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Wickes Group Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: GB00BL6C2002
GBP
2.07
0.11 (5.72%)

Sep 22

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Why is Wickes Group Plc ?

1
Positive results in Jun 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at GBP 381.2 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 30.66%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -2.37% (YoY)
2
With ROE of 0.56%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 3.20 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -1.19%, its profits have risen by 133%
3
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • Even though the market (FTSE 100) has generated returns of 16.06% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -1.19% returns
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Wickes 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 Wickes Group Plc for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Wickes Group Plc
-1.19%
1.53
30.64%
FTSE 100
16.06%
1.36
11.82%
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)
2.83%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-231.95%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
-2.90
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.04
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.04
Tax Ratio
0
Dividend Payout Ratio
64.92%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.02%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
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
418
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.20
EV to EBIT
-64.74
EV to EBITDA
-87.07
EV to Capital Employed
3.33
EV to Sales
43.73
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
6.32%
ROCE (Latest)
-5.15%
ROE (Latest)
0.56%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

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Financial Trend scale:

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

9What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 381.2 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 30.66%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -2.37% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 865.3 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 89.3 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 24.6 MM

-5What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 501.45 %

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 0%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 21.15 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Lowest at GBP 21.15

Here's what is working for Wickes Group Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at GBP 381.2 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)

Net Sales
Highest at GBP 865.3 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at GBP 89.3 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at GBP 24.6 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -2.37% (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

Here's what is not working for Wickes Group Plc

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 501.45 % and Grown
In each half year 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 21.15 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share
Lowest at GBP 21.15
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower dividend than previous years

DPS (GBP)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 0%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

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