Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
- Share Price:
- 2,279.00p
- Market Cap:
- £2,874.42m
- Change Today:
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-649.00p
- Sector:
- Industrial Chemicals
Berenberg raises target price on Johnson Matthey
By Iain Gilbert
Date: Tuesday 22 Jul 2025
LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg raised their target price on chemicals and sustainable technologies company Johnson Matthey from 1,800.0p to 1,950.0p on Tuesday, noting that the stock's 40% year-to-date share-price performance has been "one of the few pleasant surprises" for chemicals investors in 2025.
Bernberg said a "well-received divestment" of Johnson Matthey's catalysts technologies segment, improvement in FY25 margins for clean air and higher platinum group metal prices all played a role in the stock's outperformance.
As a rough estimate, Berenberg believes that around half of Johnson Matthey's share price outperformance can be attributed to the divestment, 35% to PGM prices and 15% to higher margins in clean air.
The German bank also said higher, more volatile PGM prices mean consensus underlying earnings estimates for Johnson Matthey were "a mid-single-digit percentage too low for the next few years".
"Yet the shares have run hard and additional PGM capacity will come to the market with the Platreef project in 2026," said Berenberg, which retained its 'hold' rating on the stock.
"The mid-single-digit percentage increases to our EPS estimates for FY26-27 reflect the tailwind to the PGM Services segment from higher PGM prices and volatility. The shares trade on FY27E EV/EBITDA of c6x and FCF yield of just over 10%, which we think is fair for a cash-focused ex-growth asset."
Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com
Johnson Matthey Market Data
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Price | 2,279.00p |
| Change Today | -649.00p |
| 52 Week High | 2,928.00p |
| 52 Week Low | 1,775.00p |
| Volume | 26,798 |
| Shares Issued | 126.13m |
| Market Cap | £2,874.42m |
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