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Luxfer Holdings

LXFR
47
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$17.20
+0.08 (+0.47%)
Market Cap
$460.3M
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
47
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 28, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Mixed

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)

Winston Score History

The full picture

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.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
25.6%
Modest — 25.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
8.2%
Modest — 8.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
12.5%
Good — 12.5% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

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

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
323%
Turns 323% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
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

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.26
Conservative — low debt load (0.26)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
11.35x
Comfortably covers interest (11.4x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
57.3x
Expensive — P/E 57.3

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+45.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (57.3 → 12.1)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.05%
Moderate income — 3.05% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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