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Spirent Communications
(SPT)
Sector: Technology Hardware & Equipment
172.50p
1.50p 0.88
Last updated: 10:15:11
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Today's buy and sell prices
| The price at which you can buy a share or investment. It is usually higher than the bid (sell) price. It’s the price you are being offered. Offer | 173.00p |
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| The price at which you can sell a share or investment. It is lower than the offer (buy) price. Bid | 172.50p |
| The difference between the bid and offer prices expressed as a percentage. When you buy shares you pay a higher price than you get when you sell them. The difference between these prices is the profit made by the market maker who puts the deals together. Spread | 0.29 |
Today's trading
| Range The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. | 171.00p-173.40p |
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| The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. Volume | 38,304.00 |
| The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. Today's open | 173.30p |
| At the end of the trading day there is an official closing price for every share. The previous session’s close is used as the base to calculate the following day’s price changes. Previous close | 170.30p |
Yearly summary
| The highest and lowest prices the shares have traded at over a rolling 52-week period. It gives you a good indication of how the share price is performing now relative to its recent past performance. 52wk range | 104.50p-200.00p |
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Fundamentals and health
| A measure of the company's worth on the stock market. We display the previous closing share price multiplied by the number of shares in issue. Market capitalisation | £998.16 |
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| The number of shares a company has in circulation, in millions. Shares in issue | 578.65 |
| The main valuation used by investors and a way of gauging whether a company's share price is cheap or expensive compared to competitors. You get PE by dividing the share price by the earnings per share (EPS). Our figure is last basic unadjusted - reported - annual EPS / current share price x 100. Companies also quote adjusted EPS figures to remove the effect of one-off exceptional figures from the profit figures. There is debate among investors as to whether this should be used. We use basic EPS – the purest figure. PE ratio | 17.5 |
| PEG ratio | 1.2 |
| An important ratio for showing how much profit after tax and other deductions (net profit) is actually being earned per share. You divide the net profit by the number of shares in issue. Expressed in pence per share. Looking at whether the EPS is rising or falling over time is one of the most important indicators of whether a company is really making money for its shareholders. Our figure is undiluted, meaning it is not adjusted for exceptional costs. EPS | 16.46¢ |
| Earnings per share growth illustrates the growth of earning per share over the last two reporting periods. It helps investors identify stocks that are increasing or decreasing in profitability. A minus sign indicates negative growth. EPS growth | 14 |
| Return on capital employed measures a company's profitability in relation to how much capital is invested in the business. Generally, the higher the figure the better but with all these ratios it is best to compare companies from the same sector. A high double digit figure may mean a company has an advantage over its competitors because of a unique product but an oil company, for example, will have higher capital outlay than an online retailer. Our formula: [Pre-tax profit / (total assets – short-term liabilities)] * 100 ROCE | 39.13 |
| Also known as the acid test ratio, it's a quick guide to how well a company can pay its short-term debts. Above 1 is considered healthy. A ratio of 1.5 would mean the company has £1.50 of liquid (accessible) assets to cover each £1 of debt (current liabilities). Formula: Current assets minus inventory / current liabilities. Quick ratio | 1.96 |
| Indicates whether a company can convert assets into cash to pay its debts within the next 12 months. It is calculated as current assets / current liabilities for the same period but will display as '0' for companies such as banks that don't distinguish between short and long-term liabilities. Current ratio | 2.17 |
| The amount of money a company paid to a shareholder for each share they own over the past 12 months, expressed in pence. Total dividends per share | 2.76p |
| The dividends paid per share over the past 12 months (interim plus final) as a percentage of the share price. Our figure includes recurring special dividends. Dividend yield | 2.3 |
| The number of times the dividend could have been paid out from net profits. It is a good indicator of the company's ability to pay the dividend and its level of generosity. Formula: earnings per share / dividends per share. More than 2 is considered healthy, less than 1.5 may hint that a dividend is at risk of being cut. Dividend cover | 2.49 |
| Dividend per share growth | 11.98 |
Spirent Communications Fundamentals
Spirent is the leading global provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks, cybersecurity, and positioning. We stand behind your promise to deliver a new generation of technologies to your customers. Our automated test and assurance solutions accelerate technology development in the lab and ensure new products and services perform in the real world.
Spirent Communications Regulatory news
| Date | Time | Headline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25/11/2024 | 09:47 | Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Spirent Communications plc | RNS |
| 25/11/2024 | 09:31 | Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc | RNS |
| 25/11/2024 | 09:11 | Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) | RNS |
| 25/11/2024 | 07:00 | Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications PLC | RNS |
| 22/11/2024 | 15:39 | Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc | Business Wire |
| 22/11/2024 | 15:20 | Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc | RNS |
| 22/11/2024 | 15:09 | Form 8.3 -SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC | RNS |
| 22/11/2024 | 14:57 | Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc | Business Wire |
| 22/11/2024 | 13:09 | Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc | RNS |
| 22/11/2024 | 12:17 | Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc | Business Wire |
Spirent Communications Latest trades
Latest trades
| Date | Time | Price | Amount | Value | Type | Buy / sell |
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| 25/11/2024 | 10:13:01 | 172p | 12,634 | £21,730.48 | O | Sell |
| 25/11/2024 | 10:13:00 | 173p | 8 | £13.84 | AT | Sell |
| 25/11/2024 | 10:13:00 | 172p | 753 | £1,295.16 | AT | Sell |
| 25/11/2024 | 10:13:00 | 172p | 49 | £84.28 | AT | Sell |
| 25/11/2024 | 10:13:00 | 172p | 11,300 | £19,436.00 | AT | Buy |
Analysis
| Buy | Sell | |
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| Quantity | 7 | 15 |
| Volume | 17,419 | 20,885 |
| Value | £30,068 | £35,993 |
Spirent Communications Director dealings
| Trade date | Director | Volume / Price | Trade value | Trade type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/10/2024 | Paula Bell | 73 @ 0.00 | 0.00 | Transfer From |
| 24/10/2024 | Paula Bell | 73 @ 172.00p | £125.56 | Buy |
| 24/09/2024 | Paula Bell | 73 @ 171.00p | £124.83 | Transfer From |
| 24/09/2024 | Paula Bell | 73 @ 171.00p | £124.83 | Buy |
| 27/08/2024 | Paula Bell | 70 @ 0.00 | 0.00 | Transfer From |
| 27/08/2024 | Paula Bell | 70 @ 177.80p | £124.46 | Buy |
| 24/07/2024 | Paula Bell | 72 @ 0.00 | 0.00 | Transfer From |
| 24/07/2024 | Paula Bell | 72 @ 0.00 | 0.00 | Transfer From |
| 24/07/2024 | Paula Bell | 72 @ 174.40p | £125.57 | Buy |
| 24/06/2024 | Paula Bell | 68 @ 0.00 | 0.00 | Transfer From |
Spirent Communications Broker views
| Date | Broker | Recomm. | Old target price | New target price | Notes |
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| 22/11/2024 | Deutsche | buy | - | 225.00p | reiteration |
| 16/09/2024 | JP Morgan Cazenove | overweight | 344.00p | 321.00p | reiteration |
| 07/08/2024 | Canaccord Genuity | speculative buy | - | 199.00p | upgrade |
| 10/04/2024 | Canaccord Genuity | hold | 172.50p | 199.00p | reiteration |
| 08/03/2024 | Numis | buy | 155.00p | 240.00p | reiteration |
| 06/03/2024 | Canaccord Genuity | hold | 145.00p | 172.50p | downgrade |
| 19/10/2023 | Canaccord Genuity | speculative buy | - | 145.00p | reiteration |
| 03/10/2023 | Canaccord Genuity | speculative buy | - | 240.00p | reiteration |
| 04/05/2023 | Canaccord Genuity | speculative buy | - | 250.00p | reiteration |
| 06/04/2023 | Goldman Sachs | neutral | - | 170.00p | upgrade |
Spirent Communications News
| Date | Time | Headline |
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| 29/03/2024 | 19:00 | Takeover battle for Spirent escalates as bidder Viavi takes a swipe at its rival Keysight |
| 28/03/2024 | 07:31 | BUSINESS LIVE: Crypto fraudster SBF handed 25-year prison sentence; Recession confirmed; Thames Water survival fears |
| 28/03/2024 | 08:50 | Spirent ditches Vivai as Keysight gatecrashes deal with £1.2bn takeover offer |
| 05/03/2024 | 07:29 | BUSINESS LIVE: Bitcoin surpasses record $69,000; Greggs eyes further growth; US rival to buy Spirent |
| 05/03/2024 | 11:22 | Spirent Communications agrees £1bn takeover by US-based Viavi Solutions |
| 06/11/2023 | 22:16 | The FTSE 350's worst performers of 2023 |
| 06/10/2023 | 19:25 | MARKET REPORT: Takeover speculation puts rocket under Aviva |
| 04/08/2023 | 14:35 | SMALL CAP MOVERS: North Sea oil and gas shares soar after government announces new licensing proposals |
| 13/08/2022 | 12:40 | MIDAS SHARE TIPS: For steady 5G profit try Spirent Communications |
| 05/03/2021 | 18:16 | MARKET REPORT: Tech funds hit as Tesla hits the skids |
