Victrex plc (VCT)

Sector:

Industrial Chemicals

Index:

FTSE 250

616.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      13.00p
  • 52 Week High: 905.00
  • 52 Week Low: 539.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 87.12m
  • Volume: 94,076
  • Market Cap: £536.69m
  • RiskGrade: 112

Latest Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
16-Feb-26 Transfer From James Routh 703.00p 28,331 £199,166.94
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

Largest Deals (365 days)

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
16-Feb-26 Transfer From James Routh 703.00p 28,331 £199,166.94
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

Director Shareholdings

Notifier Holding Value*
Ian Melling 29,142 £179,515
James Routh 28,331 £174,519
Dame Vivienne Cox 6,954 £42,837
Janet E Ashdown 3,142 £19,355
Ros Rivaz 1,950 £12,012
Brendan Connolly 1,830 £11,273
David Thomas 1,158 £7,133
Urmi Prasad Richardson 100 £616

Major Shareholders

Notifier** Holding Value*
Columbia Threadneedle Investments 11,635,242 £71,673,091
Vidacos Nominees Ltd 10,543,736 £64,949,414
Ameriprise Financial Inc (Group) 10,439,572 £64,307,764
FIL Limited 8,648,185 £53,272,820
FIL Limited 8,501,667 £52,370,269
Norges Bank 7,917,470 £48,771,615
Norges Bank 7,832,000 £48,245,120
BlackRock, Inc. 7,571,396 £46,639,799
Sprucegrove Investment Management 6,798,757 £41,880,343
181 University Avenue, Suite 1300 6,126,714 £37,740,558
The Vanguard Group Inc 4,615,468 £28,431,283
Jupiter Fund Management plc 4,424,016 £27,251,939
Schroders plc 4,361,978 £26,869,784
Schroder Investment Management Ltd 4,354,096 £26,821,231
Fidelity International Ltd 4,321,792 £26,622,239
Brown Capital Management Inc 4,233,280 £26,077,005
M&G Plc 4,217,612 £25,980,490
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 3,838,668 £23,646,195
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd 3,252,684 £20,036,533
Franklin Templeton Fund Management Limited 3,098,500 £19,086,760
Troy Asset Management (UK) 3,081,125 £18,979,730
Janus Henderson Group plc 3,068,539 £18,902,200
Invesco Advisors Inc 3,026,711 £18,644,540
Evenlode Investment Management Ltd (UK) 2,956,283 £18,210,703
Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK) 2,859,335 £17,613,504
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 2,844,486 £17,522,034
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd 2,659,959 £16,385,347
Allianz Global Investors 2,659,890 £16,384,922
Royal London Asset Management Limited 2,644,048 £16,287,336

* 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 616.00p
Change Today 13.00p
% Change 2.16 %
52 Week High 905.00
52 Week Low 539.00
Volume 94,076
Shares Issued 87.12m
Market Cap £536.69m
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 01-May-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 844 @ 616.00p
16:35 80 @ 616.00p
16:35 35,409 @ 616.00p
16:35 62 @ 616.00p
16:35 1,132 @ 616.00p

Victrex plc Key Personnel

CEO James Routh

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