NEXT (NXT) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Founded as a tailoring business in Leeds in 1864 by Joseph Hepworth and Son, today, the company offers clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty and home products to our UK and International customers. NEXT has over 500 stores in the United Kingdom and Eire, and over 180 franchise branches across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The company's main divisions are NEXT Online, NEXT Retail and NEXT Finance. We also launched Total Platform, an online, distribution, tech and logistics solution, in 2020. Total Platform aims to leverage NEXT’s Online infrastructure and provide partners with a comprehensive solution to trading online. As a multinational fashion and homeware business, we seek always to conduct our business in a fair and responsible way. We continuously look for ways to improve what we do and how we do it in order to limit impact on the people and the environment around us.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: £152.55 to £154.15
• 50-Day Range: £135.85 to £157.15
• 52-Week Range: £112 to £161.75
• Volume: 123,664 shs
• Average Volume: 4.49 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £17.41 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.47
• Dividend Yield: 1.76%
• Price Target: £153.55
• Consensus Rating: Hold

NEXT Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NEXT 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: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

NEXT has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.38, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

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

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NEXT has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NEXT is 20.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.63.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NEXT is 20.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 47.00.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

NEXT has a PEG Ratio of 5.66. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

NEXT has a P/B Ratio of 12.43. 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 NXT.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

NEXT pays a meaningful dividend of 1.76%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of NEXT is 32.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.38

News Sentiment

NEXT has a news sentiment score of 0.38. 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 0.67 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for NEXT this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

21 people have searched for NXT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 110% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NEXT insiders have sold 10,619.43% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £24,872 in company stock and sold £2,666,136.24 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.65% of the stock of NEXT is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

81.49% of the stock of NEXT is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/26/2026
• Today: 8/16/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:NXT
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.nextplc.co.uk
• Phone: +44-333-7778245
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 31,947
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for NEXT: £153.55
• High Price Target: £187
• Low Price Target: £139
• Potential Upside/Downside: +0.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.38
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 745.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.47
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.09
• P/E Growth: 5.66
• Net Income: £784.86 million
• Net Margins: 12.87%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 52.86%
• Return on Assets: 14.42%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 108.79
• Current Ratio: 1.76
• Quick Ratio: 1.07

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £6.90 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.52
• Cash Flow: GBX 618.45 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.67
• Book Value: GBX 1,227.30 per share
• Price / Book: 12.43

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 114,152,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £17.41 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.04