Luxfer Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (LXFR)

Turnaround

FairStock Score: 37/100 — MIXED

Key Financials

Current Price$17.28
Market Cap$462M
P/E Ratio35.27
ROE6.56%
Dividend Yield3.02%
SectorIndustrials

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I approach Luxfer as a specialist industrial with a narrow but real niche: high-pressure gas containment and high-performance materials for aerospace, aviation, space, medical, and industrial customers. The moat, if any, comes from engineering qualifications and customer approvals, but scale is modest. The filings show a turnaround: in fiscal 2023, the year ended 2023-12-31, revenue was $405.0M and net income was a loss of $1.9M, or diluted EPS -$0.07. By fiscal 2025, the year ended 2025-12-31, revenue was $384.6M with net income of $7.7M and diluted EPS $0.28. More recently, in fiscal Q2 2026, the quarter ended 2026-06-28, revenue was $95.7M, net income $4.8M, and diluted EPS $0.18; that compares with fiscal Q2 2025, the quarter ended 2025-06-29, revenue $106.6M, net income $2.6M, and diluted EPS $0.10. So revenue fell 10.23% while net income rose 84.62% - a margin recovery, not a growth story. Financial health is moderate: debt-to-equity is 0.31, trailing free cash flow is $16.8M, and the dividend yield is 3.02%. But returns are thin - ROE 6.56%, ROCE 5.73% - and the Piotroski F-Score is 5/9. At the 2026-10-13 close of $17.26, FairStock's P/E is 35.22, P/B 2.07, EV/EBITDA 15.24, and the Graham Number is $9.58, leaving the price about 80% above that conservative benchmark. The Lynch category is TURNAROUND, and the FairStock Score is 37/100. I see a recovering but unproven business whose price already assumes considerable improvement.

In plain English: Luxfer makes high-pressure gas containers and specialty materials used in aerospace and industrial markets. The business is smaller and is recovering: sales fell in the latest quarter, but profit rose and it has moved past a recent loss. At the recent price, the shares look expensive compared with the company's current earnings and book value, even though the dividend and cash generation offer some support.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-28) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-29) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-28) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-29) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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