The Weir Group (WEIR) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Weir Group PLC produces and sells highly engineered original equipment worldwide. It operates in two segments, Minerals and ESCO. The Minerals segment offers engineering, manufacturing, and service processing technology for the use in abrasive high-wear mining applications; and differentiated technology for the use in infrastructure and general industrial markets. The ESCO segment provides ground engaging tools for large mining machines. This segment also offers cloud-based Artificial Intelligence solutions to the mining industry; manufactures and distributes highly engineered wear parts; and offers aftermarket services to the mining industry. The company offers its products under the Accumin, All-Cast, Aspir, Bucyrus Blades, Carbide Plus, Cavex, Delta Industrial, Enduron, ESCO, EverSharp, GEHO, GeoVor, Infinity, Isogate, Kwik-Lok, Lewis, Linacure, Linagard, Linard, Linatex, Loadmaster, MaxTemp, Motion Metrics, Multiflo, Nemisys, Posilok, Production Master, ProFill, Sand,aster, Super V, SV2, Synertrex, TopLock, Trio, UltraEdge, Ultrlok, Uni-Lok, Vulco, Warman, and Whisler Plus brands. The Weir Group PLC was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 2,124 to 2,166
• 50-Day Range: 1,984 to 2,480
• 52-Week Range: 1,832 to 2,496
• Volume: 287,465 shs
• Average Volume: 2.28 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £5.53 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.24
• Dividend Yield: 1.82%
• Price Target: GBX 2,483.33
• Consensus Rating: Buy

The Weir Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

The Weir Group scored higher than 32% 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: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

The Weir Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

The Weir Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of The Weir Group is 25.24, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.37.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of The Weir Group is 25.24, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 20.28.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

The Weir Group has a PEG Ratio of 2.59. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

The Weir Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.18. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued 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 WEIR.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

The Weir Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.64%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

The Weir Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of The Weir Group is 45.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

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

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WEIR.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.37

News Sentiment

The Weir Group has a news sentiment score of 0.37. 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 0.55 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for The Weir Group this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added The Weir Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, The Weir Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £1,685,056.09 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.31% of the stock of The Weir Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

67.43% of the stock of The Weir Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

WEIR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WEIR shares performed this year?

The Weir Group's stock was trading at GBX 2,184 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WEIR stock has decreased by 1.6% and is now trading at GBX 2,148.
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How were The Weir Group's earnings last quarter?

The Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 28th. The company reported $120.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The Weir Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.79% and a net margin of 8.60%.
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How do I buy shares of The Weir Group?

Shares of WEIR 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.

What other stocks do shareholders of The Weir Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that The Weir Group investors own include Tullow Oil (TLW), Aviva (AV), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Barclays (BARC), Glencore (GLEN) and Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/28/2025
• Record date for 5/30 Dividend: 4/17/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/30 Dividend: 4/17/2025
• Today: 4/18/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:WEIR
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.global.weir
• Phone: +44-141-6377111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 12,391
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 2,483.33
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 2,700
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 2,300
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 85.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.24
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.79
• P/E Growth: 2.59
• Net Income: £218.85 million
• Net Margins: 8.60%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 12.79%
• Return on Assets: 5.84%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 80.30
• Current Ratio: 2.07
• Quick Ratio: 1.16

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £2.54 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.17
• Cash Flow: GBX 227.67 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.43
• Book Value: GBX 675.87 per share
• Price / Book: 3.18

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 257,543,254
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £5.53 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.41