Vertu Motors (VTU) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Vertu Motors plc operates as an automotive retailer in the United Kingdom. The company sells new and used cars and motorcycles, vans, motability cars, and commercial vehicles, as well as provides related aftersales services. It operates chain of franchised dealerships offering sales, service, parts, and bodyshop facilities for new and used cars, and commercial vehicles under the Bristol Street Motors, Macklin Motors, and Vertu Motors. The company's franchise dealerships include Audi, BMW, Honda, Jaguar, Jeep, Kia, Volvo, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, MINI, smart, Volkswagen, Citroen, CUPRA, Dacia, DS, Ford, Hyundai, MG, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, SEAT, SKODA, Vauxhall, Ford, Mazda, and Toyota. In addition, it operates as a pension scheme trustee; provides vehicle financing and leasing services; maintenance and repair of motor vehicles; and payroll administration services. Further, the company is involved in the online van and parts retailing; online advertising; and property businesses. Vertu Motors plc was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Gateshead, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 82 to 85.40
• 50-Day Range: 63 to 84.40
• 52-Week Range: 55 to 85.40
• Volume: 736,387 shs
• Average Volume: 774,936 shs
• Market Capitalization: £257.78 million
• P/E Ratio: 19.67
• Dividend Yield: 2.59%
• Price Target: GBX 76
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Vertu Motors Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Vertu Motors scored higher than 41% 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: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Vertu Motors has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Vertu Motors has a consensus price target of GBX 76, representing about 10.0% downside from its current price of GBX 84.40.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Vertu Motors has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Vertu Motors is 19.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Vertu Motors is 19.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 76.10.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Vertu Motors has a P/B Ratio of 0.78. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued 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 VTU.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Vertu Motors pays a meaningful dividend of 2.59%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Vertu Motors does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Vertu Motors is 47.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Vertu Motors has a news sentiment score of 0.95. 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 0.33 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Vertu Motors this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Vertu Motors insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £1,027,016.90 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.60% of the stock of Vertu Motors is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

21.61% of the stock of Vertu Motors is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/13/2026
• Today: 7/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Auto & Truck Dealerships
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:VTU
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.vertumotors.com
• Phone: 44 19 1491 2121
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,300
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Vertu Motors: GBX 76
• High Price Target: GBX 76
• Low Price Target: GBX 76
• Potential Upside/Downside: -10.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 4.29
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.67
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.44
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £18.65 million
• Net Margins: 0.30%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 4.05%
• Return on Assets: 5.13%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 64.98
• Current Ratio: 1.02
• Quick Ratio: 0.26

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £4.83 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.05
• Cash Flow: GBX 40.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.07
• Book Value: GBX 108.65 per share
• Price / Book: 0.78

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 305,431,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £257.78 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.80