Victrex plc (VCT)

Sector:

Industrial Chemicals

Index:

FTSE 250

718.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      23.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,066.00
  • 52 Week Low: 589.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 87.07m
  • Volume: 886,994
  • Market Cap: £625.17m
  • RiskGrade: 112
  • Beta: 1.04

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 (365 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
08-Jul-25 Buy Dame Vivienne Cox 721.00p 2,747 £19,805.87
17-Dec-25 Sell Ian Melling 645.80p 2,546 £16,442.07

Director Shareholdings

Notifier Holding Value*
Jakob Sigurdsson 106,051 £761,446
Ian Melling 29,142 £209,240
Dame Vivienne Cox 6,954 £49,930
Janet E Ashdown 3,142 £22,560
Ros Rivaz 1,950 £14,001
Brendan Connolly 1,830 £13,139
David Thomas 1,158 £8,314
Urmi Prasad Richardson 100 £718

Major Shareholders

Notifier** Holding Value*
Columbia Threadneedle Investments 11,635,242 £83,541,038
Ameriprise Financial Inc (Group) 11,635,242 £83,541,038
Vidacos Nominees Ltd 10,543,736 £75,704,024
FIL Limited 8,648,185 £62,093,968
FIL Limited 8,501,667 £61,041,969
Norges Bank 7,916,942 £56,843,644
Norges Bank 7,666,942 £55,048,644
BlackRock, Inc. 7,571,396 £54,362,623
M&G Plc 6,928,088 £49,743,672
Sprucegrove Investment Management 6,798,757 £48,815,075
181 University Avenue, Suite 1300 6,126,714 £43,989,806
The Vanguard Group Inc 4,615,468 £33,139,060
Schroder Investment Management Ltd 4,354,096 £31,262,409
Fidelity International Ltd 4,321,792 £31,030,467
Schroders plc 4,319,614 £31,014,828
Brown Capital Management Inc 4,233,280 £30,394,950
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 3,838,668 £27,561,636
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd 3,252,684 £23,354,271
Franklin Templeton Fund Management Limited 3,098,500 £22,247,230
Troy Asset Management (UK) 3,081,125 £22,122,478
Janus Henderson Group plc 3,068,539 £22,032,110
Invesco Advisors Inc 3,026,711 £21,731,785
Evenlode Investment Management Ltd (UK) 2,956,283 £21,226,112
Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK) 2,859,335 £20,530,025
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 2,844,486 £20,423,410
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd 2,659,959 £19,098,506
Allianz Global Investors 2,659,890 £19,098,010
Royal London Asset Management Limited 2,644,048 £18,984,265

* 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 718.00p
Change Today 23.00p
% Change 3.31 %
52 Week High 1,066.00
52 Week Low 589.00
Volume 886,994
Shares Issued 87.07m
Market Cap £625.17m
Beta 1.04
RiskGrade 112

Victrex plc Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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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 21-Jan-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:15 4 @ 724.00p
16:24 25 @ 724.00p
16:24 16 @ 724.00p
15:10 0 @ 721.00p
16:36 9,186 @ 721.90p

Victrex plc Key Personnel

CEO James Routh

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