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

Spectris plc (LON:SXSGet Free Report) 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.

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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:SXSGet Free Report) 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.

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