WEIR.L - The Weir Group PLC
| Previous close | 1,996.00 |
| Open | 1,986.00 |
| Bid | 1,730.00 x 74700 |
| Ask | 0.00 x 77700 |
| Day's range | 1,943.50 - 2,003.00 |
| 52-week range | 1,710.66 - 2,333.00 |
| Volume | 665,278 |
| Avg. volume | 1,454,084 |
| Market cap | 5.11B |
| Beta | 1.12 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 26.99 |
| EPS (TTM) | 73.10 |
| Earnings date | 31 Jul 2018 |
| Forward dividend & yield | 0.58 (2.93%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 2018-04-26 |
| 1y target est | 2,416.39 |
- Fool.co.uk•3 days ago
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- Simply Wall St.•last month
Does The Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) Have A Place In Your Portfolio?
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- Simply Wall St.•2 months ago
How Financially Strong Is The Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR)?
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- Simply Wall St.•2 months ago
The Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR): What Are The Future Prospects?
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- Reuters•3 months ago
From Disney to Dior, Norway wealth fund challenges CEO pay
Executive pay is firmly in the crosshairs of Norway's $1 trillion (727 billion pound) sovereign wealth fund as it puts its votes to work at some of the more than 9,000 companies it is invested in. The world's biggest sovereign wealth fund, built on Norway's oil revenues, has become a more active shareholder in recent years and since 2017 has called for changes including the scrapping of long-term incentive plans and simpler and more transparent packages. It has also voted against the pay of Disney (DIS.N) CEO Bob Iger, Christian Dior (DIOR.PA) CEO Sydney Toledano, Peugeot (PEUP.PA) CEO Carlos Tavares, Vinci (SGEF.PA) CEO Xavier Huilliard and Vivendi (VIV.PA) CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine.
- Reuters•3 months ago
Weir to buy U.S. mining tools maker ESCO for $1.05 billion
Weir shares rose as much as 6.6 percent to 2,258 pence on the news. ESCO shareholders will receive 59 percent of the deal value in cash, the remainder in new Weir shares. Weir plans to place about 16.7 million shares, or about 7.4 percent of its share capital, to partly fund the deal.
- Reuters - UK Focus•3 months ago
UK's Weir to buy U.S. mining tools maker ESCO for $1.05 bln
Weir Group Plc (Other OTC: WEIGY - news) , which makes pumps and valves for the mining and energy industries, said it had agreed to buy ESCO Corp. for $1 billion as it looks to bolster its mining business. Weir shares rose as much as 6.6 percent to 2,258 pence on the news. ESCO shareholders will receive 59 percent of the deal value in cash, the remainder in new Weir shares.
- Bloomberg•3 months ago
Weir to Buy Esco to Add Mining Equipment as Company Revamps
Weir Group Plc plans to acquire U.S. competitor Esco Corp. as the U.K. maker of industrial pumps strengthens its focus on the mining industry in a $1.29 billion deal including debt.
- Reuters•5 months ago
Weir Group's profit beats as oil and gas business orders surge
The company's operating profit rose 36.4 percent to 292 million pounds for the year ended Dec. 31. Analysts on average had expected an operating profit of 273.68 million pounds, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Orders in the oil and gas business rose to 732 million pounds from 438 million pounds, with North America orders increasing 82 percent.
- Reuters - UK Focus•9 months ago
Best month since May for Britain's FTSE, but investors eye BoE
LONDON/MILAN, Oct (Shenzhen: 000069.SZ - news) 31 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE sealed its best monthly gains since May on Tuesday as a series of upbeat earning updates including from oil major BP helped it rebound and end October on a high. The internationally-exposed FTSE 100 inched up 0.1 percent, closing at 7,493.08 points after a 0.2 percent fall on Monday when strength in the pound ahead of this week's Bank of England policy meeting weighed. The stock index ended October up 1.6 percent, its best month since May, when the election of President Emmanuel Macron in France sent stock markets across Europe soaring.
- Reuters - UK Focus•9 months ago
Oil major BP leads FTSE higher as earnings roll in
MILAN, Oct (Shenzhen: 000069.SZ - news) 31 (Reuters) - The FTSE inched up on Tuesday as a series of upbeat earning updates including from oil major BP helped UK's top share index rebound. The internationally exposed FTSE rose 0.3 percent at 7,513 points by 0929 GMT after a 0.2 percent fall seen on Monday when strength in the pound ahead of this week's Bank of England policy meeting weighed. BP rose as much as 4.1 percent to its highest level in three years since July 2014 after a strong update in a sector supported by the reecent surge of crude oil prices to above $60.
- Reuters - UK Focus•9 months ago
BUZZ-Weir Group: Lowers FY operating profit forecast
** UK-based engineering company Weir down 6.1 pct, top loser on FTSE 250 index ** Company says full-year operating profit expected to be slightly lower than previously anticipated due to higher costs and ...
- Reuters•9 months ago
Weir Group expects FY operating profit to be lower than estimates
The company expects full-year operating margins in the mining business, its biggest, to be only slightly ahead of the first half due to additional investment, costs associated with reconfiguring operational capacity and some project phasing delays. The company said orders in the oil and gas business rose 59 percent and it expected a "material" increase in full-year constant currency divisional revenues and low double-digit operating margins.
