Why is Shoe Zone Plc ?
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High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 26.72%
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Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with a 4.00% CAGR growth in Net Sales over the last 5 years
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Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 4.00% over the last 5 years
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Flat results in Sep 25
- OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at GBP 42.32 MM
- ROCE(HY) Lowest at 5.5%
- RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 29.85% (YoY)
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With ROE of 5.24%, it has a attractive valuation with a 0.64 Price to Book Value
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -51.28%, its profits have fallen by -74.5%
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Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
- Along with generating -51.28% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed FTSE 100 in each of the last 3 annual periods
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Shoe Zone Plc should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Footwear should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Footwear)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Shoe Zone Plc for you?
High Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Shoe Zone Plc
-51.28%
-1.59
45.40%
FTSE 100
13.98%
1.15
13.60%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
4.00%
EBIT Growth (5y)
18.89%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
8.53
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.33
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.34
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.34
Tax Ratio
51.47%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
33.19%
ROE (avg)
26.72%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
12
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.64
EV to EBIT
6.21
EV to EBITDA
1.27
EV to Capital Employed
0.70
EV to Sales
0.20
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
11.20%
ROE (Latest)
5.24%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Bearish
Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
Technical Movement
2What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(HY)
Higher at GBP 4.15 MM
-7What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)
Lowest at GBP 42.32 MM
ROCE(HY)
Lowest at 5.5%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Grown by 29.85% (YoY
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 3.44 times
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)
Fallen at -26.49%
Here's what is working for Shoe Zone Plc
Net Profit
Higher at GBP 4.15 MM
than preceding 12 month period ended Sep 2025MOJO Watch
In the half year the company has already crossed Net Profit of the previous twelve months
Net Profit (GBP MM)
Here's what is not working for Shoe Zone Plc
Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at GBP 42.32 MM
in the last three yearsMOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling
Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)
Pre-Tax Profit
Fallen at -26.49%
Year on Year (YoY)MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative
Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 3.44 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Raw Material Cost
Grown by 29.85% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales






