Valuation: Gooch & Housego PLC

Capitalization 211M 283M 244M 220M 385M 26B 403M 2.6B 1.04B 12.47B 1.06B 1.04B 44.6B P/E ratio 2026 *
22.4x
P/E ratio 2027 * 17x
Enterprise value 254M 340M 293M 264M 463M 31.22B 484M 3.13B 1.25B 14.97B 1.27B 1.25B 53.54B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.45x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.3x
Free-Float
75.69%
Yield 2026 *
1.73%
Yield 2027 * 1.77%
1 day+1.58%
1 week+2.12%
Current month-8.10%
1 month+8.12%
3 months+31.29%
6 months+44.57%
Current year+28.67%
1 week 756
Extreme 756
860
1 month 722
Extreme 722
860
Current year 598
Extreme 598
860
1 year 352
Extreme 352
860
3 years 352
Extreme 352
860
5 years 352
Extreme 352
1,550
10 years 352
Extreme 352
1,900
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 56 13/09/2022
Director of Finance/CFO - -
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - 30/11/2015
Director TitleAgeSince
Chairman 69 20/02/2018
Director/Board Member 52 10/05/2020
Director/Board Member 64 11/02/2021
Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
+1.58%+2.12%+58.52%+48.46% 277M
-4.09%-12.17%-3.83%-19.82% 25.63B
-0.48%-8.98%-1.25%+1.83% 7.29B
+0.86%-9.81%+26.69% - 2.55B
-1.99%-5.05%-31.47%-66.67% 2.11B
-0.53%-6.55%+33.62%+53.18% 2.09B
-2.87%-5.32%+22.58%+25.40% 1.98B
-4.38%-2.05%+110.55%+98.62% 1.8B
+4.87%-1.58%+39.30%+105.43% 1.25B
+0.54%-7.47%-15.33%-52.19% 951M
Average -0.65%-4.95%+23.94%+21.58% 4.59B
Weighted average by Cap. -2.57%-6.50%+5.62%-4.65%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 174M 234M 201M 182M 318M 21.46B 333M 2.15B 861M 10.29B 877M 858M 36.81B 188M 252M 218M 196M 344M 23.2B 360M 2.32B 930M 11.12B 947M 927M 39.78B
Net income 9.11M 12.19M 10.51M 9.49M 16.6M 1.12B 17.38M 112M 44.94M 537M 45.76M 44.79M 1.92B 12.11M 16.22M 13.99M 12.63M 22.09M 1.49B 23.12M 149M 59.79M 715M 60.88M 59.58M 2.56B
Net Debt 42.39M 56.76M 48.94M 44.18M 77.3M 5.22B 80.9M 522M 209M 2.5B 213M 208M 8.95B 34.65M 46.39M 40M 36.11M 63.18M 4.26B 66.12M 427M 171M 2.04B 174M 170M 7.31B
Logo Gooch & Housego PLC
Gooch & Housego PLC is a United Kingdom-based company. The Company is a manufacturer of specialist optoelectronic components, materials and systems and specialist instrumentation and life sciences devices. It operates through three segments: Industrial, Aerospace and Defense, and Life Sciences/Bio Photonics. The Industrial segment comprises the Industrial laser market for use in the semiconductor and microelectronic industries, but also includes other Industrial applications such as metrology, telecommunications, and scientific research. The Company’s products include Acousto-Optics, Crystal Optics, Electro-Optics, Fiber Optics, Precision Optics, Lens Systems, and Vision Systems. Its Aerospace and Defense solutions include satellite communications, optical imaging in harsh environments, airborne and spaceborne navigation, laser directed energy weapons, laser protection in the field. Its Industrial and Telecom solutions include lidar systems, laser-based semiconductor manufacturing.
Employees
975
Date Price Change Volume
06/03/26 772.00 p +1.58% 27,671
05/03/26 760.00 p -0.78% 65,571
04/03/26 766.00 p -1.79% 69,144
03/03/26 780.00 p -8.24% 137,621
02/03/26 850.00 p +1.19% 47,900
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
5
Last Close Price
7.720GBP
Average target price
8.470GBP
Spread / Average Target
+9.72%

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