Wilmington plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Media & Entertainment
  • ISIN: GB0009692319
GBP
2.40
-1.1 (-31.43%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Pearson Plc
Wilmington plc
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Merit Group Plc
Centaur Media Plc
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The Quarto Group, Inc.

Why is Wilmington plc ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 25.34%
2
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 13.24
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -1.15% and Operating profit at 18.20% over the last 5 years
4
Positive results in Jun 25
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 84.49%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -9.79% (YoY)
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 4.47 times
5
With ROE of 15.61%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 2.26 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -30.23%, its profits have fallen by -0.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 14.5
6
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -30.23% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed FTSE 100 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Wilmington plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Media & Entertainment should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Wilmington plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Wilmington plc
-100.0%
-1.33
29.97%
FTSE 100
30.42%
3.05
10.79%
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)
-1.15%
EBIT Growth (5y)
18.20%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
13.24
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.26
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.27
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.28
Tax Ratio
34.39%
Dividend Payout Ratio
89.36%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
25.76%
ROE (avg)
25.34%
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
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.26
EV to EBIT
13.67
EV to EBITDA
11.79
EV to Capital Employed
1.78
EV to Sales
3.01
PEG Ratio
14.47
Dividend Yield
418.17%
ROCE (Latest)
12.99%
ROE (Latest)
15.61%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

5What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 84.49%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -9.79% (YoY

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 4.47 times

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 27.96 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 17.07 MM

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

Lowest at 10.14%

Here's what is working for Wilmington plc

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 27.96 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at GBP 17.07 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 4.47 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 84.49%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -9.79% (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