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Judges Scientific (JDG) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 9,500
+120.00 (+1.28%)
(As of 11/4/2024 ET)

About Judges Scientific Stock (LON:JDG)

Key Stats

Today's Range
9,320
9,600
50-Day Range
8,300
£111
52-Week Range
8,000
£122.50
Volume
20,725 shs
Average Volume
14,219 shs
Market Capitalization
£630.80 million
P/E Ratio
4,973.82
Dividend Yield
1.03%
Price Target
£123.15
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Judges Scientific plc designs, manufactures, and sells scientific instruments. The company offers engineering teaching and research equipment for universities, colleges, schools, and research centres; and research and development systems for food, beverage, dairy, edible oil, and pharmaceutical industries. It also provides cutting edge LED illumination systems for bioscience and clinical microscopy; tensile testing, motion control, and specimen cooling for microscopy applications; automated measurement systems for a range of fibers; edge-welded metal bellows; and fire testing instruments, such as cone calorimeters, large scale calorimeters, NBS smoke chambers and oxygen index test, and related fire testing instruments. In addition, the company offers equipment and software used for the computer-controlled testing of soils and rocks; thin film deposition systems; physical and chemical vapour deposition instruments to cover materials with thin films; open flow cryocoolers for the X-ray diffraction market and crycoolers for cooling applications, such as radio astronomy; test equipment for the measurement of optical fibers; scientific instruments primarily used for electron microscopy sample preparation; scientific equipment used by electrophysiology and imaging researchers; and rare gas purifiers for metal analysis. Further, it provides specialist instrumentation for geoscience applications; plasma surface treatment systems and processes; specialized calorimeters used for chemical and battery industries; sample heating and manipulation products for use in vacuum markets for materials research and production; and sheet metalwork services, including components and casting, fabrication, bespoke engineering solutions, as well as laser cutting and CNC machining services. The company operates in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, China, and internationally. Judges Scientific plc is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Judges Scientific Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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64th Percentile Overall Score

JDG MarketRank™: 

Judges Scientific scored higher than 64% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Judges Scientific has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Judges Scientific has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Judges Scientific's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Judges Scientific is 4,973.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 132.24.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Judges Scientific is 4,973.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 254.81.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Judges Scientific has a PEG Ratio of 0.56. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Judges Scientific has a P/B Ratio of 7.22. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for JDG.
  • Dividend Yield

    Judges Scientific pays a meaningful dividend of 1.05%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Judges Scientific does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Judges Scientific is 5,130.89%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Read more about Judges Scientific's dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for JDG.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Judges Scientific this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    1 people have searched for JDG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    3 people have added Judges Scientific to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Judges Scientific insiders have sold 412,651.16% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £737.69 in company stock and sold £3,044,824 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    18.75% of the stock of Judges Scientific is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    51.59% of the stock of Judges Scientific is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Judges Scientific's insider trading history.
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JDG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Judges Scientific's stock was trading at GBX 9,120 at the beginning of the year. Since then, JDG stock has increased by 4.2% and is now trading at GBX 9,500.
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Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 18th. The company reported $222.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $212.90 by $9.60. Judges Scientific had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.79% and a net margin of 9.37%.

Shares of JDG 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.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Judges Scientific investors own include Coats Group (COA), Taboola.com (TBLA), Barclays (BARC), BP (BP), Greencore Group (GNC), Intel (INTC) and JD Sports Fashion (JD).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
3/18/2020
Ex-Dividend for 11/8 Dividend
10/10/2024
Today
11/04/2024
Dividend Payable
11/08/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Scientific & Technical Instruments
Sub-Industry
N/A
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
682
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
£123.15
High Stock Price Target
£124
Low Stock Price Target
£122.30
Potential Upside/Downside
+29.6%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
£12.70 million
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£135.60 million
Cash Flow
GBX 652.24 per share
Book Value
GBX 1,315 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£630.80 million
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.83
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This page (LON:JDG) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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