Spirent Communications (SPT)

Sector:

IT Hardware

Index:

FTSE 250

196.80p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.20p
  • 52 Week High: 197.40
  • 52 Week Low: 168.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 581.15m
  • Volume: 8,341,058
  • Market Cap: £1,143.70m
  • RiskGrade: 172
  • Beta: 0.00

Viavi to buy Spirent's ethernet network security unit for up to $425m

By Frank Prenesti

Date: Monday 03 Mar 2025

LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - US-based Viavi Solutions has signed a deal to buy Spirent Communications' high speed ethernet and network security business from Keysight Technologies for $410m and an additional $15m to be paid at closing.
The purchase is conditional on regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second quarter of calendar year 2025, shortly after the close of Keysight's acquisition of Spirent, all three companies said in a statement on Monday.

Keysight last year reached a deal to buy Spirent for £1.16bn, outbidding US peer Viavi which had already agreed to take over the UK telecoms group.

Reporting by Frank Prenesti for Sharecast.com

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SPT Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 196.80p
Change Today -0.20p
% Change -0.10 %
52 Week High 197.40
52 Week Low 168.00
Volume 8,341,058
Shares Issued 581.15m
Market Cap £1,143.70m
Beta 0.00
RiskGrade 172

SPT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
95.23% below the market average95.23% below the market average95.23% below the market average95.23% below the market average95.23% below the market average
91.3% below the sector average91.3% below the sector average91.3% below the sector average91.3% below the sector average91.3% below the sector average
Price Trend
49.14% above the market average49.14% above the market average49.14% above the market average49.14% above the market average49.14% above the market average
56.52% above the sector average56.52% above the sector average56.52% above the sector average56.52% above the sector average56.52% above the sector average
Income Not Available
Growth
95.56% below the market average95.56% below the market average95.56% below the market average95.56% below the market average95.56% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 0
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 3
buy
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SPT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Special Interim
Ex-Div 02-Jul-25 02-Jul-25
Paid 23-Jul-25 23-Jul-25
Amount 1.00p 2.50p

Trades for 12-Sep-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:25 2,000,000 @ 196.60p
17:12 288,089 @ 196.84p
17:12 288,089 @ 196.70p
16:35 650,754 @ 196.80p
16:35 3,328 @ 196.80p

SPT Key Personnel

CEO Eric Updyke

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