Henry Boot (BOOT) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Henry Boot is one of the UK’s leading land, property development and home building businesses - and we’ve been transforming land and spaces since 1886. Listed on the London Stock Exchange for nearly 100 years, we’re renowned for quality, expertise, delivery and a partnership approach across the group - which comprises Hallam Land, HBD, Stonebridge Homes and Banner Plant. Operating across the UK, and employing over 400 people, we focus on three key markets: residential, industrial and logistics, and urban development. Hallam Land has facilitated 52,000 new homes since 1990, managing one of the top five largest land portfolios in the country, with the potential to facilitate over 105,000 homes. HBD manages a development pipeline of £1.4bn, the equivalent of 7m sq ft of developments across our key markets, while maintaining a c.£120m investment portfolio. Stonebridge Homes, our jointly-owned home building business, manages a land portfolio capable of delivering 2,500 homes, with an ambition to deliver up to 600 new homes a year. For 65 years, Banner Plant has supplied construction products and services, operating from seven regional depots in the north of England. We have also developed an ambitious responsible business strategy to help us meet our aim of being net zero carbon by 2030. From land promotion and property development investment to home building and plant hire, Henry Boot is where great places start.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 145.10 to 149.50
• 50-Day Range: 140 to 157
• 52-Week Range: 133.50 to 230
• Volume: 44,076 shs
• Average Volume: 95,852 shs
• Market Capitalization: £198.45 million
• P/E Ratio: 8.64
• Dividend Yield: 5.61%
• Price Target: GBX 206
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Henry Boot Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Henry Boot scored higher than 90% 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: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Henry Boot has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Henry Boot has a consensus price target of GBX 206, representing about 40.7% upside from its current price of GBX 146.44.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Henry Boot 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 Henry Boot is 8.56, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Henry Boot is 8.56, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.52.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Henry Boot, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Henry Boot has a P/B Ratio of 0.48. 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 BOOT.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Henry Boot is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.61%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Henry Boot does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Henry Boot is 45.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Henry Boot has a news sentiment score of 0.61. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Henry Boot this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

34 people have searched for BOOT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 10% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Henry Boot to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £15,400 in company stock, which represents 0.0078% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Henry Boot insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £15,400 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.41% of the stock of Henry Boot is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

23.72% of the stock of Henry Boot is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/23/2026
• Today: 9/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Real Estate Management & Development
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:BOOT
• Previous Symbol: LON:BHY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.henryboot.co.uk
• Phone: +44-114-2555444
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 8,400
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Henry Boot: GBX 206
• High Price Target: GBX 226
• Low Price Target: GBX 186
• Potential Upside/Downside: +39.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 17.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.65
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.13
• P/E Growth: -11.97
• Net Income: £11.36 million
• Net Margins: 5.93%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 2.93%
• Return on Assets: 1.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 37.77
• Current Ratio: 6.72
• Quick Ratio: 0.84

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £251.55 million
• Price / Sales: 0.79
• Cash Flow: GBX 10.03 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.75
• Book Value: GBX 304.62 per share
• Price / Book: 0.49

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 134,289,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £198.75 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.22