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Filtronic plc (FTC.L)

GBp280.00 +5.00 (+1.82%)
GB LSE Technology Communication Equipment
Address Plexus 1 TS21 3FD
Sedgefield, GB
CEO Nathaniel Edington
IPO 1994-11-07
ISIN GB0003362992

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Also trades on London Stock Exchange · FTC.L (GBp) Other OTC · FLTCF (USD)
Description

Filtronic plc, established in Sedgefield, United Kingdom, in 1977, is a global leader in the design, development, manufacturing, and distribution of sophisticated radio frequency (RF) communications equipment. The company delivers its specialized solutions to vital market sectors, including telecommunications infrastructure, aerospace and defense, and critical communications, serving clients across the United Kingdom, Europe, the Americas, and other international regions. Its comprehensive product line features high-performance components such as the Morpheus II e-band transceiver module and Cerus, a robust power amplifier designed for extended-range e-band communications. Filtronic also supplies tower top amplifiers and Orpheus, a complete, ultra-high-capacity system for backhaul, fronthaul, and mid-haul connectivity. Further offerings include switched filter banks, GaN amplifiers, and a diverse range of custom filters, encompassing types like metal cavity, ceramic, combline, interdigital, and waveguide filters, alongside custom combiner products. The company additionally provides interference mitigation filters, transmit and receive modules, microwave and mmWave transceivers, and integrated front-end modules containing elements such as power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, switches, and filters. Specific filter types like ceramic, combline, lumped element, and small cell filters are also available, alongside waveguide diplexers and various cross-band and in-band combiners. Beyond its product portfolio, Filtronic offers a suite of professional services, including contract design, microelectronic manufacturing, RF design and testing, and process engineering. The company operated under the name Filtronic Comtek plc until March 1998, when it adopted its current designation.

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No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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GBp280.00 +5.00 (+1.82%)
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Average Volume
4M
Beta
1.06
Float Shares
187.72M
Free Float %
85.3%
Price Performance
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+6.85% +3.45% +34.02% +93.07% +197.71% +121.59% +211.38% +2,900.00% +4,233.33% +3,614.29% -97.60%
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Price Targets & DCF
Current price
280.00
DCF (Unlevered) 23.19 -91.7%
DCF (Levered) 241.83 -13.6%

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Ratings Trend (MoM) 67% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 2 -1
Hold 1 +1
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
36.70
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
6 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
3 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
A-
Overall Score
4 / 5
High
DCF Score
4 / 5
High
ROE Score
5 / 5
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ROA Score
5 / 5
High
D/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
2 / 5
Medium
P/Book Score
1 / 5
Low
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Communication Equipment: +9.8%
    +121.5% Q4'25: +197.8% (vs Q4'23)
  • EPS growth Communication Equipment: +36.4%
    +329.1% Q4'25: +575.0% (vs Q4'23)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Communication Equipment: +59.0%
    +19.4% Q4'25: -11.0% (vs Q4'23)
  • EBIT margin Communication Equipment: +4.7%
    +24.3% Q4'25: +11.0% (vs Q4'23)
  • ROIC Communication Equipment: +3.7%
    +55.6% Q4'25: +32.4% (vs Q4'23)
  • Share dilution Communication Equipment: +0.0%
    +4.2% Q4'25: +7.9% (vs Q4'23)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Communication Equipment: -1.04×
    0.24× Q4'25: 0.32× (vs Q4'23)
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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 23.19 Current price: 280.00
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4 Rev. Ana.
3 EPS Ana.
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4 Rev. Ana.
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May 2028
1 Rev. Ana.
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Revenue
46.59M
est: 47.60M (-2.1%)
94.09M
est: 97.14M (-3.1%)
187.30M
est: 209.77M (-10.7%)
222.29M
est: 225.14M (-1.3%)
297.43M
est: 297.70M (-0.1%)
280.55M
est: 291.43M (-3.7%)
241.27M
est: 242.89M (-0.7%)
212.89M
est: 268.01M (-20.6%)
62.99M
est: 241.31M (-73.9%)
38.43M
est: 72.17M (-46.7%)
28.78M
est: 29.01M (-0.8%)
15.58M
est: 17.83M (-12.6%)
15.52M
est: 19.08M (-18.7%)
26.08M
est: 26.39M (-1.2%)
39.98M
est: 39.58M (+1.0%)
32.90M
est: 33.49M (-1.8%)
17.52M
est: 17.50M (+0.1%)
13.58M
est: 13.60M (-0.1%)
35.37M
est: 35.40M (-0.1%)
24.00M
est: 24.00M (0.0%)
15.93M
est: 20.60M (-22.7%)
17.18M
est: 17.20M (-0.1%)
15.56M
est: 15.60M (-0.3%)
17.05M
est: 17.10M (-0.3%)
16.27M
est: 16.45M (-1.1%)
25.43M
est: 25.40M (+0.1%)
56.32M
est: 56.30M (+0.0%)
55.45M
54.00M – 57.00M
-1.5% YoY
62.55M
59.60M – 65.60M
+12.8% YoY
75.00M
72.20M – 77.92M
+19.9% YoY
EBITDA
6.60M
est: 8.06M (-18.2%)
15.03M
est: 10.63M (+41.4%)
33.04M
est: 27.84M (+18.7%)
17.35M
est: 12.26M (+41.5%)
8.76M
est: 476.0K (+1,740.0%)
7.73M
est: -11.51M (+167.1%)
27.15M
est: -10.18M (+366.6%)
23.19M
est: -11.24M (+306.3%)
1.14M
est: 16.83M (-93.2%)
9.45M
est: 4.77M (+98.2%)
3.21M
est: 1.92M (+67.7%)
-420.0K
est: 8.43M (-105.0%)
-4.74M
est: -321.1K (-1,375.4%)
1.48M
est: -7.43M (+119.9%)
3.54M
est: 6.57M (-46.1%)
-171.0K
est: 5.56M (-103.1%)
-7.56M
est: 2.96M (-355.3%)
-6.31M
est: -5.88M (-7.3%)
3.16M
est: -16.07M (+119.6%)
3.61M
est: 4.06M (-11.1%)
627.0K
est: 1.56M (-59.8%)
527.0K
est: -2.04M (+125.9%)
1.59M
est: 2.64M (-40.0%)
3.31M
est: -1.57M (+310.8%)
1.33M
est: 2.78M (-52.3%)
4.93M
est: 4.30M (+14.5%)
15.51M
est: 9.53M (+62.7%)
9.39M
9.14M – 9.65M
-1.5% YoY
10.59M
10.09M – 11.11M
+12.8% YoY
12.70M
12.23M – 13.19M
+19.9% YoY
EBIT
4.79M
est: 5.29M (-9.5%)
12.14M
est: 9.59M (+26.5%)
25.76M
est: 25.91M (-0.6%)
7.61M
est: 24.77M (-69.3%)
-8.00M
est: 6.74M (-218.6%)
-12.71M
est: -8.81M (-44.2%)
7.83M
est: -10.92M (+171.7%)
8.61M
est: -12.05M (+171.5%)
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est: 8.19M (-221.3%)
1.19M
est: -1.20M (+199.8%)
2.29M
est: -480.9K (+576.8%)
-257.0K
est: 676.0K (-138.0%)
-6.47M
est: -1.18M (-449.5%)
-1.64M
est: -9.82M (+83.3%)
248.0K
est: 4.32M (-94.3%)
-3.69M
est: 3.65M (-200.9%)
-11.05M
est: 1.95M (-667.6%)
-6.98M
est: -8.59M (+18.7%)
1.70M
est: -17.45M (+109.8%)
2.71M
est: 2.67M (+1.7%)
234.0K
est: 2.29M (-89.8%)
-168.0K
est: 164.8K (-202.0%)
435.0K
est: 1.73M (-74.9%)
2.09M
est: -186.7K (+1,217.0%)
295.0K
est: 1.83M (-83.9%)
3.69M
est: 2.82M (+30.7%)
13.66M
est: 6.26M (+118.1%)
6.17M
6.01M – 6.34M
-1.5% YoY
6.96M
6.63M – 7.30M
+12.8% YoY
8.34M
8.03M – 8.67M
+19.9% YoY
Net Income
2.84M
est: 13.22M (-78.5%)
7.88M
est: 5.71M (+37.8%)
10.78M
est: 17.06M (-36.8%)
-7.92M
est: 11.48M (-169.0%)
-22.79M
est: -10.45M (-118.2%)
-29.04M
est: -22.32M (-30.1%)
1.08M
est: -24.17M (+104.5%)
9.30M
est: -26.67M (+134.9%)
6.01M
est: 4.77M (+26.0%)
45.00M
est: 1.79M (+2,407.6%)
11.66M
est: 721.4K (+1,515.8%)
-1.02M
est: 7.19M (-114.2%)
-6.94M
est: -1.07M (-548.5%)
35.0K
est: -9.54M (+100.4%)
284.0K
est: 8.98M (-96.8%)
-2.82M
est: -698.7K (-302.9%)
-10.51M
est: -13.76M (+23.7%)
-5.12M
est: -8.17M (+37.4%)
3.12M
est: 1.39M (+123.7%)
1.23M
est: 2.14M (-42.4%)
-1.31M
est: 1.04M (-226.1%)
-1.96M
est: -970.2K (-101.5%)
60.0K
est: 313.4K (-80.9%)
1.47M
est: -2.17M (+167.6%)
464.0K
est: 150.9K (+207.5%)
3.14M
est: 3.37M (-6.7%)
14.05M
est: 13.92M (+0.9%)
7.44M
6.05M – 8.84M
-46.6% YoY
7.90M
6.38M – 11.37M
+6.2% YoY
13.55M
12.88M – 14.23M
+71.6% YoY
SGA
est: 11.48M (-100.0%)
est: 24.89M (-100.0%)
est: 48.59M (-100.0%)
est: 60.17M (-100.0%)
est: 97.98M (-100.0%)
est: 90.06M (-100.0%)
est: 72.01M (-100.0%)
est: 79.46M (-100.0%)
est: 65.46M (-100.0%)
est: 17.40M (-100.0%)
est: 7.00M (-100.0%)
est: 4.24M (-100.0%)
est: 5.67M (-100.0%)
est: 8.16M (-100.0%)
est: 9.36M (-100.0%)
9.05M
est: 7.92M (+14.2%)
8.70M
est: 4.91M (+77.3%)
2.95M
est: 3.28M (-9.9%)
-106.0K
est: 17.12M (-100.6%)
549.0K
est: 5.79M (-90.5%)
1.58M
est: 4.97M (-68.2%)
906.0K
est: 3.55M (-74.5%)
6.32M
est: 3.76M (+68.0%)
6.42M
est: 6.80M (-5.7%)
6.86M
est: 3.97M (+72.9%)
47.0K
est: 6.13M (-99.2%)
est: 13.58M (-100.0%)
13.37M
13.02M – 13.75M
-1.5% YoY
15.09M
14.37M – 15.82M
+12.8% YoY
18.09M
17.41M – 18.79M
+19.9% YoY
EPS
7.56
est: 0.06 (+13,181.0%)
19.89
est: 0.16 (+12,415.7%)
21.51
est: 0.22 (+9,546.6%)
-14.03
est: -0.03 (-43,256.0%)
-37.63
est: 0.02 (-156,789.9%)
-2.75
est: 0.02 (-15,141.2%)
0.03
est: -0.02 (+256.6%)
0.22
est: 0.03 (+741.2%)
0.14
est: -0.10 (+238.5%)
1.06
est: -0.16 (+767.7%)
0.16
est: 0.05 (+247.5%)
-0.01
est: 0.00 (-808.6%)
-0.07
est: -0.03 (-163.1%)
0.00
est: 0.00 (+108.4%)
0.00
est: 0.04 (-92.5%)
-0.03
est: 0.00 (-849.9%)
-0.10
est: -0.06 (-68.7%)
-0.03
est: -0.04 (+8.6%)
0.02
est: 0.01 (+151.7%)
0.01
est: 0.01 (-35.2%)
-0.01
est: -0.01 (+10.0%)
-0.01
est: 0.00 (-1,030.0%)
0.00
est: 0.00 (-77.8%)
0.01
est: 0.01 (+17.2%)
0.00
est: 0.00 (+238.5%)
0.01
est: 0.01 (+0.0%)
0.06
est: 0.06 (+7.1%)
0.03
0.03 – 0.04
-44.1% YoY
0.04
0.03 – 0.05
+20.5% YoY
0.06
0.06 – 0.06
+44.3% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-29 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-28 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-27 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-26 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-22 B+ 3/5 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-21 B+ 3/5 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-20 B+ 3/5 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-19 B+ 3/5 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-18 B+ 3/5 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-15 B+ 3/5 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-14 B+ 3/5 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-13 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-12 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-11 B+ 3/5 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-08 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-07 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-06 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-05 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-01 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-30 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-29 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-28 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-27 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-24 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 2/5
2026-04-23 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-22 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-21 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-20 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-17 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-16 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-15 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
22.75M
OE per share TTM
0.10
Owner's Yield
2.66%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
117.87%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
18.0%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

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At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
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Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

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Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
102.7K
Shares Outstanding
219.94M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

No proxy statements available for this company yet.

Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Nathaniel Edington Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director 522.0K male
Michael Tyerman Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director 267.0K male
Pam Lamming Director of HR female
Peter Krier Chief Scientific Officer
Sarah Shaw General Counsel & Company Secretary female
Antonino Spatola Chief Commercial Officer male
Tudor Williams Chief Technology Officer
Mark Black Chief Operations Officer male
ESG Score History

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Senate Trading Activity

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House Trading Activity

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