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Luxfer Holdings PLC is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Luxfer shares (LXFR) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Luxfer employs 1,600 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$383.2 million.
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Luxfer. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: LXFR. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Luxfer reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Luxfer, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Luxfer. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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Luxfer share price
Use our graph to track the performance of LXFR stocks over time.Luxfer shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-02-24.
| 52-week range | USD$9.9168 - USD$19.56 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$17.4836 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$15.0994 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$21.5 |
| PE ratio | 54.8919 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.5 (2.57%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$0.37 |
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Is Luxfer under- or over-valued?
Valuing Luxfer stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Luxfer's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Luxfer's P/E ratio
Luxfer's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 55x. In other words, Luxfer shares trade at around 55x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Luxfer's PEG ratio
Luxfer's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.2482. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Luxfer's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Luxfer's EBITDA
Luxfer's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$54.3 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Luxfer's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Luxfer financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$383.2 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 10.31% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$108 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 6.48% |
| Return on equity TTM | 5.9% |
| Profit margin | 2.74% |
| Book value | $6.397 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$543.9 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Luxfer shares
There are currently 231,351 Luxfer shares held short by investors – that's known as Luxfer's "short interest". This figure is 4.1% down from 241,282 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Luxfer shares can be evaluated.
Luxfer's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Luxfer's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Luxfer shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Luxfer shares traded daily (recently around 84434.671532847). Luxfer's SIR currently stands at 2.74. In other words for every 100,000 Luxfer shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2740 shares are currently held short.
However Luxfer's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Luxfer shares, or, against the total number of tradable Luxfer shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Luxfer's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Luxfer shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0125% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Luxfer shares, roughly 13 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Luxfer.
Find out more about how you can short Luxfer stock.
Luxfer share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 50.51% of net profits
Recently Luxfer has paid out, on average, around 50.51% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.68% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Luxfer shareholders could enjoy a 2.68% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Luxfer's case, that would currently equate to about $0.5 per share.
Luxfer's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Luxfer's most recent dividend payout was on 4 February 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 January 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Luxfer share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Luxfer's shares have ranged in value from as little as $9.9168 up to $19.56. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Luxfer's is 0.951. This would suggest that Luxfer's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Luxfer overview
Luxfer Holdings PLC, a materials technology company, designs, manufactures, and supplies high-performance materials, components, and high-pressure gas cylinders for transportation, defense and emergency response, healthcare, and general industrial end-market applications. It operates in two segments, Gas Cylinders and Elektron. The Gas Cylinders segment manufactures and markets aluminum, titanium, and carbon composite cylinders, which are used for self-contained breathing apparatus that are used by firefighters and other emergency-responders, as well as scuba divers and personnel in potentially hazardous environments, such as mines; and aluminum and composite cylinders for use in the containment of oxygen and other medical gases that are used by patients, healthcare facilities, and laboratories. This segment also offers carbon composite cylinders for compressed natural gas and hydrogen containment in alternative fuel vehicles; lightweight aluminum cylinders for a variety of industrial applications, such as fire extinguishers and containment of high-purity specialty gases; and lightweight aluminum and titanium panels primarily for use in the aerospace and luxury-auto industries. The Elektron segment focuses on specialty materials based on magnesium, zircon sand, and rare earths. It develops and manufactures magnesium alloys; magnesium powders; and magnesium, copper, and zinc photoengraving plates for graphic arts and luxury packaging. This segment also develops and manufactures zirconium-based materials and oxides used as catalysts and in the manufacture of advanced ceramics, fiber-optic fuel cells, and other performance products. Luxfer Holdings PLC has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, rest of Europe, the Asia Pacific, Canada, South America, Latin America, and Africa. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.
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