Victrex plc (VCT)

Sector:

Industrial Chemicals

Index:

FTSE 250

730.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      12.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,064.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 589.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 87.07m
  • Volume: 34,424
  • Market Cap: £635.62m
  • 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 £774,172
Ian Melling 29,142 £212,737
Dame Vivienne Cox 6,954 £50,764
Janet E Ashdown 3,142 £22,937
Ros Rivaz 1,950 £14,235
Brendan Connolly 1,830 £13,359
David Thomas 1,158 £8,453
Urmi Prasad Richardson 100 £730

Major Shareholders

Notifier** Holding Value*
Columbia Threadneedle Investments 11,635,242 £84,937,267
Ameriprise Financial Inc (Group) 11,635,242 £84,937,267
Vidacos Nominees Ltd 10,543,736 £76,969,273
FIL Limited 8,648,185 £63,131,750
FIL Limited 8,501,667 £62,062,169
Norges Bank 7,916,942 £57,793,677
Norges Bank 7,666,942 £55,968,677
BlackRock, Inc. 7,571,396 £55,271,191
M&G Plc 6,928,088 £50,575,042
Sprucegrove Investment Management 6,798,757 £49,630,926
181 University Avenue, Suite 1300 6,126,714 £44,725,012
The Vanguard Group Inc 4,615,468 £33,692,916
Schroder Investment Management Ltd 4,354,096 £31,784,901
Fidelity International Ltd 4,321,792 £31,549,082
Schroders plc 4,319,614 £31,533,182
Brown Capital Management Inc 4,233,280 £30,902,944
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 3,838,668 £28,022,276
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd 3,252,684 £23,744,593
Franklin Templeton Fund Management Limited 3,098,500 £22,619,050
Troy Asset Management (UK) 3,081,125 £22,492,212
Janus Henderson Group plc 3,068,539 £22,400,335
Invesco Advisors Inc 3,026,711 £22,094,990
Evenlode Investment Management Ltd (UK) 2,956,283 £21,580,866
Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK) 2,859,335 £20,873,146
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 2,844,486 £20,764,748
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd 2,659,959 £19,417,701
Allianz Global Investors 2,659,890 £19,417,197
Royal London Asset Management Limited 2,644,048 £19,301,550

* 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 730.00p
Change Today 12.00p
% Change 1.67 %
52 Week High 1,064.00p
52 Week Low 589.00p
Volume 34,424
Shares Issued 87.07m
Market Cap £635.62m
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 22-Jan-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
08:44 100 @ 730.19p
08:43 244 @ 731.84p
08:43 679 @ 731.34p
08:38 97 @ 730.00p
08:38 207 @ 731.00p

Victrex plc Key Personnel

CEO James Routh

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