Halma Stock News

Halma PLC (LSE:HLMA) offers an attractive entry point despite uncertainty over Avo Photonics, according to Stifel, which resumed coverage with a ‘buy' rating and a 4,500p target. The broker sees 26.5% upside, arguing that investors are applying Avo's risks too broadly across the specialist technology group despite stronger margins and earnings prospects.

Halma PLC (LSE:HLMA) margin upgrade prompted UBS to raise its target to 5,000p from 4,775p, while Panmure Liberum lifted forecasts but retained its 4,620 pence target. Both brokers maintained their 'buy' ratings following the technology group's first-half pre-close trading update.

Halma PLC (LSE: HLMA) has agreed to acquire water quality monitoring specialist Pyxis for an initial $170 million (£126 million), strengthening its Environmental & Analysis division. The FTSE 100 safety, health and environmental technology group reported a further earn-out of up to $30 million (£22 million) could be payable for the US-based business, depending on performance over the two financ...

Halma PLC (LSE:HLMA) has struck a pair of healthcare acquisitions worth a combined £54 million, extending its dealmaking spree after its biggest ever year for acquisitions. The FTSE 100 safety equipment group said it had acquired Dutch hospital software business Itemedical for €23 million (about £20 million), and Sweden's Naslund Medical for $45 million (about £34 million).

Halma PLC's (LSE:HLMA) sharp post-results sell-off has created the “entry point” investors had been waiting for, according to UBS, which reiterated its Buy rating and 4,775p price target on the safety, healthcare and industrial technology group. The Swiss bank said the shares' 15% fall after the company's FY26 results and FY27 guidance looked like “a pure derating” rather than a deterioration i...

British health and safety device maker Halma forecast organic constant-currency revenue growth for fiscal ​2027 at a slower rate than the previous ‌year, sending its shares down nearly 15% on Thursday.

The stock fell to the bottom of the FTSE 100 after the company issued guidance that pointed to a smaller boost from its photonics business.