Victrex plc

LSE:VCT Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£949.6m

Victrex Valuation

Is VCT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of VCT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: VCT (£10.78) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£19.84)

Significantly Below Fair Value: VCT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for VCT?

Key metric: As VCT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for VCT. This is calculated by dividing VCT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is VCT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio54.5x
EarningsUK£17.20m
Market CapUK£949.59m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does VCT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for VCT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.4x
JMAT Johnson Matthey
4.2x-24.7%UK£2.3b
TET Treatt
20.5x10.3%UK£296.8m
CRDA Croda International
28.6x15.2%UK£4.7b
IOF Iofina
12.4xn/aUK£35.5m
VCT Victrex
54.5x29.3%UK£949.6m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: VCT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (54.5x) compared to the peer average (16.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does VCT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
VCT 54.5xIndustry Avg. 17.0xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: VCT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (54.5x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (17x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is VCT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

VCT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio54.5x
Fair PE Ratio20.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: VCT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (54.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst VCT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£10.78
UK£12.64
+17.3%
17.0%UK£16.80UK£10.00n/a12
Dec ’25UK£8.63
UK£12.86
+49.0%
17.8%UK£16.80UK£8.50n/a12
Nov ’25UK£8.81
UK£12.86
+46.0%
17.8%UK£16.80UK£8.50n/a12
Oct ’25UK£9.64
UK£13.16
+36.5%
14.8%UK£16.80UK£10.00n/a12
Sep ’25UK£10.30
UK£13.16
+27.8%
14.8%UK£16.80UK£10.00n/a12
Aug ’25UK£10.88
UK£13.77
+26.6%
12.7%UK£16.80UK£11.50n/a12
Jul ’25UK£11.22
UK£14.22
+26.7%
12.2%UK£17.50UK£11.50n/a12
Jun ’25UK£12.88
UK£14.75
+14.5%
13.8%UK£18.00UK£11.50n/a12
May ’25UK£12.60
UK£15.13
+20.1%
13.3%UK£18.00UK£11.90n/a12
Apr ’25UK£12.99
UK£15.25
+17.4%
14.8%UK£18.30UK£11.90n/a11
Mar ’25UK£12.97
UK£15.21
+17.3%
14.2%UK£18.30UK£11.90n/a12
Feb ’25UK£13.70
UK£15.61
+13.9%
13.2%UK£18.30UK£11.90n/a12
Jan ’25UK£15.22
UK£16.49
+8.4%
14.6%UK£20.90UK£12.50n/a13
Dec ’24UK£14.63
UK£16.55
+13.2%
14.2%UK£20.90UK£12.50UK£8.6313
Nov ’24UK£13.76
UK£16.48
+19.7%
14.5%UK£20.90UK£12.50UK£8.8113
Oct ’24UK£14.05
UK£17.07
+21.5%
13.9%UK£21.00UK£13.30UK£9.6414
Sep ’24UK£15.05
UK£17.24
+14.6%
13.0%UK£21.00UK£13.30UK£10.3014
Aug ’24UK£15.16
UK£17.31
+14.2%
12.8%UK£21.00UK£13.30UK£10.8814
Jul ’24UK£13.92
UK£17.59
+26.3%
12.8%UK£21.00UK£14.50UK£11.2214
Jun ’24UK£15.67
UK£18.94
+20.8%
14.7%UK£23.00UK£14.50UK£12.8814
May ’24UK£16.76
UK£19.74
+17.8%
12.9%UK£23.00UK£15.20UK£12.6014
Apr ’24UK£15.93
UK£20.05
+25.9%
12.6%UK£23.10UK£15.20UK£12.9915
Mar ’24UK£17.61
UK£20.15
+14.4%
11.9%UK£23.10UK£16.00UK£12.9715
Feb ’24UK£18.51
UK£20.24
+9.3%
10.5%UK£23.00UK£16.00UK£13.7015
Jan ’24UK£15.97
UK£20.21
+26.6%
10.6%UK£23.00UK£16.00UK£15.2215
Dec ’23UK£17.99
UK£20.87
+16.0%
13.5%UK£27.35UK£16.00UK£14.6315

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 19:20
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 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

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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