Next Plc

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: GB0032089863
GBP
121.30
51 (72.55%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
Buy
Strong Buy

Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Next Plc
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Why is Next Plc ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 41.33%
2
With a growth in Net Sales of 8.35%, the company declared Very Positive results in Jul 25
  • The company has declared positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at GBP 2,022.5 MM
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by 1.36% (YoY)
  • CASH AND EQV(HY) Highest at GBP 445.8 MM
3
With ROE of 47.38%, it has a attractive valuation with a 9.54 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 27.50%, its profits have risen by 11.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.4
4
Consistent Returns over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating 27.50% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed FTSE 100 in each of the last 3 annual periods
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Next 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 Next Plc for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Next Plc
-100.0%
3.24
24.67%
FTSE 100
13.98%
1.15
13.60%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
12.57%
EBIT Growth (5y)
19.44%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
9.57
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.79
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.48
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.17
Tax Ratio
24.87%
Dividend Payout Ratio
37.89%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.02%
ROCE (avg)
41.33%
ROE (avg)
51.53%
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
20
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
9.54
EV to EBIT
14.69
EV to EBITDA
11.52
EV to Capital Employed
7.05
EV to Sales
2.64
PEG Ratio
1.43
Dividend Yield
194.28%
ROCE (Latest)
47.96%
ROE (Latest)
47.38%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
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

7What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 2,022.5 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 1.36% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at GBP 445.8 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 90.82 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 4.39 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 4.39

-1What is not working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 3.71 times

Here's what is working for Next Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at GBP 2,022.5 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at GBP 445.8 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 90.82 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 4.39 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 4.39
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 1.36% (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

Depreciation
Highest at GBP 159.5 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Next Plc

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 3.71 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio