Victrex plc (VCT)

Sector:

Industrial Chemicals

Index:

FTSE 250

652.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -8.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,068.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 589.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 87.07m
  • Volume: 119,845
  • Market Cap: £567.70m
  • 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 £691,452
Ian Melling 29,142 £190,006
Dame Vivienne Cox 6,954 £45,340
Janet E Ashdown 3,142 £20,486
Ros Rivaz 1,950 £12,714
Brendan Connolly 1,830 £11,932
David Thomas 1,158 £7,550
Urmi Prasad Richardson 100 £652

Major Shareholders

Notifier** Holding Value*
Ameriprise Financial Inc (Group) 11,635,242 £75,861,778
FIL Limited 8,648,185 £56,386,166
FIL Limited 7,929,365 £51,699,460
Norges Bank 7,916,942 £51,618,462
Norges Bank 7,666,942 £49,988,462
BlackRock, Inc. 7,571,396 £49,365,502
M&G Plc 6,928,088 £45,171,134
Sprucegrove Investment Management 6,798,757 £44,327,896
181 University Avenue, Suite 1300 6,126,714 £39,946,175
The Vanguard Group Inc 4,615,468 £30,092,851
Fidelity International Ltd 4,321,792 £28,178,084
Schroders plc 4,319,614 £28,163,883
Brown Capital Management Inc 4,233,280 £27,600,986
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 3,838,668 £25,028,115
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd 3,252,684 £21,207,500
Columbia Threadneedle Investments 3,136,760 £20,451,675
Franklin Templeton Fund Management Limited 3,098,500 £20,202,220
Troy Asset Management (UK) 3,081,125 £20,088,935
Janus Henderson Group plc 3,068,539 £20,006,874
Invesco Advisors Inc 3,026,711 £19,734,156
Schroder Investment Management Ltd 2,989,054 £19,488,632
Evenlode Investment Management Ltd (UK) 2,956,283 £19,274,965
Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK) 2,859,335 £18,642,864
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 2,844,486 £18,546,049
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd 2,659,959 £17,342,933
Allianz Global Investors 2,659,890 £17,342,483
Royal London Asset Management Limited 2,644,048 £17,239,193

* 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 652.00p
Change Today -8.00p
% Change -1.21 %
52 Week High 1,068.00p
52 Week Low 589.00p
Volume 119,845
Shares Issued 87.07m
Market Cap £567.70m
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
12:09 0 @ 654.00p
12:09 0 @ 654.00p
12:09 14 @ 652.00p
12:09 162 @ 652.00p
12:09 11 @ 652.00p

Victrex plc Key Personnel

CEO James Routh

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