S£irax-Sarco Engineering PLC
£11,750.00
+ £205.00
( +
1.78%)
How to buy Spirax-Sarco Engineering shares
Spirax-Sarco Engineering shares have increased 1.78% from yesterday's closing price (11545p). Learn how to easily invest in Spirax-Sarco Engineering shares.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (SPX) is a publicly traded specialty industrial machinery business based in the UK. It opened the day at 11615p after a previous close of 11545p. During the day the price has varied from a low of 11575p to a high of 11750p. The latest price was 11750p (25 minute delay). Spirax-Sarco Engineering is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 10,400 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
Is Spirax-Sarco Engineering under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Spirax-Sarco Engineering P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Spirax-Sarco Engineering's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 37x. In other words, Spirax-Sarco Engineering shares trade at around 37x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the FTSE 250 at the end of September 2019 (19.71). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.6928. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Spirax-Sarco Engineering's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £423.4 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Spirax-Sarco Engineering's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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