Brokerages Set Spectris plc (LON:SXS) PT at GBX 3,765

Spectris plc (LON:SXS) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Buy” by the six research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Six analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,765 ($48.67).

SXS has been the subject of several research reports. Berenberg Bank lowered their target price on Spectris from GBX 3,180 ($41.11) to GBX 3,000 ($38.78) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 10th. Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of Spectris in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd.

Spectris Stock Up 1.3 %

LON SXS opened at GBX 2,558 ($33.07) on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 2,800.74 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,673.30. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.61. Spectris has a 52 week low of GBX 2,370 ($30.64) and a 52 week high of GBX 3,430 ($44.34). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.37, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a current ratio of 2.36.

Spectris (LON:SXS) last released its earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The company reported GBX 148.10 ($1.91) EPS for the quarter. Spectris had a return on equity of 20.13% and a net margin of 20.44%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Spectris will post 194.7972456 EPS for the current year.

About Spectris

The experts in providing insight through precision measurement.

Our purpose is to deliver value beyond measure – going beyond just the measurement.

Precision is at the heart of what we do. Spectris provides global customers with specialist insight through our high-tech instruments and test equipment, augmented by the power of our software.

Through a combination of our hardware, analytical and simulation software, we provide our customers with superior data and invaluable insights that enable them to work faster, smarter and more efficiently.

This equips them with the ability to reduce time to market, improve processes, quality and yield.