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Luxfer Holdings PLC key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Luxfer Holdings PLC had return on equity of 3.5% and a net margin of 2.0%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin4.3%3.8%6.2%0.8%6.2%8.0%6.4%−0.5%4.7%2.0%1.7%
Return on equity11.8%10.2%13.9%1.7%11.7%15.9%12.9%−0.9%8.5%3.5%2.8%
Return on assets4.5%4.1%6.1%0.8%5.4%8.4%6.9%−0.5%4.9%2.0%1.6%
Effective tax rate28.2%16.7%19.2%48.7%24.8%15.3%22.0%—30.9%41.0%35.5%
R&D as % of revenue1.8%1.8%1.6%1.5%1.0%1.0%1.2%1.1%1.1%1.1%1.6%
SG&A as % of revenue13.5%15.4%13.6%13.3%12.3%12.6%10.2%12.0%12.3%12.8%13.0%
Dividends ÷ net income74.7%80.1%53.6%438.7%68.0%45.5%52.8%—76.1%180.5%221.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

6 of 7 checks passed · September 27, 2026
What it owns · $383m
Short-term assets $191mLonger-term assets $192m
What it owes, and who funded it · $383m
Short-term liabilities $77mLonger-term liabilities $84mShareholders' equity $222m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $191m of assets due within a year against $77m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $191m short-term assets against $84m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $20m of cash against $58m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 26% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 42% to 26% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $30m of operating cash flow against $58m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $22m against $3m of interest.

From Luxfer Holdings PLC's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

48 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Luxfer Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 10 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 8.6% of total assets over 7 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 24.8%, moving by 2.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.

  • Durability 1 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 6.3%; its worst year was -0.1%.

  • Cash conversion 11 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 8 years, at a median 6.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 18 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 3.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Luxfer Holdings PLC's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Luxfer Holdings PLC.