Engineering group Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX) makes products that improve its customers’ safety, efficiency and sustainability. Operating across a broad range of industries – from food and drink to wastewater – its steam, electric thermal and fluid pump solutions are critical to smooth-running operations. The group has earned a reputation as a quality investment with a track record of margin progression, good organic growth and high returns on capital employed. Less cyclical than you might imagine, its shares could be a good place to ride out the coronavirus storm for the long-term opportunities on offer.
IC TIP:
Buy
at
8,742p
Tip style
Growth
Risk rating
Medium
Timescale
Long Term
Bull points
Resilient business model
Some defensive end markets
High margins
Fund manager favourite
Bear points
Cyclical exposure
Chromalox weakness