Spectris (SXS)

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2,124.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      2.00p
  • 52 Week High: 2,470.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,427.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 118.13m
  • Volume: 280,912
  • Market Cap: £2,508.98m
  • RiskGrade: 207
  • Beta: 1.35

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 1.8% 1.9%
Div Cover 3.5 3.3
Op Mrgn 16.0% 17.1%
ROCE 67.2%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 15.4 15.5
PEG 1.4 n/a
Pr/Revenue 2.0 2.1
Pr/Book 3.6  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 11.3% -0.9%
PBT 12.5% 11.8%
EPS 10.8% -0.4%
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 1,219.59 208.82 136.96p 15.5 n/a -0% 42.12p 1.9%
31-Dec-14 1,273.21 226.32 147.50p 14.4 1.9 +8% 45.58p 2.1%

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Spectris Company Announcements

SPECTRIS PLC - Total Voting Rights 01-May-2013 08:54 PR Newswire
SPECTRIS PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding 25-Apr-2013 12:43 PR Newswire
SPECTRIS PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding 23-Apr-2013 16:10 PR Newswire

Spectris ShareCast News

Spectris director buys 3,000 shares 25-Apr-2013 ShareCast
Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE 24-Apr-2013 ShareCast
London close: FTSE 100 jumps two per cent on sti... 23-Apr-2013 ShareCast

Spectris Motley Fool Analysis & Commentary

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
24-Apr-13 Buy Martha B. Wyrsch 2,029.00p 3,000 £60,870.00
19-Apr-13 Sell Clive Watson 1,915.99p 29,912 £573,109.64
19-Apr-13 Exercise of option Clive Watson 5.00p 70,912 £3,545.60

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 2,124.00p
Change Today 2.00p
% Change 0.09 %
52 Week High 2,470.00
52 Week Low 1,427.00
Volume 280,912
Shares Issued 118.13m
Market Cap £2,508.98m
Beta 1.35
RiskGrade 207

Spectris Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
79.85% below the market average79.85% below the market average79.85% below the market average79.85% below the market average79.85% 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
54.29% above the market average54.29% above the market average54.29% above the market average54.29% above the market average54.29% above the market average
56.00% above the sector average56.00% above the sector average56.00% above the sector average56.00% above the sector average56.00% above the sector average
Income
43.61% below the market average43.61% below the market average43.61% below the market average43.61% below the market average43.61% below the market average
25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average
Growth
73.11% above the market average73.11% above the market average73.11% above the market average73.11% above the market average73.11% above the market average
46.94% above the sector average46.94% above the sector average46.94% above the sector average46.94% above the sector average46.94% 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 17-May-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
16:44 3,244 @ 2,124.00p
16:44 1,738 @ 2,124.00p
16:41 23,116 @ 2,127.12p
16:40 995 @ 2,124.00p
16:39 727 @ 2,124.00p

Spectris Key Personnel

CEO John O'Higgins
Chair John Hughes

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