Serco Group Plc

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Miscellaneous
  • ISIN: GB0007973794
GBP
2.90
0.05 (1.82%)
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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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Why is Serco Group Plc ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 23.24%
2
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 9.58
3
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 6.64% and Operating profit at 14.81%
4
Positive results in Jun 25
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at GBP 794.9 MM
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -55.88% (YoY)
  • OPERATING PROFIT(Q) Highest at GBP 273.4 MM
5
With ROE of 18.93%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 3.52 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 81.15%, its profits have risen by 19.4% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.7
6
Company is among the highest 1% of companies rated by MarketsMojo across all 4,000 stocks
7
Market Beating Performance
  • The stock has generated a return of 81.15% in the last 1 year, much higher than market (FTSE 100) returns of 20.04%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

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

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

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

Is Serco Group Plc for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Serco Group Plc
81.15%
3.24
20.88%
FTSE 100
21.23%
1.43
14.02%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
6.64%
EBIT Growth (5y)
14.81%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
9.58
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.60
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.31
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.31
Tax Ratio
70.75%
Dividend Payout Ratio
31.29%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.01%
ROCE (avg)
23.24%
ROE (avg)
19.91%
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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
19
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.52
EV to EBIT
11.36
EV to EBITDA
6.75
EV to Capital Employed
2.68
EV to Sales
0.71
PEG Ratio
0.71
Dividend Yield
1.42%
ROCE (Latest)
23.58%
ROE (Latest)
18.93%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

6What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 794.9 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -55.88% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 273.4 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 11.09 %

-2What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 89.91 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 7.19 times

Here's what is working for Serco Group Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at GBP 794.9 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at GBP 273.4 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 11.09 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -55.88% (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 106.4 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 Serco Group Plc

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 89.91 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 7.19 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio