Marks and Spencer Group (MKS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

M&S has a heritage of quality, innovation and value for money and has been voted the UK’s most trusted brand. From these foundations, M&S is reshaping for sustainable profitable growth and value creation. We operate as a family of businesses, selling high-quality, great-value, own-brand products and services, alongside a carefully selected range of third-party brands. We do this through a network of stores and websites globally, and together, across our stores, support centres, warehouses and supply chain, our 65,000 colleagues serve over 30 million customers each year.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 408.50 to 415.40
• 50-Day Range: 355.30 to 412.30
• 52-Week Range: 301.10 to 418.33
• Volume: 669.88 million shs
• Average Volume: 40.23 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £8.53 billion
• P/E Ratio: 33.52
• Dividend Yield: 1.06%
• Price Target: GBX 432.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Marks and Spencer Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Marks and Spencer Group scored higher than 48% 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: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Marks and Spencer Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Marks and Spencer Group is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Marks and Spencer Group has only been the subject of 4 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 Marks and Spencer Group is 33.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.00.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Marks and Spencer Group is 33.52, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 11.25.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Marks and Spencer Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.20. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Marks and Spencer Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.75. 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 MKS.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Marks and Spencer Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.06%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Marks and Spencer Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Marks and Spencer Group is 30.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.51

News Sentiment

Marks and Spencer Group has a news sentiment score of 0.51. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Marks and Spencer Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Marks and Spencer Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

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

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.47% of the stock of Marks and Spencer Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

57.82% of the stock of Marks and Spencer Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/20/2026
• Today: 10/15/2026
• CMD 2026: 11/10/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:MKS
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.marksandspencer.com
• Phone: +44-20-79354422
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 64,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Marks and Spencer Group: GBX 432.50
• High Price Target: GBX 480
• Low Price Target: GBX 360
• Potential Upside/Downside: +4.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 12.30
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 33.52
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.85
• P/E Growth: 0.2
• Net Income: £501.71 million
• Net Margins: 1.50%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.86%
• Return on Assets: 6.30%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 111.89
• Current Ratio: 0.86
• Quick Ratio: 0.42

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £17.27 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.49
• Cash Flow: GBX 133.69 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.08
• Book Value: GBX 149.92 per share
• Price / Book: 2.75

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,069,001,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £8.53 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.00