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Essentra

LSE:ESNT · GB00B0744359
ChemicalsSmall

360

86
EV / EBIT70
Price / Owner Earnings17
Owner Earnings Yield60
Dividend Yield57
Price/Sales58
EV / Gross Profit76
Price/Book57
Return on Capital39
Cash Return on Capital69
Return on Equity39
EBIT Margin55
Gross Profitability93
Cash Conversion91
Accruals86
Owner Earnings Margin77
Sales growth56
Profit Growth32
Long-Term EPS Growth92
Owner Earnings Growth26
Reinvestment91
Price momentum29
Debt load52
Refinancing66
Debt Payback39
Liquidity25
Analyst ratings79
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside93
Market mood73
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Essentra clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUK
IndustryChemicals
SizeSmall
TypePublic Company
ExchangeLSE
Founded2005
Employees1,187
ISINGB00B0744359
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Electric VehicleInjection MoldingFood and BeverageIndustrial ManufacturingManufacturingPersonal Health

Description

Essentra plc manufactures and distributes plastic injection and vinyl dip moulded, and metal components worldwide. Business Segments The company operates through several key business segments. The company primarily focuses on industrial components,…

Analysis

Quality compounder

Essentra plc earns the quality_compounder label: good underlying economics priced fairly, with no obvious bargain or excess.

On valuation, the picture is fair. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 16.4×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 4% a year, against analyst forecasts of 7%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
80
2023202420252026

All-time high

80

Jun 2026

All-time low

15

Jan 2025

Average rank

60

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
58
32
27
55
Price/Earnings
56
37
56
51
Price/Book
57
49
37
67
Dividend Yield
57
42
48
44
Value (overall)
60
24
37
31

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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