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Vesuvius (VSVS) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 414.50 +17.00 (+4.28%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

About Vesuvius Stock (LON:VSVS)

Key Stats

Today's Range
399
414.50
50-Day Range
355.50
409.77
52-Week Range
349
509
Volume
520,407 shs
Average Volume
388,571 shs
Market Capitalization
£1.08 billion
P/E Ratio
1,062.82
Dividend Yield
5.55%
Price Target
GBX 565
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Vesuvius plc provides molten metal flow engineering and technology services to steel and foundry casting industries worldwide. It operates through Flow Control, Sensor & Probes, and Advanced Refractories segments. The company provides consumables and equipment, which includes binders, coatings, feeding systems, filtration and gating systems, melt shop refractories, metallurgical and pouring control systems, die dressings and coatings, melt treatment products, crucibles, and ceramics for the iron, steel, and nonferrous foundries. It also offers nonferrous metals, such as copper; primary and secondary aluminum, molten metal systems, and moldable and other products, as well as refractory consumables, analysis, and precast shapes; and other metal and alloy including nickel, vanadium, titanium, ferro alloy, lead, tin, and zinc. In addition, the company provides mineral processing solutions, which includes cement and lime solutions, iron ore pelletizing and calcination products, and grains and powders; and hydro carbon solutions, such as process heaters, FCC units, hydrogen reformers, boilers, coke calciners, and thermal oxidizers, as well as sulphur, ethylene, and ammonia plants. It also offers power generation and incineration; glass products comprising artistic, display, float, hollow, and optical glass; glass tempering, and reheat and forming products; and solutions for solar multicrystal silicon ingots, thin film and cell processing, and feedstock. Further, it provides iron making comprising stack solutions, casthouse, and iron ladle; steel making, including melting; continuous casting; ingot casting; steel finishing, such as reheat furnaces, steal hot forming, and galvanized and electrical steel; and laser technologies. The company was formerly known as Vesuvius Technologies plc and changed its name to Vesuvius plc in October 2012. Vesuvius plc was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Vesuvius Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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66th Percentile Overall Score

VSVS MarketRank™: 

Vesuvius scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Vesuvius has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Vesuvius has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

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

    The P/E ratio of Vesuvius is 1,062.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 119.30.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Vesuvius is 1,062.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 113.47.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Vesuvius has a PEG Ratio of 0.57. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Vesuvius has a P/B Ratio of 0.92. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for VSVS.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Vesuvius is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.01%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

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

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Vesuvius is 5,897.44%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Read more about Vesuvius' dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for VSVS.
  • News Sentiment

    Vesuvius has a news sentiment score of -0.40. 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 0.57 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Vesuvius this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    1 people have searched for VSVS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.28% of the stock of Vesuvius is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    82.08% of the stock of Vesuvius is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Vesuvius' insider trading history.
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VSVS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Vesuvius' stock was trading at GBX 481.20 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VSVS stock has decreased by 13.9% and is now trading at GBX 414.50.
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Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The company reported $45.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $43.10 by $2.00. Vesuvius had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.20% and a net margin of 5.56%.

Shares of VSVS 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 Vesuvius investors own include Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), ALNT.L (ALNT), AstraZeneca (AZN), BP (BP), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), Barclays (BARC) and The Sage Group (SGE).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/27/2020
Ex-Dividend for 9/13 Dividend
8/08/2024
Dividend Payable
9/13/2024
Today
11/24/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Steel
Sub-Industry
N/A
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
11,302
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
GBX 565
High Stock Price Target
GBX 675
Low Stock Price Target
GBX 490
Potential Upside/Downside
+36.3%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.75
Research Coverage
4 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
£104 million
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£1.87 billion
Cash Flow
GBX 71.56 per share
Book Value
GBX 451 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£1.08 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
1.20
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This page (LON:VSVS) was last updated on 11/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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