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Porvair

LSE:PRV GB0006963689
67
  • Value
    45
  • Growth
    39
  • Safety
    Safety
    92
  • Combined
    73
  • Sentiment
    58
  • 360° View
    360° View
    67
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Company Description

Porvair plc specializes in filtration, laboratory, and environmental technology businesses. It operates in Aerospace & Industrial, Laboratory, and Metal Melt Quality divisions. Operations are located in the United Kingdom, United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, India, and China. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $445 million, profits of $83 million, revenue of $245 million, and 1007 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 67 (better than 67% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Porvair are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Porvair. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 58, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 58% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 92 or better than 92% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 45, meaning that the share price of Porvair is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 39. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Capital Growth
Weakest Rank Safety
Country United Kingdom
Industry Industrial Machinery
Size Small
Website porvair.com
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 9-Apr-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
45 16 22 21
Growth
39 24 43 43
Safety
Safety
92 91 81 77
Sentiment
58 90 100 75
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67 67 82 60
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
75 76 85 92
Opinions Change
50 86 98 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 67 72 5
Market Pulse
43 47 93 83
Sentiment
58 90 100 75
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
45 16 22 21
Growth
39 24 43 43
Safety Safety
92 91 81 77
Combined
73 32 40 47
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
44 25 29 32
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
35 27 25 18
Price vs. Book (P/B)
48 38 45 50
Dividend Yield
29 18 18 21
Value
45 16 22 21
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
91 30 89 28
Profit Growth
29 48 52 22
Capital Growth
14 18 29 64
Stock Returns
43 59 21 69
Growth
39 24 43 43
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
87 87 86 76
Refinancing
53 36 41 39
Liquidity
86 100 70 64
Safety Safety
92 91 81 77

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