Halfords Group Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: GB00B012TP20
GBP
1.29
-0.77 (-37.48%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Halfords Group Plc ?

1
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 6.19
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -171.96% of over the last 5 years
3
With a growth in Operating Profit of 295.61%, the company declared Very Positive results in Sep 25
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 46.37%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -7.36% (YoY)
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 46.92 %
4
Risky -
  • The stock is trading risky as compared to its average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 7.06%, its profits have fallen by -204.2%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Halfords Group Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Retailing)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Halfords Group Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Halfords Group Plc
-100.0%
-1.31
29.04%
FTSE 100
13.98%
1.15
13.60%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
7.56%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-171.96%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
6.19
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.29
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.14
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.53
Tax Ratio
12.67%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.23%
ROCE (avg)
15.00%
ROE (avg)
11.09%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
NA (Loss Making)
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.62
EV to EBIT
-18.41
EV to EBITDA
3.27
EV to Capital Employed
0.66
EV to Sales
0.21
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
624.11%
ROCE (Latest)
-3.59%
ROE (Latest)
-6.87%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

8What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 46.37%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -7.36% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 46.92 %

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 893.3 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 17.21 MM

-2What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at -6.44%

Here's what is working for Halfords Group Plc

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 46.37% and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Net Sales
Highest at GBP 893.3 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Net Profit
Highest at GBP 17.21 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 46.92 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -7.36% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales