Vesuvius plc (CKSNY) Stock

About Vesuvius plc

Vesuvius plc is a global provider of specialized engineering services and advanced solutions, primarily serving the steel and foundry sectors. The company organizes its operations into two main divisions: Steel and Foundry. Within its Foundry division, Vesuvius delivers a comprehensive range of consumables and equipment tailored for iron, steel, and non-ferrous foundries. This includes items such as binders, protective coatings, efficient feeding and filtration systems, crucial melt shop refractories, sophisticated metallurgical and pouring control technologies, and various die dressings and melt treatment products, alongside essential crucibles and specialized ceramics. Beyond its core foundry operations, Vesuvius extends its expertise to several other industrial applications. It supplies various non-ferrous metals, including primary and secondary aluminum and copper alloys. The company also offers solutions for cement and lime production, iron ore processing (pelletizing and calcination), and provides grains and powders. Its industrial equipment portfolio encompasses process heaters, FCC units, hydrogen reformers, boilers, and thermal oxidizers for diverse plants like sulphur, ethylene, and ammonia production facilities. Furthermore, Vesuvius develops technologies for power generation and incineration, and contributes to the glass industry with products for artistic, display, float, and optical glass, as well as tempering and forming equipment. Its solar sector involvement includes solutions for multicrystal silicon ingots, thin film processing, and feedstock. In the Steel division, the company delivers a broad spectrum of specialized solutions designed to optimize steelmaking processes. This includes advanced materials and services for blast furnace maintenance, such as stack repair, along with critical components like taphole clays, runner systems (iron, slag, tilting), and torpedo ladle solutions. Vesuvius also provides comprehensive offerings for iron and steel ladles, encompassing lining systems, bath agitation, tuyere systems, and maintenance for electric arc and basic oxygen furnaces (EAF/BOF). Its expertise extends to metallurgical sensors and continuous casting processes, providing solutions from ladle to tundish, and tundish to mold for various caster types, including conventional and specialized slab, beam blank, and billet casters. The portfolio is rounded out with solutions for ingot casting, reheat furnaces, hot forming, and specific applications for galvanized, electrical, and stainless steels. Established in 1916, Vesuvius plc maintains its headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

Vesuvius plc is headquartered in GB.

Vesuvius plc (CKSNY) stock trades at $5.75 with a market capitalization of $1.42B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 26.27, price-to-book of 0.87, price-to-sales of 0.54. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $5.01 and $7.00, and currently trades 17.9% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 7.65%.

On profitability, Vesuvius plc generates a return on equity (ROE) of 3.36%, return on capital employed of 6.75%, an operating margin of 7.34%, a net profit margin of 2.09%.

Official website: www.vesuvius.com