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Luxfer Holdings

LXFR
43
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$17.10
+0.01 (+0.06%)
Market Cap
$457.6M
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
43
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Jun 28, 2026

Share count falling — buybacks

2.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 28.0M (2021) → 27.2M (2025)

Luxfer Holdings is a British industrial company that makes specialty materials and high-pressure gas cylinders. Its two main product lines are advanced magnesium and zirconium-based materials used in defense, healthcare, and industrial applications, and lightweight composite and aluminum cylinders used to store gases like oxygen and compressed natural gas. The company sells to governments, militaries, hospitals, and industrial customers around the world.

Luxfer earns revenue by selling these engineered products directly to customers, with no major subscription or licensing component. It operates primarily in the United Kingdom and the United States, with some presence in other markets, and generates roughly $400 million in annual revenue. Its competitive edge comes from specialized materials science expertise and certifications that are difficult for new competitors to replicate quickly. The main risk the company faces is its relatively thin operating margins, which leave little cushion if raw material costs rise or demand from key end markets like defense and medical gases softens.

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Quality

Gross Margin
25.6%
Modest — 25.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
8.2%
Modest — 8.2% operating margin
ROCE
2.8%
Weak — 2.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-10.1%
Shrinking sales (-10.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
-66.9%
Earnings shrinking (-66.9% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
323%
Turns 323% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
4.5%
Thin free cash flow (4.5%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.26
Conservative — low debt load (0.26)
Interest Cover
11.35x
Comfortably covers interest (11.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
57.0x
Expensive — P/E 57.0

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+44.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (57.0 → 12.1)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
3.05%
Moderate income — 3.05% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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