Victrex plc (VCT)

Sector:

Industrial Chemicals

Index:

FTSE 250

731.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      13.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,064.00
  • 52 Week Low: 589.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 87.07m
  • Volume: 38,800
  • Market Cap: £636.49m
  • 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 £775,233
Ian Melling 29,142 £213,028
Dame Vivienne Cox 6,954 £50,834
Janet E Ashdown 3,142 £22,968
Ros Rivaz 1,950 £14,254
Brendan Connolly 1,830 £13,377
David Thomas 1,158 £8,465
Urmi Prasad Richardson 100 £731

Major Shareholders

Notifier** Holding Value*
Columbia Threadneedle Investments 11,635,242 £85,053,619
Ameriprise Financial Inc (Group) 11,635,242 £85,053,619
Vidacos Nominees Ltd 10,543,736 £77,074,710
FIL Limited 8,648,185 £63,218,232
FIL Limited 8,501,667 £62,147,186
Norges Bank 7,916,942 £57,872,846
Norges Bank 7,666,942 £56,045,346
BlackRock, Inc. 7,571,396 £55,346,905
M&G Plc 6,928,088 £50,644,323
Sprucegrove Investment Management 6,798,757 £49,698,914
181 University Avenue, Suite 1300 6,126,714 £44,786,279
The Vanguard Group Inc 4,615,468 £33,739,071
Schroder Investment Management Ltd 4,354,096 £31,828,442
Fidelity International Ltd 4,321,792 £31,592,300
Schroders plc 4,319,614 £31,576,378
Brown Capital Management Inc 4,233,280 £30,945,277
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 3,838,668 £28,060,663
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd 3,252,684 £23,777,120
Franklin Templeton Fund Management Limited 3,098,500 £22,650,035
Troy Asset Management (UK) 3,081,125 £22,523,024
Janus Henderson Group plc 3,068,539 £22,431,020
Invesco Advisors Inc 3,026,711 £22,125,257
Evenlode Investment Management Ltd (UK) 2,956,283 £21,610,429
Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK) 2,859,335 £20,901,739
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 2,844,486 £20,793,193
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd 2,659,959 £19,444,300
Allianz Global Investors 2,659,890 £19,443,796
Royal London Asset Management Limited 2,644,048 £19,327,991

* 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 731.00p
Change Today 13.00p
% Change 1.81 %
52 Week High 1,064.00
52 Week Low 589.00
Volume 38,800
Shares Issued 87.07m
Market Cap £636.49m
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
09:00 400 @ 731.27p
08:59 137 @ 731.00p
08:59 151 @ 731.00p
08:57 1,630 @ 731.78p
08:57 228 @ 731.70p

Victrex plc Key Personnel

CEO James Routh

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