LON:HLMA Halma (HLMA) Share Price, News & Analysis GBX 2,469 +3.00 (+0.12%) (As of 10/25/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades About Halma Stock (LON:HLMA) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get Halma alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range 2,455▼ 2,48150-Day Range 2,466▼ 2,65552-Week Range 1,808▼ 2,750Volume471,734 shsAverage Volume845,474 shsMarket Capitalization£9.31 billionP/E Ratio3,477.46Dividend Yield0.89%Price TargetGBX 2,448.33Consensus RatingHold Company OverviewHalma plc, together its subsidiaries, provides technology solutions in the safety, health, and environmental markets in the United States, Mainland Europe, the United Kingdom, the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Safety, Environmental & Analysis, and Healthcare. The Safety segment provides products that protect people, assets and infrastructure, and electrical systems which is used in public and commercial spaces and in industrial and logistics operations. This segment serves Fire Safety, Power Safety, Industrial Safety, and Urban Safety markets. The Environmental & Analysis segment offers optical, optoelectronic, and spectral imaging systems; environmental monitoring; analysis of air quality, gases, and water; detection of hazardous gases; and water analysis & treatment systems. It serves the optical analysis, water analysis and treatment, and environmental monitoring markets. The Healthcare segment provides components, devices and systems that provide information and analytics to understand patient health and make decisions across the continuum of care; technologies and solutions to enable in-vitro diagnostic systems and life-science discoveries and development; and technologies that enable treatment across clinical specialties, as well as critical fluidic components used by medical diagnostics and original equipment manufacturers. This segment serves the life sciences, health assessment and analytics, and therapeutic solutions market. The company was incorporated in 1894 and is headquartered in Amersham, the United Kingdom.Read More… Watch this before it gets removed (Ad)If you missed it, my emergency election broadcast is now available - but will be removed soonClick here to watch it now. Halma Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks6th Percentile Overall ScoreHLMA MarketRank™: Halma scored higher than 6% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion1.1 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingHalma has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageHalma has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Halma's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation0.0 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Halma is 3,477.46, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 128.12.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Halma is 3,477.46, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 491.50.Price to Earnings Growth RatioHalma has a PEG Ratio of 2.93. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioHalma has a P/B Ratio of 5.37. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for HLMA. Dividend0.0 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend YieldHalma has a dividend yield of 0.87%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthHalma does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Halma is 3,098.59%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.Read more about Halma's dividend. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for HLMA. News and Social Media2.7 / 5News Sentiment0.83 News SentimentHalma has a news sentiment score of 0.83. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.34 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Halma this week, compared to 1 article on an average week. Company Ownership0.8 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Halma insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 2.20% of the stock of Halma is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions55.55% of the stock of Halma is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Halma's insider trading history. Receive HLMA Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Halma and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address HLMA Stock News HeadlinesHow I’d invest £180 a month in UK shares to aim for a £10k passive income for lifeOctober 19, 2024 | fool.co.ukHalma rises Wednesday, still underperforms marketOctober 16, 2024 | marketwatch.comPutin proposes new currencyRussian leader Vladimir Putin just unveiled the first physical mockup of a proposed new currency. Many speculate it will be backed by gold. One thing's for sure: If it becomes reality... it could be the biggest catalyst for gold we've ever seen.October 26, 2024 | Stansberry Research (Ad)2 of the UK’s best-performing growth stocksOctober 5, 2024 | msn.comAs the Halma share price continues to rise, I think investors should take note of this winning growth stockSeptember 26, 2024 | msn.com3 FTSE 100 stocks I’ll be watching closely in SeptemberAugust 30, 2024 | msn.comThe Returns At Halma (LON:HLMA) Aren't GrowingAugust 30, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comUp 15% since January! Is this FTSE 100 stock stable enough to grow my savings?August 19, 2024 | msn.comSee More Headlines HLMA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have HLMA shares performed this year? Halma's stock was trading at GBX 2,284 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, HLMA stock has increased by 8.1% and is now trading at GBX 2,469. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. How do I buy shares of Halma? Shares of HLMA stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.Compare Top Brokerages Here. What other stocks do shareholders of Halma own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Halma investors own include Halma (HLMAF), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Alibaba Group (BABA), Citigroup (C), Diageo (DGE) and GSK (GSK). Company Calendar Ex-Dividend for 8/16 Dividend7/11/2024Dividend Payable8/16/2024Today10/26/2024Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorIndustrials Industry Conglomerates Sub-IndustryN/A Current SymbolLON:HLMA CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.halma.com Phone+44-1494-721111FaxN/AEmployees8,000Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price TargetGBX 2,448.33 High Stock Price TargetGBX 2,650 Low Stock Price TargetGBX 2,295 Potential Upside/Downside-0.8%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.25 Research Coverage4 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)GBX 0.71 Trailing P/E Ratio3,477.46 Forward P/E Ratio27.26 P/E Growth2.93Net Income£268.80 million Net Margins13.21% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity16.12% Return on Assets8.13% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio45.83 Current Ratio2.45 Quick Ratio1.51 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£2.03 billion Price / Sales4.59 Cash FlowGBX 64.93 per share Price / Cash Flow38.02 Book ValueGBX 460 per share Price / Book5.37Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares377,190,000Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£9.31 billion OptionableNot Optionable Beta0.53 10 Best Stocks to Own in 2025Click the link below and we'll send you MarketBeat's list of the 10 best stocks to own in 2025 and why they should be in your portfolio. 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