SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLCDelisted
Ownership & governance
Executives 5Directors 7Avg age 64Avg tenure 8.9y
EU
Eric Updyke
Chief Executive Officer
Since 2019-04-30
+11
Executives5
EU
Eric Updyke
Chief Executive Officer
—Since 2019-04-30
PB
Paula Bell
Director of Finance/CFO
Age 59Since 2016-04-17
CR
Cheryl Ragaland
Sales & Marketing
——
BR
Balaji Ratakonda
Corporate Officer/Principal
—Since 2019-11-30
JK
Jim Klaassen
Corporate Officer/Principal
—Since 2009-10-31
Board of directors7
JS
Jonathan Silver
Director/Board Member
Age 69Since 2015-06-24
PB
Paula Bell
Director/Board Member
Age 59Since 2016-09-04
BT
Bill Thomas
Chairman
Age 67Since 2017-05-18
EM
Edgar Masri
Director/Board Member
Age 68Since 2018-01-10
WK
Wendy Koh
Director/Board Member
—Since 2018-01-10
EU
Eric Updyke
Director/Board Member
—Since 2020-04-28
MB
Maggie Buggie
Director/Board Member
—Since 2021-04-28
Shareholders5
| Name | Stake | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Barclays Bank Plc (Private Banking) | 14.78 % | 87,147,236 |
| Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd. | 5.786 % | 34,126,371 |
| JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd. | 5.664 % | 33,405,287 |
| Brandes Investment Partners LP | 5.178 % | 30,537,440 |
| AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd. | 5.174 % | 30,515,747 |
Catalog · 2026-07-09
Group companies
| Name | Category |
|---|---|
| Spirent Communications (India) Pvt Ltd. | Specialty Telecommunications |
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Street consensus
Consensus noneMean target 10.44Range 7–14Analysts 9
7Mean 10.4414
- Strong buy 2
- Buy 2
- Hold 5
- Sell 1
Broker actions40 of 161
| Firm | Action | To | Target | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Maintained | Equal-Weight | 11 | 2026-08-13 |
| Barclays | Maintained | Overweight | 12 | 2026-08-11 |
| Keybanc | Maintained | Underweight | 7 | 2026-08-07 |
| Barclays | Maintained | Overweight | 9 | 2026-05-11 |
| Barclays | Maintained | Overweight | 8 | 2026-04-21 |
| Goldman Sachs | Maintained | Neutral | 8 | 2026-03-02 |
| Keybanc | Maintained | Underweight | 6 | 2026-02-27 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Downgrade | Hold | 9 | 2026-02-27 |
| Needham | Maintained | Buy | 14 | 2026-02-27 |
| Jefferies | Maintained | Buy | 12 | 2026-02-03 |
| Barclays | Maintained | Overweight | 13 | 2026-01-12 |
| Morgan Stanley | Maintained | Equal-Weight | 14 | 2025-11-13 |
Firm rows and rating mix from Yahoo Finance; mean target is Yahoo’s aggregate until OpenFilings derives consensus from broker rows.