Company
Spectris PLC
LON:SXS
Spectris PLC is engaged in the development and marketing of precision instrumentation and controls. It operates in four segments: Materials Analysis; Test and Measurement; In-line Instrumentation and Industrial Controls
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Spectris reports continuing 10% growth but difficulty growing margins
A capital markets day (CMD) later today will provide more detail about its strategy for sustainable growth, including new medium-term targets
Spectris ends Oxford Instruments offer talks due to economic uncertainty created by war in Ukraine
The company said it still believes there is strong rationale for combining the two businesses but that the time is not right
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Oxford Instruments' shares soar on takeover bid
Offer of 3,100p per share marks a sizeable premium on yesterday's closing value of 2,015p
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Spectris divests measurements business NDC for £130mln
Acquirer Nordson will integrate the business within its Advanced Technologies Solutions segment
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Spectris says Q2 performance was better-than-expected
“Whilst the backdrop has altered, it has provided new opportunities to emerge from this crisis stronger and more resilient,” said Andrew Heath.
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Spectris sales fall but manufacturing back to full capacity
Like-for-like sales were down 6% in North America, 13% in Europe and 20% in Asia
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Spectris upped to ‘hold’ by Berenberg, highlights self-help levers and dividend attractions
“The risk to earnings is clearly high but Spectris has self-help levers and our analysis suggests that it is probably better placed than many peers"
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Spectris slips after ShoreCap downgrade on global manufacturing weakness
Global manufacturing PMI data in March has shown significant weakness as a result of the coronavirus pandemic
Spectris splashes out with special dividend despite challenging markets
As well as declaring a final dividend of 43.2p per share, the board also pledged to shell out another 150p via a special dividend
Investments and investor services
FTSE 100 closes lower but BP top gainer after Q2 results beat expectations
The FTSE 100 index closed 39.84 points lower on the day at 7,646, while the midcap FTSE 250 index plunged almost 112 points to close at 19,774