Spectris (SXS)

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2,090.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      22.00p
  • 52 Week High: 2,470.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,427.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 118.13m
  • Volume: 339,138
  • Market Cap: £2,468.82m
  • RiskGrade: 196
  • Beta: 1.24

Spectris Overview

Spectris develops and markets precision instruments and controls. The firm’s products can be found in most industries from ultraviolet curing of printed CD coatings to sound level measurement and particle contamination detection.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.9% 2.0%
Div Cover 3.5 3.2
Op Mrgn 16.0% 17.1%
ROCE 67.2%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 15.2 15.3
PEG 1.4 n/a
Pr/Revenue 2.0 2.0
Pr/Book 3.6  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 11.3% -1.1%
PBT 12.5% 11.4%
EPS 10.8% -0.7%
DPS 16.1% 8.0%

Spectris Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 787.10 106.10 72.80p 7.3 2.4 +3% 23.40p 4.4%
31-Dec-09 787.30 54.20 45.40p 16.3 n/a -38% 24.25p 3.3%
31-Dec-10 901.90 119.90 86.60p 15.1 0.2 +91% 28.00p 2.1%
31-Dec-11 1,106.20 166.00 124.10p 10.4 0.2 +43% 33.60p 2.6%
31-Dec-12 1,230.80 186.70 137.50p 14.9 1.4 +11% 39.00p 1.9%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Spectris Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-13 1,216.94 208.05 136.48p 15.3 n/a -1% 42.12p 2.0%
31-Dec-14 1,268.68 225.15 146.78p 14.2 1.9 +8% 45.58p 2.1%

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Spectris Company Announcements

SPECTRIS PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding 23-May-2013 12:40 PR Newswire
SPECTRIS PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding 22-May-2013 13:24 PR Newswire
SPECTRIS PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding 21-May-2013 10:04 PR Newswire

Spectris ShareCast News

Wood Group Chairman sells 250,000 shares 23-May-2013 ShareCast
Bodycote CEO reduces stake by 200,000 shares 22-May-2013 ShareCast
Hikma Pharmaceuticals non-exec sells 5,700 shares 21-May-2013 ShareCast

Spectris Motley Fool Analysis & Commentary

3 FTSE Shares Going Ex-Dividend Next Week: AMEC ... 22-May-2013 Motley Fool
3 FTSE Shares Going Ex-Dividend Next Week: AMEC ... 22-May-2013 Motley Fool
3 Shares Set To Beat The FTSE 100 Today 2013--18 Motley Fool

Spectris Top Newspaper Links

Spectris board swoops 02-Dec-2007 Scotland on Sunday
Sacked: Hoare Govett fails to make the Grade 05-Feb-2007 Telegraph
Jury out on Laird Centurion move 15-Oct-2004 Daily Mail

Latest Spectris Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
22-May-13 Sell John O'Higgins 2,097.94p 54,763 £1,148,897.11
22-May-13 Exercise of option John O'Higgins 5.00p 115,914 £5,795.70
21-May-13 Sell John O'Higgins 2,114.62p 29,677 £627,556.24

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Spectris Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 2,090.00p
Change Today 22.00p
% Change 1.06 %
52 Week High 2,470.00
52 Week Low 1,427.00
Volume 339,138
Shares Issued 118.13m
Market Cap £2,468.82m
Beta 1.24
RiskGrade 196

Spectris Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
77.73% below the market average77.73% below the market average77.73% below the market average77.73% below the market average77.73% below the market average
72.73% below the sector average72.73% below the sector average72.73% below the sector average72.73% below the sector average72.73% below the sector average
Price Trend
50.98% above the market average50.98% above the market average50.98% above the market average50.98% above the market average50.98% above the market average
59.18% above the sector average59.18% above the sector average59.18% above the sector average59.18% above the sector average59.18% above the sector average
Income
43.67% below the market average43.67% below the market average43.67% below the market average43.67% below the market average43.67% below the market average
16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average
Growth
73.87% above the market average73.87% above the market average73.87% above the market average73.87% above the market average73.87% above the market average
67.35% above the sector average67.35% above the sector average67.35% above the sector average67.35% above the sector average67.35% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 9
Buy 1
Neutral 2
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 14
buy
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Spectris Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 29-May-13 17-Oct-12
Paid 26-Jun-13 09-Nov-12
Amount 25.50p 13.50p

Trades for 24-May-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
16:44 15,147 @ 2,091.94p
16:44 535 @ 2,091.94p
16:44 3,244 @ 2,090.00p
16:41 460 @ 2,093.39p
16:37 3,504 @ 2,099.08p

Spectris Key Personnel

CEO John O'Higgins
Chair John Hughes

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