Synthomer (SYNT) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Synthomer plc operates as a specialty chemicals company in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through five segments: Performance Elastomers, Functional Solutions, Industrial Specialities, Acrylate Monomers, and Adhesive Technologies. The company offers adhesives, including PSA labels, packaging and specialty tapes, saturants, release coatings, wood working, wet glues, hygiene and contact adhesives, packaging and assembly hot melt adhesives; coatings products such as architectural, masonry, intumescent, metal, wood, soil releases, blinders, ink receptive, polyester for powder coatings, SYNTHOMER NX for coalescing agents, and SYNOLOX BEPF for glycol. It also provides construction services comprising mortar modification, waterproofing, construction adhesives, additives for construction, asphalt and road, wire and cable, cement adhesives, assembly, HMA, glass EIFS, polyester PES roofing, decorative laminates, flooring adhesives, and technical fibre; health and protection offers medical and examination gloves, fabric-supported gloves, medical devices, personal care and food additives, hygiene adhesives, non-wovens, footwear, hygiene and wipes, and coated fabric. In addition, it provides performance materials; paper, carpet, and foam products, and energy solutions such as well cementing additives, drilling fluid additives, and battery binders. The company was formerly known as Yule Catto & Co. plc and changed its name to Synthomer plc in 2012. Synthomer plc was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 181.40 to 187.20
• 50-Day Range: 171 to 243.50
• 52-Week Range: 118 to 338
• Volume: 167,264 shs
• Average Volume: 542,605 shs
• Market Capitalization: £297.37 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 13.75%
• Price Target: GBX 288.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Synthomer Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Synthomer scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Synthomer has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Synthomer has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Synthomer is -298.03, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Synthomer is -298.03, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Synthomer, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Synthomer has a P/B Ratio of 0.26. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SYNT.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Synthomer is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 28.47%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Synthomer does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SYNT.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.24

News Sentiment

Synthomer has a news sentiment score of 0.24. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.39 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Synthomer this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Synthomer insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

28.00% of the stock of Synthomer is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

43.81% of the stock of Synthomer is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

SYNT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SYNT shares performed this year?

Synthomer's stock was trading at GBX 189.70 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SYNT shares have decreased by 4.2% and is now trading at GBX 181.80.
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How do I buy shares of Synthomer?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Synthomer own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Synthomer investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), BP (BP), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Unilever (ULVR) and Barclays (BARC).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:SYNT
• Previous Symbol: LON:YULC
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.synthomer.com
• Phone: +44-1279-436211
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,200
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 288.33
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 340
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 250
• Potential Upside/Downside: +58.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX (0.61)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.04
• P/E Growth: -0.17
• Net Income: £-83,300,000.00
• Net Margins: -4.33%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -7.90%
• Return on Assets: -0.28%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 77.42
• Current Ratio: 1.90
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.97 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.15
• Cash Flow: GBX 79.66 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.28
• Book Value: GBX 690 per share
• Price / Book: 0.26

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 163,570,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £297.70 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.79