Hammerson (HMSO) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hammerson is a cities business. An owner, operator and developer of prime urban real estate, with a portfolio value of £4.7billion (as at 30 June 2023), in some of the fastest growing cities in the UK, Ireland and France. Our portfolio and adjacent lands leverage our experience and capabilities to create and manage exceptional city centre destinations with the opportunity to drive value and reshape entire neighbourhoods. Our assets are high profile and play an important role in our communities, welcoming c. 175 million visitors each year and supporting 20,000+ jobs though our retail, dining and social occupiers. These destinations include Bullring in Birmingham, The Oracle in Reading, Dundrum Estate, Dublin and Terraces du Port in Marseille. We also hold investments in Value Retail, best-in-class villages such as Bicester Village, Oxfordshire. Hammerson also holds 80 acres of attractive pre-development and strategic land. This includes complementary adjacent land, creating optionality to enhance both the scale and diversity of the existing estate, and stand-alone land opportunities. These include Martineau Galleries in Birmingham and Bishopsgate Goodsyard, Shoreditch.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 360 to 369
• 50-Day Range: 326 to 373.60
• 52-Week Range: 264 to 377
• Volume: 1.56 million shs
• Average Volume: 8.17 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.95 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.01
• Dividend Yield: 4.50%
• Price Target: GBX 340.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Hammerson Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hammerson scored higher than 16% 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: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Hammerson has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Hammerson has a consensus price target of GBX 340.33, representing about 6.3% downside from its current price of GBX 363.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hammerson has received no research coverage 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 Hammerson is 7.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.02.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hammerson is 7.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 30.09.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Hammerson has a PEG Ratio of 1.68. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hammerson has a P/B Ratio of 19.67. 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 HMSO.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Hammerson is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.50%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Hammerson does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hammerson is 34.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Coverage This Week

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

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

10.31% of the stock of Hammerson is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

49.46% of the stock of Hammerson is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/25/2026
• Today: 7/29/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: REIT - Retail
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:HMSO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.hammerson.com
• Phone: +44-20-78871000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 164
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Hammerson: GBX 340.33
• High Price Target: GBX 409
• Low Price Target: GBX 245
• Potential Upside/Downside: -7.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 46
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.01
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.75
• P/E Growth: 1.68
• Net Income: -£26.82 million
• Net Margins: 109.58%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.77%
• Return on Assets: 2.13%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 80.80
• Current Ratio: 4.26
• Quick Ratio: 1.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £208.30 million
• Price / Sales: 9.38
• Cash Flow: GBX 133.52 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.76
• Book Value: GBX 18.46 per share
• Price / Book: 19.96

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 530,160,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.95 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.79