Ibstock (IBST) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Ibstock plc manufactures and sells clay and concrete building products and solutions to customers in the residential construction sector in the United Kingdom. The company offers bricks and masonry, which includes facing and engineering bricks, brick slips, special shaped bricks, walling stone, architectural masonry, prefabricated components, eco-habitats, and padstones and lintels, as well as façade systems; roofing products comprising roof tiles and accessories, and chimneys; and flooring and lintels, such as beam and block flooring, insulated flooring, hollowcore, and screed rails. It provides precast staircases and lift shafts; fencing and landscaping products, including fence posts, copings and cappings, gravel boards, bollards, balustrades, path edging, gully surrounds, and urban landscaping; and retaining walls, such as stepoc, slopeloc, and keystone. In addition, the company offers rail and infrastructure products, which includes rail troughs, platform copers, cable theft protection, signal bases, utility ducts, and inspection chambers; and services, including design and technical support, off-site solutions, bespoke concrete products, and engraving and cutting service. Further, it manufactures and supplies glass reinforced, precast, and prestressed concrete products. It offers its products and services under the Forticrete, Supreme, Anderton, Longley, Coltman, and Ibstock Brick brands. The company was founded in 1825 and is headquartered in Ibstock, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 149.60 to 153.80
• 50-Day Range: 144.60 to 196.80
• 52-Week Range: 143 to 212
• Volume: 968,934 shs
• Average Volume: 2.32 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £593.03 million
• P/E Ratio: 81.49
• Dividend Yield: 3.32%
• Price Target: GBX 220
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Ibstock Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Ibstock scored higher than 66% 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: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Ibstock has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Ibstock 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 Ibstock is 81.49, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.50.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Ibstock is 81.49, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 106.17.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Ibstock has a PEG Ratio of 0.47. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Ibstock has a P/B Ratio of 1.50. 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 IBST.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Ibstock pays a meaningful dividend of 2.99%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Ibstock is 270.70%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for IBST.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Ibstock has a news sentiment score of 0.24. 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 0.59 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Ibstock insiders have sold 58.84% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £155,000 in company stock and sold £246,199.36 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.35% of the stock of Ibstock is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.81% of the stock of Ibstock is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

IBST Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have IBST shares performed this year?

Ibstock's stock was trading at GBX 176 at the start of the year. Since then, IBST shares have decreased by 14.5% and is now trading at GBX 150.51.

How were Ibstock's earnings last quarter?

Ibstock plc (LON:IBST) issued its earnings results on Thursday, March, 6th. The company reported $7.70 EPS for the quarter. Ibstock had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.83% and a net margin of 2.01%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Ibstock?

Shares of IBST stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Ibstock own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Ibstock investors own include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), GSK (GSK), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), BAE Systems (BA) and Barclays (BARC).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/06/2025
• Record date for 5/30 Dividend: 5/08/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/30 Dividend: 5/08/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/30/2025
• Today: 7/18/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Building Materials
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:IBST
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.ibstockplc.com
• Phone: +44-1530-261999
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,943
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Ibstock: GBX 220
• High Price Target: GBX 240
• Low Price Target: GBX 200
• Potential Upside/Downside: +46.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 1.85
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 81.49
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.67
• P/E Growth: 0.47
• Net Income: £7.28 million
• Net Margins: 2.01%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 1.83%
• Return on Assets: 3.33%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 46.91
• Current Ratio: 1.37
• Quick Ratio: 1.19

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £362.57 million
• Price / Sales: 1.64
• Cash Flow: GBX 15.26 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.86
• Book Value: GBX 100.45 per share
• Price / Book: 1.50

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 394,012,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £593.03 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.34