The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

FORT.L

Concerning the House

Forterra plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides building products made from clay and concrete for the construction sector in the United Kingdom. It operates through Bricks and Blocks; and Bespoke Products segments. The company offers fletton, extruded wirecut, soft mud, semi-dry pressed, and special shaped bricks; aircrete and aggregate blocks; façade systems, such as lightweight and brick slip cladding systems, prefabricated walling systems, and retained brick slip systems; precast concrete products, such as Jetfloor insulated ground floors, hollowcore and solid floors, beam and block floors, stairs and landings, and diesel transfer slabs; box culverts, bridge decks and retaining walls for infrastructure, crosswall frames, stadia components, and columns and beams for structural projects; chimney pots, clay ridge tiles, finials, gas flue terminals, and flue systems; and permeable block pavings. It sells its products under the London Brick, Butterley, Ecostock, Cradley, Omnia, Conbloc, Thermalite, Bison Precast, and Red Bank brands. The company was formerly known as Starzone plc and changed its name to Forterra plc in March 2016. Forterra plc was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Northampton, the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom · www.forterra.co.uk

Quotation

$151.40

-1.20 (-0.8%)

52w hi$195.52
52w lo$127.80
Vol1.32M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.65

Short-0.59
Medium-0.73
Long-0.59

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Forterra plc

Basic Materials · Building Materials

Market cap$307.26M
Enterprise value$411.60M
Trailing P/E16.82x
Forward P/E12.17x
EV / EBITDA7.92x
P / S (ttm)0.85x
Profit margin5.4%
Return on equity8.5%
Revenue growth-13.5%
Earnings growth+37.9%
Debt / equity43.78
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.31
Corr SPX0.18
Annual vol27.7%
Annual ret-2.6%
Sharpe-0.10
Max DD-36.4%

Window: 504 trading days (491 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.09
Sector+0.03
Technical-0.31
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment-0.11

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$152.80$153.60$150.80$151.401.32M
Aug 12$149.00$154.80$147.20$152.601.36M
Aug 11$146.20$149.40$145.00$149.001.66M
Aug 10$151.00$152.80$146.20$146.401.15M
Aug 7$146.00$149.80$145.80$149.80420.16K