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Employees: 1,400
Size Luxfer (LXFR) is a United States Materials company (Other Metals/Minerals) with a market value of $463M, the 2752nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $17.32 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 11.2%, against -37.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 8.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is 10.3% (peer median 7.4%).
Valuation It trades at 16.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.2× (4th most expensive of 11).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 9% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is +6 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.1 points above its cost of capital (9.8% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 1.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $362M | $385M | $392M | $405M | $423M |
| Revenue growth | — | -2% | -3% | -4% | — |
| Gross profit | $90.9M | $89.2M | $85.7M | $76.6M | $95.0M |
| EBITDA | $48.1M | $48.6M | $46.6M | $36.0M | $60.6M |
| Net income | $6.20M | $7.70M | $18.4M | -$1.90M | $26.9M |
| Free cash flow | $18.6M | $26.2M | $40.8M | $16.9M | $7.60M |
| Capital expenditure | $11.0M | $7.80M | $10.7M | $9.40M | $8.30M |
| Total debt | $69.4M | $51.6M | $59.8M | $91.9M | $104M |
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| Measure | LXFR | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +0.5% | -15.0% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +11.2% | -37.7% | highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -10.9% | -53.1% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -8.9% | +5.0% | 2nd lowest of 18 |
| Operating margin | 10.3% | 7.4% | 8th highest of 18 |
| Forward P/E | 16.6× | 11.2× | 4th most expensive of 11 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 9.1% | 9.9% | 4th least demanding of 8 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +3.4% | +5.7% | lowest of 7 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +5.7 pp | +3.9 pp | 4th least demanding of 7 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.1 pp | -6.6 pp | 5th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.6× | 7.5× | most expensive of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.0× | 0.5× | 5th least indebted of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxfer LXFR | United States | $463M | +11% | -9% | 10% | 16.6× | 9.1% | +3.4% |
| Moil MOIL.NS | India | $465M | -32% | +3% | 19% | 10.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Ximei Resources 9936.HK | Hong Kong | $461M | -40% | +52% | 14% | 9.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang Xinxin Mining Industry 3833.HK | Hong Kong | $457M | -39% | +20% | 17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ecora Royalties ECOR.L | United Kingdom | $475M | -4% | +168% | 48% | 12.1× | 11.0% | +4.5% |
| Ferroglobe GSM | United States | $477M | -37% | +4% | 0% | 4.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Lindian Resources LIN.AX | Australia | $481M | -50% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Elevra Lithium ELV.AX | Australia | $445M | -74% | -8% | -34% | 29.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Xiamen Sunrise 002593.SZ | China | $485M | -25% | +5% | 8% | n/a | -7.2% | +4.1% |
| Intrepid Potash IPI | United States | $443M | -13% | +5% | 6% | 11.8× | 9.9% | +8.7% |
| Ruitai Materials Technology 002066.SZ | China | $489M | -40% | -1% | -4% | 40.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Xiamen Zhongchuang Environmental Technology 300056.SZ | China | $434M | -32% | -12% | -41% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Re.fine Environment Sci-tech 001396.SZ | China | $433M | -42% | +4% | 12% | n/a | 27.1% | +10.6% |
| PMET Resources PMET.TO | Canada | $431M | -56% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chongqing Changjiang River Moulding Material (Group) 001296.SZ | China | $430M | -16% | -1% | 7% | n/a | 14.0% | +4.2% |
| Central Asia Metals CAML.L | United Kingdom | $430M | -17% | +23% | 39% | 4.3× | -9.5% | +6.9% |
| Magna Mining NICU.TO | Canada | $429M | -15% | +299% | -34% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| REalloys ALOY | United States | $427M | -38% | +21% | -4,460% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Group 6 Metals G6M.AX | Australia | $424M | -9% | +508% | 50% | 6.2× | -9.7% | n/a |
| NioCorp Developments NB | United States | $423M | -52% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| United States Antimony UAMY | United States | $422M | -74% | +36% | -65% | 82.2× | n/a | n/a |