Macfarlane Group (MACF) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Macfarlane Group PLC, through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes protective packaging products to businesses in the United Kingdom and Europe. The company operates through Packaging Distribution and Manufacturing Operations segments. The Packaging Distribution segment distributes packaging materials in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe. The Manufacturing Operations segment designs, manufactures, and assembles timber, corrugated, and foam-based packaging materials in the United Kingdom. It also recovers waste paper and corrugated boards for recycling. The company serves e-commerce retail, logistics, electronics, aerospace, automotive, medical, homeware, general industrial, food, and hospitality industries. Macfarlane Group PLC was incorporated in 1899 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 61.10 to 65.60
• 50-Day Range: 60 to 71
• 52-Week Range: 59.80 to 122
• Volume: 130,986 shs
• Average Volume: 395,699 shs
• Market Capitalization: £101.39 million
• P/E Ratio: 16.33
• Dividend Yield: 5.63%
• Price Target: GBX 120
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Macfarlane Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Macfarlane Group scored higher than 81% 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: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Macfarlane 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, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Macfarlane Group has a consensus price target of GBX 120, representing about 84.6% upside from its current price of GBX 65.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Macfarlane Group 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 Macfarlane Group is 16.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.80.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Macfarlane Group is 16.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 77.46.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Macfarlane Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.88. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued 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 MACF.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Macfarlane Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.63%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Macfarlane Group is 91.96%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.22

News Sentiment

Macfarlane Group has a news sentiment score of 0.22. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.43 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Macfarlane Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £3,365.18 in company stock, which represents 0.0033% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Macfarlane Group insiders have bought 20.27% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £19,965.60 in company stock and sold £16,600.42 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.41% of the stock of Macfarlane Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

35.32% of the stock of Macfarlane Group is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/26/2026
• Today: 5/17/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Packaging & Containers
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:MACF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.macfarlanegroup.com
• Phone: +44-141-3339666
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Macfarlane Group: GBX 120
• High Price Target: GBX 120
• Low Price Target: GBX 120
• Potential Upside/Downside: +84.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 3.98
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.33
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.70
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £14.61 million
• Net Margins: 2.10%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 5.20%
• Return on Assets: 6.12%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 74.12
• Current Ratio: 0.98
• Quick Ratio: 0.79

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £300.81 million
• Price / Sales: 0.34
• Cash Flow: GBX 2.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.84
• Book Value: GBX 73.79 per share
• Price / Book: 0.88

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 155,982,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £101.39 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.53