Capita (CPI) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Capita plc provides consulting, digital, and software products and services to clients in the private and public sectors in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in two divisions: Public Service and Capita Experience divisions. The company offers solutions for finance and accounting, procurement, property and infrastructure, travel and event, and workplace administration. It also provides customer experience transformation, contact management, collection and debt management, complaint handling, customer experience system and software, acquisition and retention, and data and analytics. In addition, the company offers licensing and support, support, digital policing, and engineering practice; learning and development services; education service and local education authority software; solutions for central and local government services; and business process services. Further, it provides pension administration and software, pensions consulting, and data solutions; finance software, automation, and management information systems solutions; cloud, cyber security, digital connectivity, IT services, robotic process automation, and workplace IT solutions; and actuarial, defence, financial, healthcare, housing, legal, public safety, retail, retail banking, utility, and welfare and employability services. The company was formerly known as The Capita Group plc and changed its name to Capita plc in January 2012. Capita plc was founded in 1984 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 208.40 to 222.80
• 50-Day Range: 11.66 to 222.60
• 52-Week Range: 168 to 336
• Volume: 435,079 shs
• Average Volume: 427,393 shs
• Market Capitalization: £3.65 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 14.80%
• Price Target: GBX 2,200
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Capita Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Capita scored higher than 59% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Capita has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Capita has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Capita is -89.54, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Capita is -89.54, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Capita has a PEG Ratio of 0.18. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Capita has a P/B Ratio of 21.42. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CPI.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Capita is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.80%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Capita does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CPI.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Capita has a news sentiment score of 0.88. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Capita insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £10,065.58 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.59% of the stock of Capita is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

61.72% of the stock of Capita is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CPI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CPI shares performed this year?

Capita's stock was trading at GBX 14.02 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CPI stock has increased by 1,442.1% and is now trading at GBX 216.20.
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How were Capita's earnings last quarter?

Capita plc (LON:CPI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 5th. The company reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Capita had a negative net margin of 1.64% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.00%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Capita?

Shares of CPI stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Capita own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Capita investors own include Hawkins (HWKN), Xtrackers California Municipal Bond ETF (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/05/2025
• Today: 5/25/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Specialty Business Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:CPI
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.capita.com
• Phone: +44-20-77991525
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 43,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 2,200
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 2,200
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 2,200
• Potential Upside/Downside: +917.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX (2.41)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 0.18
• Net Income: £-40,734,012.90
• Net Margins: -1.64%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -28.00%
• Return on Assets: 1.57%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 291.56
• Current Ratio: 0.53
• Quick Ratio: 0.53

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £2.48 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.47
• Cash Flow: GBX 202.28 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.07
• Book Value: GBX 10.09 per share
• Price / Book: 21.42

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,689,510,741
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £3.65 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.95