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Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 6,840 +85.00 (+1.26%)
(As of 08:01 AM ET)

About Spirax-Sarco Engineering Stock (LON:SPX)

Key Stats

Today's Range
6,760
6,845
50-Day Range
6,370
7,515
52-Week Range
6,350
£112.80
Volume
26,495 shs
Average Volume
247,786 shs
Market Capitalization
£5.04 billion
P/E Ratio
2,630.77
Dividend Yield
2.37%
Price Target
GBX 8,672.50
Consensus Rating
Reduce

Company Overview

Spirax-Sarco Engineering rebrands as Spirax Group On 22 February 2024, Spirax-Sarco Engineering changed its name to Spirax Group which reflects the Company’s evolution over many years to a larger and stronger Group of three aligned Businesses with differentiated and complementary capabilities. Our new name respects our history and where we have come from, with who we are today. It creates more distinction between the Group and its Spirax Sarco trading Division (part of Steam Thermal Solutions), providing improved clarity for all stakeholders. At our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 15 May 2024, our shareholders voted in favour of approving the change of our legally registered name, from Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc to Spirax Group plc. The process completed on 3 June 2024. Shareholders should note that their shareholdings will be unaffected by the commercial rebrand or legal name change. There is no impact on the Group's financial reporting and the Group will retain the stock market ticker SPX. About Spirax Group Spirax Group is positioned to play a critical role in enabling the industrial transition to net zero, aligned to our Purpose to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. We put solving customers’ problems at the heart of our ‘total solutions’ approach. Our global thermal energy and fluid technology solutions improve operating efficiency and safety in our customers’ critical industrial processes. Our recently launched new-to-world decarbonisation* solutions use proprietary technologies to electrify boilers, for the raising of steam, as well as the electrification of other critical industrial process heating applications. Spirax Group comprises three strong and aligned Businesses: Steam Thermal Solutions helps customers control and manage steam within their mission critical industrial applications, such as cleaning, sterilising, cooking and heating. We are helping to put food safely on the world’s tables and keeping our hospitals running. Electric Thermal Solutions has proprietary technologies that deliver electrification solutions at scale in industrial settings, including for the raising of steam, supporting our customers to achieve their net zero goals. We also deliver freeze protection and defrost solutions critical to aviation and space industries and ensure thermal uniformity in semiconductor chip manufacturing to power the critical electronic systems we rely on. Watson‐Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is engineering vital fluid technology solutions that optimise the efficient use of resources and support advancements in global health, such as lifesaving vaccines and gene therapies. Spirax Group is headquartered in Cheltenham (UK). We have 37 strategically located manufacturing plants around the world and are committed to building a safe and inclusive working culture for our 10,000 colleagues, operating in 66 countries and serving 110,000 customers globally. We aim to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders, with an excellent track record for growth and returns that has delivered 55 years of consecutive annual dividend growth. The Company's shares have been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1959 (symbol: SPX) and we are a constituent of the FTSE 100 and the FTSE4Good Indexes. * Eliminates scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions when connected to a green electricity source.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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27th Percentile Overall Score

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Spirax-Sarco Engineering scored higher than 27% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Spirax-Sarco Engineering has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.71, and is based on 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Spirax-Sarco Engineering has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Spirax-Sarco Engineering's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Spirax-Sarco Engineering is 2,630.77, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.19.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Spirax-Sarco Engineering is 2,630.77, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 371.15.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Spirax-Sarco Engineering has a PEG Ratio of 2.20. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Spirax-Sarco Engineering has a P/B Ratio of 4.35. 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 SPX.
  • Dividend Yield

    Spirax-Sarco Engineering pays a meaningful dividend of 2.36%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Spirax-Sarco Engineering does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Spirax-Sarco Engineering is 6,230.77%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Read more about Spirax-Sarco Engineering's dividend.
  • Short Interest

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

    MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Spirax-Sarco Engineering this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    18 people have searched for SPX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 157% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Spirax-Sarco Engineering insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.73% of the stock of Spirax-Sarco Engineering is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    80.37% of the stock of Spirax-Sarco Engineering is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Spirax-Sarco Engineering's insider trading history.
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SPX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Spirax-Sarco Engineering's stock was trading at £105.05 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, SPX stock has decreased by 34.9% and is now trading at GBX 6,840.
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Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc (LON:SPX) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 7th. The company reported $120.00 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $125.20 by $5.20. Spirax-Sarco Engineering had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.87% and a net margin of 11.57%.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Spirax-Sarco Engineering investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Salesforce (CRM), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C) and Chevron (CVX).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/07/2019
Ex-Dividend for 11/15 Dividend
10/17/2024
Dividend Payable
11/15/2024
Today
12/24/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Sub-Industry
N/A
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
10,000
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
GBX 8,672.50
High Stock Price Target
GBX 9,960
Low Stock Price Target
GBX 7,000
Potential Upside/Downside
+28.4%
Consensus Rating
Reduce
Rating Score (0-4)
1.71
Research Coverage
7 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
£191.90 million
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£1.66 billion
Cash Flow
GBX 245.78 per share
Book Value
GBX 1,573 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£4.97 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.68
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This page (LON:SPX) was last updated on 12/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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