VCTL income statement (TTM)
RevenueUK£291.00m
Cost of RevenueUK£161.90m
Gross ProfitUK£129.10m
Other ExpensesUK£111.90m
EarningsUK£17.20m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.20
Gross Margin44.36%
Net Profit Margin5.91%
Debt/Equity Ratio8.8%

How did VCTL perform over the long term?

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Dividends

5.5%

Current Dividend Yield

301%

Payout Ratio

Does VCTL pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy VCTL by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Victrex dividend dates
Ex Dividend DateJan 23 2025
Dividend Pay DateFeb 21 2025
Days until Ex dividend27 days
Days until Dividend pay date56 days

Does VCTL pay a reliable dividends?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/27 11:16
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Victrex plc is covered by 33 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Gunther ZechmannBarclays
James StewartBarclays
Sebastian BrayBerenberg