Valuation: Gooch & Housego PLC

Capitalization 240M 325M 275M 253M 444M 30.08B 452M 2.97B 1.16B 14.58B 1.22B 1.19B 51.39B P/E ratio 2026 *
25.4x
P/E ratio 2027 * 19.3x
Enterprise value 284M 384M 326M 300M 526M 35.57B 535M 3.51B 1.38B 17.24B 1.44B 1.41B 60.77B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.63x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.46x
Free-Float
75.69%
Yield 2026 *
1.52%
Yield 2027 * 1.56%
1 day+3.06%
1 week-1.13%
Current month+17.43%
1 month+5.80%
3 months+41.29%
6 months+63.43%
Current year+46.00%
1 week 828
Extreme 828
898
1 month 720
Extreme 720
900
Current year 598
Extreme 598
900
1 year 367.25
Extreme 367.25
900
3 years 352
Extreme 352
900
5 years 352
Extreme 352
1,550
10 years 352
Extreme 352
1,900
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 56 14/09/2022
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - 01/12/2015
Director of Finance/CFO - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Chairman 69 21/02/2018
Director/Board Member 52 11/05/2020
Director/Board Member 64 12/02/2021
Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
+3.06%-1.13%+133.60%+72.44% 325M
+3.85%+1.18%+33.40%-15.65% 27.14B
-0.34%+0.37%+3.53%-10.08% 6.96B
+16.33%+17.13%+39.57%+72.37% 3.17B
+0.88%+2.30%-2.82%-65.86% 2.22B
-3.66%-3.04%+37.20%+48.24% 1.89B
+1.78%+2.95%+32.05%+33.74% 1.83B
+5.78%+7.24%+161.07%+88.07% 1.76B
+2.34%+6.71%+34.13%+70.45% 1.25B
-0.07%0.00%-38.51%-47.40% 896M
Average +3.00%+2.96%+43.32%+24.63% 4.74B
Weighted average by Cap. +3.50%+0.03%+31.93%-0.72%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 174M 236M 200M 184M 323M 21.88B 329M 2.16B 846M 10.61B 887M 868M 37.38B 188M 256M 216M 199M 349M 23.65B 355M 2.33B 915M 11.46B 959M 939M 40.4B
Net income 9.11M 12.34M 10.46M 9.62M 16.88M 1.14B 17.17M 113M 44.18M 554M 46.31M 45.34M 1.95B 12.11M 16.42M 13.91M 12.8M 22.45M 1.52B 22.85M 150M 58.78M 737M 61.6M 60.32M 2.6B
Net Debt 43.81M 59.39M 50.31M 46.29M 81.19M 5.5B 82.61M 542M 213M 2.66B 223M 218M 9.39B 34.65M 46.97M 39.79M 36.61M 64.21M 4.35B 65.34M 429M 168M 2.11B 176M 173M 7.43B
Logo Gooch & Housego PLC
Gooch & Housego PLC is a United Kingdom-based company. The Company is a manufacturer of specialist optoelectronic components, materials and systems and specialist instrumentation and life sciences devices. It operates through three segments: Industrial, Aerospace and Defense, and Life Sciences/Bio Photonics. The Industrial segment comprises the Industrial laser market for use in the semiconductor and microelectronic industries, but also includes other Industrial applications such as metrology, telecommunications, and scientific research. The Company’s products include Acousto-Optics, Crystal Optics, Electro-Optics, Fiber Optics, Precision Optics, Lens Systems, and Vision Systems. Its Aerospace and Defense solutions include satellite communications, optical imaging in harsh environments, airborne and spaceborne navigation, laser directed energy weapons, laser protection in the field. Its Industrial and Telecom solutions include lidar systems, laser-based semiconductor manufacturing.
Employees
975
Date Price Change Volume
17/04/26 876.00 p +3.06% 75,128
16/04/26 850.00 p 0.00% 20,598
15/04/26 850.00 p +0.95% 45,545
14/04/26 842.00 p -3.66% 71,693
13/04/26 874.00 p -1.35% 66,742
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
5
Last Close Price
8.760GBP
Average target price
8.470GBP
Spread / Average Target
-3.31%

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