By Sharecast
Date: Friday 19 Dec 2025
By Sharecast
Date: Thursday 18 Dec 2025
By Michele Maatouk
Date: Wednesday 03 Dec 2025
(Sharecast News) - Smiths Group said on Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its Detection business to CVC Capital Partners for an enterprise value of £2bn as it looks to focus on premium industrial engineering.
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Share Price | 2,426.00p |
| Change Today | 54.00p |
| % Change | 2.28 % |
| 52 Week High | 2,550.00 |
| 52 Week Low | 1,687.00 |
| Volume | 794,224 |
| Shares Issued | 318.69m |
| Market Cap | £7,732m |
| Beta | 1.12 |
| RiskGrade | 127 |
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| Strong Buy | 4 |
| Buy | 3 |
| Neutral | 3 |
| Sell | 1 |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
| Total | 11 |

| Latest | Previous | |
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| Final | Interim | |
| Ex-Div | 16-Oct-25 | 03-Apr-25 |
| Paid | 21-Nov-25 | 14-May-25 |
| Amount | 31.77p | 14.23p |
| Time | Volume / Share Price |
| 16:47 | 11,474 @ 2,407.84p |
| 16:35 | 3,872 @ 2,426.00p |
| 16:35 | 3,427 @ 2,426.00p |
| 16:35 | 4,138 @ 2,426.00p |
| 16:35 | 164 @ 2,426.00p |
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