Victrex plc (VCT)

Sector:

Industrial Chemicals

Index:

FTSE 250

659.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,068.00
  • 52 Week Low: 589.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 87.07m
  • Volume: 95,071
  • Market Cap: £573.80m
  • RiskGrade: 112
  • Beta: 1.13

Latest Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
17-Dec-25 Buy Ian Melling 643.00p 3,500 £22,505.00
17-Dec-25 Sell Ian Melling 645.80p 2,546 £16,442.07
17-Dec-25 Exercise of option Ian Melling 0.000p 5,396 £0.00
17-Dec-25 Buy Ian Melling 643.00p 3,500 £22,505.00
12-Dec-25 Exercise of option Jakob Sigurdsson 648.22p 29,297 £189,908.25

Largest Deals (28 days)

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
12-Dec-25 Exercise of option Jakob Sigurdsson 648.22p 29,297 £189,908.25
17-Dec-25 Buy Ian Melling 643.00p 3,500 £22,505.00
17-Dec-25 Buy Ian Melling 643.00p 3,500 £22,505.00
17-Dec-25 Sell Ian Melling 645.80p 2,546 £16,442.07
17-Dec-25 Exercise of option Ian Melling 0.000p 5,396 £0.00

Director Shareholdings

Notifier Holding Value*
Jakob Sigurdsson 106,051 £698,876
Ian Melling 29,142 £192,046
Dame Vivienne Cox 6,954 £45,827
Janet E Ashdown 3,142 £20,706
Ros Rivaz 1,950 £12,850
Brendan Connolly 1,830 £12,060
David Thomas 1,158 £7,631
Urmi Prasad Richardson 100 £659

Major Shareholders

Notifier** Holding Value*
Ameriprise Financial Inc (Group) 11,635,242 £76,676,245
FIL Limited 8,648,185 £56,991,539
FIL Limited 7,929,365 £52,254,515
Norges Bank 7,916,942 £52,172,648
Norges Bank 7,666,942 £50,525,148
BlackRock, Inc. 7,571,396 £49,895,500
M&G Plc 6,928,088 £45,656,100
Sprucegrove Investment Management 6,798,757 £44,803,809
181 University Avenue, Suite 1300 6,126,714 £40,375,045
The Vanguard Group Inc 4,615,468 £30,415,934
Fidelity International Ltd 4,321,792 £28,480,609
Schroders plc 4,319,614 £28,466,256
Brown Capital Management Inc 4,233,280 £27,897,315
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 3,838,668 £25,296,822
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd 3,252,684 £21,435,188
Columbia Threadneedle Investments 3,136,760 £20,671,248
Franklin Templeton Fund Management Limited 3,098,500 £20,419,115
Troy Asset Management (UK) 3,081,125 £20,304,614
Janus Henderson Group plc 3,068,539 £20,221,672
Invesco Advisors Inc 3,026,711 £19,946,026
Schroder Investment Management Ltd 2,989,054 £19,697,866
Evenlode Investment Management Ltd (UK) 2,956,283 £19,481,905
Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK) 2,859,335 £18,843,018
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 2,844,486 £18,745,163
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd 2,659,959 £17,529,130
Allianz Global Investors 2,659,890 £17,528,675
Royal London Asset Management Limited 2,644,048 £17,424,276

* Value is calculated by using the current share price multiplied by the amount held.
** Major Shareholders are individuals or institutions that own more than 3% of the company’s shares and have been reported in the annual accounts.

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.

 

Victrex plc Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 659.00p
Change Today -1.00p
% Change -0.15 %
52 Week High 1,068.00
52 Week Low 589.00
Volume 95,071
Shares Issued 87.07m
Market Cap £573.80m
Beta 1.13
RiskGrade 112

Victrex plc Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
81.95% above the market average81.95% above the market average81.95% above the market average81.95% above the market average81.95% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Price Trend
72.84% below the market average72.84% below the market average72.84% below the market average72.84% below the market average72.84% below the market average
42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average
Income
89.66% above the market average89.66% above the market average89.66% above the market average89.66% above the market average89.66% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Growth
96.83% below the market average96.83% below the market average96.83% below the market average96.83% below the market average96.83% 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 2
Buy 2
Neutral 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 12
neutral
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Victrex plc Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 29-Jan-26 29-May-25
Paid 27-Feb-26 27-Jun-25
Amount 46.14p 13.42p

Trades for 05-Jan-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
10:40 169 @ 660.00p
10:40 89 @ 659.00p
10:40 32 @ 659.00p
10:40 176 @ 659.00p
10:40 17 @ 659.00p

Victrex plc Key Personnel

CEO James Routh

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