Victrex plc (VCT)

Sector:

Industrial Chemicals

Index:

FTSE 250

654.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -6.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,068.00
  • 52 Week Low: 589.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 87.07m
  • Volume: 140,530
  • Market Cap: £569.45m
  • 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 £693,574
Ian Melling 29,142 £190,589
Dame Vivienne Cox 6,954 £45,479
Janet E Ashdown 3,142 £20,549
Ros Rivaz 1,950 £12,753
Brendan Connolly 1,830 £11,968
David Thomas 1,158 £7,573
Urmi Prasad Richardson 100 £654

Major Shareholders

Notifier** Holding Value*
Ameriprise Financial Inc (Group) 11,635,242 £76,094,483
FIL Limited 8,648,185 £56,559,130
FIL Limited 7,929,365 £51,858,047
Norges Bank 7,916,942 £51,776,801
Norges Bank 7,666,942 £50,141,801
BlackRock, Inc. 7,571,396 £49,516,930
M&G Plc 6,928,088 £45,309,696
Sprucegrove Investment Management 6,798,757 £44,463,871
181 University Avenue, Suite 1300 6,126,714 £40,068,710
The Vanguard Group Inc 4,615,468 £30,185,161
Fidelity International Ltd 4,321,792 £28,264,520
Schroders plc 4,319,614 £28,250,276
Brown Capital Management Inc 4,233,280 £27,685,651
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 3,838,668 £25,104,889
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd 3,252,684 £21,272,553
Columbia Threadneedle Investments 3,136,760 £20,514,410
Franklin Templeton Fund Management Limited 3,098,500 £20,264,190
Troy Asset Management (UK) 3,081,125 £20,150,558
Janus Henderson Group plc 3,068,539 £20,068,245
Invesco Advisors Inc 3,026,711 £19,794,690
Schroder Investment Management Ltd 2,989,054 £19,548,413
Evenlode Investment Management Ltd (UK) 2,956,283 £19,334,091
Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK) 2,859,335 £18,700,051
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 2,844,486 £18,602,938
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd 2,659,959 £17,396,132
Allianz Global Investors 2,659,890 £17,395,681
Royal London Asset Management Limited 2,644,048 £17,292,074

* 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 654.00p
Change Today -6.00p
% Change -0.91 %
52 Week High 1,068.00
52 Week Low 589.00
Volume 140,530
Shares Issued 87.07m
Market Cap £569.45m
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
12:50 35 @ 653.00p
12:48 100 @ 654.00p
12:48 112 @ 654.00p
12:48 18 @ 654.00p
12:48 256 @ 654.00p

Victrex plc Key Personnel

CEO James Routh

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