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ESNT.LSE Essentra plc
LSE GBP Basic Materials
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As of 30 Oct 2026
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 324M
- P/E ratio
- 57.4
- Analyst target
- 146
- Dividend yield
- 1.7%
- Beta
- 0.83
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- LSE
- Currency
- GBP
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- ISIN
- GB00B0744359
- Market cap
- 324M
- P/E ratio
- 57.4
- Analyst target
- 146
- Dividend yield
- 1.7%
- Beta
- 0.83
About
About Essentra plc
Essentra plc engages in the manufacturing and distribution of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded, and metal items in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers electronic products, such as cable management, PCB hardware, fiber management, cable ties and clips, and motion control and power transmissions; and fasteners, including nuts and washers, rivets and panel fastening, rods and screws, spacers and standoffs, and point of sale products. It also provides machine and hardware products comprising workholding products; feet, castors, and glides; handles, grips, and knobs, clamping handles and indexing levers; handwheels and cranks; and industrial pins, plungers, and lanyards. In addition, the company offers caps, plugs, pipe and flange protection, high temperature masking, and hose protection, as well as tube plugs, insert and glides. It serves automotive and EV charging, renewable energy, medical devices, construction and agriculture, automation, telecoms, consumer equipment, and other industrial equipment industries. The company was formerly known as Filtrona plc and changed its name to Essentra plc in June 2013. Essentra plc was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.
Research context
Essentra plc appears in PyInvesting’s London Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
- Currency
- GBP
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
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5 years, 6 months ago
Essentra plc is currently in a long term downtrend where the price is trading 4.1% below its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 100.0% cheaper than other stocks from the Basic Materials sector with a price to sales ratio of 0.9.
Essentra plc's total revenue sank by 0.0% to $234M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 0.0% to $4M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 337.3% to $33M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Essentra plc gets an overall score of 2/5.