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VSVS.LSE Vesuvius plc
LSE GBP Basic Materials
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As of 30 Oct 2026
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 1B
- P/E ratio
- 30.93
- Analyst target
- 500
- Dividend yield
- 5.1%
- Beta
- 1.02
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- LSE
- Currency
- GBP
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Steel
- ISIN
- GB00B82YXW83
- Market cap
- 1B
- P/E ratio
- 30.93
- Analyst target
- 500
- Dividend yield
- 5.1%
- Beta
- 1.02
About
About Vesuvius plc
Vesuvius plc provides molten metal flow engineering and technology services to steel and foundry casting industries worldwide. It operates through Steel Flow Control, Steel Advanced Refractories, Steel Sensors & Probes, and Foundry segments. The company offers feeder sleeves and risers, including insulating, exothermic insulating, and highly exothermic sleeves, as well as boards, lids, and powders. It also provides coatings for sand moulds and cores comprising high-production foundry jobbing, foundry coating equipment, and speciality foundry coatings; filters and gating systems for steel, iron, and nonferrous castings; metal treatment products; refractory linings and flow control products, such as furnace linings, ladle linings, and stoppers and nozzles for iron and steel foundries; die coatings for permanent mould casting; and crucibles and retorts under the Salamander and Noltina brands. In addition, the company offers organic and inorganic mould and core binder systems, including self-setting binders, ester-setting silicates, gas-setting binders, and heat-setting resins, as well as ancillary products comprising release and parting agents, glues and sealants, and sand additives. Further, it provides foundry services and support. The company was formerly known as Vesuvius Technologies plc and changed its name to Vesuvius plc in October 2012. Vesuvius plc was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Research context
Vesuvius 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
- Steel
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5 years, 6 months ago
Vesuvius plc is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 3.2% above 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 1.0.
Vesuvius plc's total revenue sank by 12.3% to $720M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 19.0% to $23M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 513.1% to $35M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Vesuvius plc gets an overall score of 3/5.