Essentra PLC (ESNT)

Industry Specialty Chemicals

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Essentra PLC is a plastic product manufacturer. Its portfolio comprises of specialist plastic, fibre, foam and packaging products.

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Income statement

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2024	2025
	302m	302m
	222m	220m
	28m	20m
	9.39	6.46
	11m	2m
	45m	39m
Sales, General and administrative	-	-
Interest expenses	10m	10m
Provision for income taxes	-6m	-2m
Operating expenses	194m	201m
Income before taxes	6m	500,000
Net income available to common shareholders	11m	2m
	0.037	0.007
Net interest income	-9m	-8m
Advertising and promotion	-	-
Net investment income, net	200,000	500,000
Realised capital gains (losses), net	-	-
Total benefits, claims and expenses	-	-
Earnings per share (diluted)	0.037	0.007
Free cash flow per share	0.0826	0.0357
Book value/share	0.9613	0.9315
Debt equity ratio	0.472304	0.448496

Balance sheet

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2024	2025
Current assets	165m	159m
Current liabilities	73m	72m
Total capital	378m	365m
Total debt	137m	127m
Total equity	271m	266m
Total non current liabilities	-	-
Loans	107m	99m
Total assets	494m	475m
Total liabilities	-	-
Cash and cash equivalents	34m	36m
Common stock	287m	285m

Cash flow

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2024	2025
Cash at beginning of period	60m	34m
Cash dividends paid	-10m	-7m
	13m	14m
Investments (gains) losses	-31m	6m
	34m	36m
Net income	-	-
	26m	25m
	-13m	-11m

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