Victrex plc (VCT)

Sector:

Industrial Chemicals

Index:

FTSE 250

656.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -4.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,068.00
  • 52 Week Low: 589.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 87.07m
  • Volume: 312,256
  • Market Cap: £571.19m
  • 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 £695,695
Ian Melling 29,142 £191,172
Dame Vivienne Cox 6,954 £45,618
Janet E Ashdown 3,142 £20,612
Ros Rivaz 1,950 £12,792
Brendan Connolly 1,830 £12,005
David Thomas 1,158 £7,596
Urmi Prasad Richardson 100 £656

Major Shareholders

Notifier** Holding Value*
Ameriprise Financial Inc (Group) 11,635,242 £76,327,188
FIL Limited 8,648,185 £56,732,094
FIL Limited 7,929,365 £52,016,634
Norges Bank 7,916,942 £51,935,140
Norges Bank 7,666,942 £50,295,140
BlackRock, Inc. 7,571,396 £49,668,358
M&G Plc 6,928,088 £45,448,257
Sprucegrove Investment Management 6,798,757 £44,599,846
181 University Avenue, Suite 1300 6,126,714 £40,191,244
The Vanguard Group Inc 4,615,468 £30,277,470
Fidelity International Ltd 4,321,792 £28,350,956
Schroders plc 4,319,614 £28,336,668
Brown Capital Management Inc 4,233,280 £27,770,317
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 3,838,668 £25,181,662
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd 3,252,684 £21,337,607
Columbia Threadneedle Investments 3,136,760 £20,577,146
Franklin Templeton Fund Management Limited 3,098,500 £20,326,160
Troy Asset Management (UK) 3,081,125 £20,212,180
Janus Henderson Group plc 3,068,539 £20,129,616
Invesco Advisors Inc 3,026,711 £19,855,224
Schroder Investment Management Ltd 2,989,054 £19,608,194
Evenlode Investment Management Ltd (UK) 2,956,283 £19,393,216
Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK) 2,859,335 £18,757,238
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 2,844,486 £18,659,828
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd 2,659,959 £17,449,331
Allianz Global Investors 2,659,890 £17,448,878
Royal London Asset Management Limited 2,644,048 £17,344,955

* 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 656.00p
Change Today -4.00p
% Change -0.61 %
52 Week High 1,068.00
52 Week Low 589.00
Volume 312,256
Shares Issued 87.07m
Market Cap £571.19m
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
14:43 380 @ 652.00p
16:35 4,830 @ 656.00p
16:35 59 @ 656.00p
16:35 99,556 @ 656.00p
16:35 25 @ 656.00p

Victrex plc Key Personnel

CEO James Routh

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