Synthomer plc (SYNT) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 12, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Synthomer plc stock £1.82, price £1.14, upside +59.1%, quality 34 out of 100. Rating: strongly undervalued. Calculated from audited financials with 9 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Synthomer plc
SYNT · LSECheap (37% below fair value) and rising price, but weak company: meets 2 of 3 rules.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 8, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £0.1780 – £36.80 · fair‑value band £0.4600 – £3.26 · the £1.14 price screens below the £1.82 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). As of Nov 8, 2026.
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Company profile
Synthomer plc manufactures and supplies specialised polymers and ingredients for coatings, construction, adhesives, and health and protection sectors.
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The company offers adhesives, such as PSA labels, packaging and specialty tapes, and tape saturants; release coating, wood working, sealants, wet glues, hygiene, and contact adhesives; packaging and assembly hot melt adhesives and polymer under the AERAFIN brand name; and liquid polybutadiene products under the LITHENE brand.
It also provides architectural, intumescent, metal, and wood coating, as well as masonry, protective film, soil release, polyester for powder coating, horizontal surfaces, additives, and other products; binder; resins under the PLIOLITE brand name; coalescing agents and glycol/diol under SYNTHOMER NX and SYNOXOL BEPD brands; and construction products, as well as operates data centers.
In addition, the company offers building materials, industrial, hygiene, tyre and rubber, home textile, and consumer product; health and protection products, such as medical and examination gloves, coated fabric, industrial and fabric supported gloves, medical devices, personal care and food additives, hygiene adhesives, non-wovens, footwear, hygiene, and wipes; performance materials, including Alcotex polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) for PVC, Vinaltex Polyvinyl Acetate, elastomeric modifier, resins for rubber compounds, tyre cord, monomers, Wingstay antioxidants, tyre additives, 3D printing, plastics modifiers for packaging, and PLASTVANCE T; energy solutions; paper and carpet products; and latex foam under Liponan Terra brand.
It operates in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Spain, other Europe, Malaysia, China, Other Asia, the United States, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Yule Catto & Co. plc and changed its name to Synthomer plc in 2012.
Synthomer plc was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Stock analysis
Synthomer plc (SYNT) currently trades at £1.14, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £1.82, implying the stock looks roughly 37% undervalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Multiples group reads highest at a median of £1.84 per share, and 5 of the 9 models we run sit above the £1.14 price.
Bear case: the Growth DCF group reads lowest at £1.15, and 4 of the 9 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is medium.
Scenario range: £0.4600 (bear) to £3.26 (bull), the price of £1.14 sits inside it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 34/100 (below-average quality), in the Basic Materials sector.
Weak Growth: Growth has flattened: the last year, three and five years all grew more slowly than the long-term average.
Synthomer plc reported revenue of £1.7B in FY2025 versus £2.1B in FY2021, a compound −5.1%/yr. Reported net income was −£157M in FY2025.
Key figures
Market cap £187M Micro · P/S ratio 0.10 · EPS (TTM) £−0.7400 · Net margin −6.7% · Return on equity −13.2% · Return on assets (EBIT) 2.6% (5-year average) · Operating margin 4.2% · Revenue (TTM) £1.8B.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 17 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 6% below its 52-week high and 543% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Basic Materials peers we cover trades at −42% fair-value upside, at 59%, SYNT screens cheaper than that median.
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| Wanhua Chemical Group 600309 | ¥68.92 | ¥68.03 | −1% | vs SYNT |
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| DSM-Firmenich AG DSFIR | CHF 97.20 | CHF 58.28 | −40% | vs SYNT |
| Asian Paints Limited ASIANPAINT | ₹2,537 | ₹1,479 | −42% | vs SYNT |
| The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW | $351.39 | $152.59 | −57% | vs SYNT |
| Givaudan SA GIVN | CHF 4,091 | CHF 1,629 | −60% | vs SYNT |
| EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG EMSN | CHF 848.00 | CHF 284.63 | −66% | vs SYNT |
| Ecolab Inc ECL | $304.41 | $97.18 | −68% | vs SYNT |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc APD | $316.20 | $75.33 | −76% | vs SYNT |
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