Grafton Group (GFTU) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Grafton Group plc engages in the distribution, retailing, and manufacturing businesses in Ireland, the Netherlands, Finland, and the United Kingdom. Its Distribution segment distributes building materials, paint, tools, ironmongery, fixings, and accessories, workwear and PPE, and spare parts; materials and plant for mechanical services, heating, plumbing, and air movement; and trade, DIY, and self-build markets with building materials, timber, doors and floors, plumbing and heating, bathrooms, and landscaping products under the Selco, Leyland SDM, Chadwicks, MacBlair, Isero, Polvo, Gunters en Meuser, TG Lynes, and IKH brands. The company's Retailing segment retails home and garden products through stores, including DIY products, paints, lighting products, homestyle products, housewares, bathroom products, and kitchens, as well as gardening and Christmas products under the Woodie's brand. Its Manufacturing segment manufactures dry mortars and wooden staircases; and drainage, ducting and roofline systems under the CPI Mortar, StairBox, and MFP brand names. Grafton Group plc was founded in 1902 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 931.80 to 960.10
• 50-Day Range: 808.40 to 955.92
• 52-Week Range: 788.60 to 1,009.80
• Volume: 318,439 shs
• Average Volume: 5.86 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.18 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.29
• Dividend Yield: 3.99%
• Price Target: GBX 2,825
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Grafton Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Grafton Group scored higher than 84% 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: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Grafton Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Grafton Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,825, representing about 201.0% upside from its current price of GBX 938.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Grafton Group has only been the subject of 4 research reports 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 Grafton Group is 10.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.03.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Grafton Group is 10.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.93.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Grafton Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.58. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Grafton Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.19. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued 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 GFTU.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Grafton Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.99%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Grafton Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Grafton Group is 33.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.22

News Sentiment

Grafton Group has a news sentiment score of 1.22. 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 0.68 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Grafton Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.33% of the stock of Grafton Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.00% of the stock of Grafton Group is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Industrial Distribution
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:GFTU
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.graftonplc.com
• Phone: 353 1 216 0600
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 9,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Grafton Group: GBX 2,825
• High Price Target: £110
• Low Price Target: GBX 1,150
• Potential Upside/Downside: +201.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 91.53
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.25
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.69
• P/E Growth: 1.58
• Net Income: £127.90 million
• Net Margins: 5.42%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.38%
• Return on Assets: 3.60%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 37.55
• Current Ratio: 2.11
• Quick Ratio: 1.56

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £2.52 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.86
• Cash Flow: GBX 390.34 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.40
• Book Value: GBX 789.67 per share
• Price / Book: 1.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 231,789,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.18 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.07