Victrex plc

LSE:VCT Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£927.0m

Victrex Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:VCT Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
13 Dec 24BuyUK£22,700Ian MellingIndividual2,000UK£11.35
03 Dec 24BuyUK£9,986Brendan Wynne ConnollyIndividual980UK£10.19
24 Sep 24BuyUK£4,760Jane ToogoodIndividual508UK£9.37
12 Sep 24BuyUK£20,000Janet AshdownIndividual2,103UK£9.51
30 Aug 24BuyUK£20,740Jakob SigurdssonIndividual2,000UK£10.37
01 Aug 24BuyUK£98,064Jakob SigurdssonIndividual9,000UK£10.90
05 Jul 24BuyUK£35,661Jakob SigurdssonIndividual3,000UK£11.89
31 May 24BuyUK£37,783Jakob SigurdssonIndividual3,000UK£12.59
14 May 24BuyUK£39,354Jakob SigurdssonIndividual3,000UK£13.12
06 Mar 24BuyUK£51,746Jakob SigurdssonIndividual4,000UK£12.94
12 Feb 24BuyUK£14,837Dame CoxIndividual1,086UK£13.66

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: VCT insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of VCT?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders97,8730.113%
State or Government125,3180.144%
Employee Share Scheme188,8910.217%
Sovereign Wealth Funds4,785,8595.5%
General Public4,876,5845.61%
Institutions76,884,53188.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 81.48% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
11.1%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
9,667,679UK£103.1m62.4%0.03%
10%
Fidelity International Ltd
8,697,366UK£92.7m0.57%0.05%
7.58%
M&G Investment Management Limited
6,594,018UK£70.3m33.2%0.18%
5.9%
BlackRock, Inc.
5,133,035UK£54.7m-0.76%no data
5.5%
Norges Bank Investment Management
4,785,859UK£51.0m-29.7%0.01%
5.39%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
4,683,223UK£49.9m10%no data
4.55%
Brown Capital Management, LLC
3,954,383UK£42.2m-2.38%0.72%
4.01%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
3,490,927UK£37.2m-5.14%0.03%
3.52%
Martin Currie Ltd.
3,058,863UK£32.6m0.33%0.49%
3.43%
Janus Henderson Group plc
2,985,226UK£31.8m16.4%0.02%
3.4%
Evenlode Investment Management Limited
2,956,283UK£31.5m-6.39%0.6%
3.13%
Citigroup Inc.,Banking and Securities Investments
2,721,896UK£29.0m347%0.03%
1.64%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
1,423,724UK£15.2m-5.23%no data
1.32%
UBS Asset Management AG
1,146,437UK£12.2m228%no data
1.31%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
1,135,581UK£12.1m-44.3%0.02%
1.27%
Barclays Bank PLC, Securities Investments
1,105,106UK£11.8m7,130%0.02%
1.06%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
920,309UK£9.8m-6.67%no data
1.01%
BNP Paribas, Private & Investment Banking Investments
875,764UK£9.3m3,550%0.07%
0.99%
Mondrian Investment Partners Limited
859,388UK£9.2m-26.6%0.08%
0.98%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
856,242UK£9.1m-22.3%no data
0.97%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
843,386UK£9.0m64.1%no data
0.91%
Bank Julius Bär & Co Ltd., Asset Management Arm
788,624UK£8.4m-12.4%0.03%
0.85%
AXA Investment Managers S.A.
742,701UK£7.9m-8.66%0.02%
0.84%
Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC
728,000UK£7.8m0%0.11%
0.81%
Sprucegrove Investment Management Ltd
701,317UK£7.5m-91.3%0.16%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

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

Data Sources

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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

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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