Victrex plc (VCT)

Sector:

Industrial Chemicals

Index:

FTSE 250

651.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -9.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,068.00
  • 52 Week Low: 589.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 87.07m
  • Volume: 122,556
  • Market Cap: £566.83m
  • 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 £690,392
Ian Melling 29,142 £189,714
Dame Vivienne Cox 6,954 £45,270
Janet E Ashdown 3,142 £20,454
Ros Rivaz 1,950 £12,694
Brendan Connolly 1,830 £11,913
David Thomas 1,158 £7,539
Urmi Prasad Richardson 100 £651

Major Shareholders

Notifier** Holding Value*
Ameriprise Financial Inc (Group) 11,635,242 £75,745,425
FIL Limited 8,648,185 £56,299,684
FIL Limited 7,929,365 £51,620,166
Norges Bank 7,916,942 £51,539,292
Norges Bank 7,666,942 £49,911,792
BlackRock, Inc. 7,571,396 £49,289,788
M&G Plc 6,928,088 £45,101,853
Sprucegrove Investment Management 6,798,757 £44,259,908
181 University Avenue, Suite 1300 6,126,714 £39,884,908
The Vanguard Group Inc 4,615,468 £30,046,697
Fidelity International Ltd 4,321,792 £28,134,866
Schroders plc 4,319,614 £28,120,687
Brown Capital Management Inc 4,233,280 £27,558,653
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 3,838,668 £24,989,729
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd 3,252,684 £21,174,973
Columbia Threadneedle Investments 3,136,760 £20,420,308
Franklin Templeton Fund Management Limited 3,098,500 £20,171,235
Troy Asset Management (UK) 3,081,125 £20,058,124
Janus Henderson Group plc 3,068,539 £19,976,189
Invesco Advisors Inc 3,026,711 £19,703,889
Schroder Investment Management Ltd 2,989,054 £19,458,742
Evenlode Investment Management Ltd (UK) 2,956,283 £19,245,402
Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK) 2,859,335 £18,614,271
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 2,844,486 £18,517,604
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd 2,659,959 £17,316,333
Allianz Global Investors 2,659,890 £17,315,884
Royal London Asset Management Limited 2,644,048 £17,212,752

* 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 651.00p
Change Today -9.00p
% Change -1.36 %
52 Week High 1,068.00
52 Week Low 589.00
Volume 122,556
Shares Issued 87.07m
Market Cap £566.83m
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
12:28 124 @ 651.63p
12:27 0 @ 652.00p
12:27 0 @ 652.00p
12:24 184 @ 651.52p
12:23 31 @ 652.00p

Victrex plc Key Personnel

CEO James Routh

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