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: 681 to 708
• 50-Day Range: 542.60 to 684
• 52-Week Range: 466 to 708
• Volume: 9.52 million shs
• Average Volume: 781,815 shs
• Market Capitalization: £699.62 million
• P/E Ratio: 20.17
• Dividend Yield: 3.62%
• Price Target: GBX 650
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Galliford Try Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Galliford Try scored higher than 54% 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

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.

Downside Risk

Galliford Try has a consensus price target of GBX 650, representing about 8.2% downside from its current price of GBX 708.

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 20.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Galliford Try is 20.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.60.

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 6.01. 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 3.62%, 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: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.97

News Sentiment

Galliford Try has a news sentiment score of 0.97. 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 0.57 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 15 news articles for Galliford Try this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Galliford Try insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.28% 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: 9/17/2026
• Today: 9/21/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Construction & Engineering
• Sub-Industry: Construction & Engineering
• 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 650
• High Price Target: GBX 750
• Low Price Target: GBX 550
• Potential Upside/Downside: -8.2%
• 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: 20.17
• Forward P/E Ratio: 28.14
• P/E Growth: 0.9
• Net Income: £34.53 million
• Net Margins: 2.13%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 32.45%
• Return on Assets: 2.22%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 35.36
• Current Ratio: 0.94
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.89 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.37
• Cash Flow: GBX 910.03 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.78
• Book Value: GBX 117.73 per share
• Price / Book: 6.01

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 98,817,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £699.62 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.47