Galliford Try (GFRD) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction groups, working to improve the UK’s built environment, delivering positive, lasting change for the communities we work in on behalf of our clients. Our business operates mainly under the Galliford Try and Morrison Construction brands, focusing on areas where we have core and proven strengths, namely in Building, Highways and Environment. We see long-term growth and appropriate margins in these markets. Our company is founded on our values of excellence, passion, integrity and collaboration, and our vision is to be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 536 to 552
• 50-Day Range: 476.82 to 553
• 52-Week Range: 396.50 to 585
• Volume: 13.38 million shs
• Average Volume: 651,511 shs
• Market Capitalization: £531.31 million
• P/E Ratio: 15.41
• Dividend Yield: 3.70%
• Price Target: GBX 600
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Galliford Try Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Galliford Try scored higher than 79% 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: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Galliford Try 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

Galliford Try has a consensus price target of GBX 600, representing about 10.9% upside from its current price of GBX 541.03.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Galliford Try has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Galliford Try is 15.41, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.54.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Galliford Try is 15.41, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.16.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Galliford Try has a PEG Ratio of 0.90. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Galliford Try has a P/B Ratio of 4.60. 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 GFRD.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Galliford Try is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.70%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Galliford Try does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Galliford Try is 54.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.30

News Sentiment

Galliford Try has a news sentiment score of 0.30. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Galliford Try this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Galliford Try to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £21,120 in company stock, which represents 0.0040% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Galliford Try insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £21,120 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.32% of the stock of Galliford Try is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

50.18% of the stock of Galliford Try is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/04/2026
• Today: 5/16/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Engineering & Construction
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:GFRD
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.gallifordtry.co.uk
• Phone: +44-1895-855001
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,922
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Galliford Try: GBX 600
• High Price Target: GBX 650
• Low Price Target: GBX 550
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.9%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 35.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.41
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.51
• P/E Growth: 0.9
• Net Income: £34.53 million
• Net Margins: 1.93%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 30.23%
• Return on Assets: 2.22%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 43.47
• Current Ratio: 0.92
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.89 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.28
• Cash Flow: GBX 695.42 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.78
• Book Value: GBX 117.73 per share
• Price / Book: 4.60

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 98,202,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £531.31 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.45