Speedy Hire (SDY) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Speedy Hire Plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides tools, equipment, and plant hire services to the construction, infrastructure, and industrial markets in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company hires a range of tools and accessories, including access, lighting, lifting, rail, survey and safety, ATEX, plant, communications, and pipework and engineering equipment; compressors, generators, and pumps; and heating, ventilation, and cooling equipment. It also sells access, lifting, survey, rail, and personal protective and safety equipment; various tools and equipment; and cutting, grinding, and sanding equipment, as well as site supplies. In addition, the company offers rehire, partnered, fuel management, testing, inspection, certification, advisory/technical, powered access, out of hours, building information modelling, and aviation services, as well as customer service centers; and site and traffic management and other training services. It sells its products through a network of approximately 207 depots, as well as online. Speedy Hire Plc was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Newton-le-Willows, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 19.30 to 20.60
• 50-Day Range: 19 to 21.20
• 52-Week Range: 18.18 to 33.70
• Volume: 1.86 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.01 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £94.91 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 10.91%
• Price Target: GBX 63
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Speedy Hire Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Speedy Hire scored higher than 60% 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

Speedy Hire 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

Speedy Hire has a consensus price target of GBX 63, representing about 205.8% upside from its current price of GBX 20.60.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Speedy Hire 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 Speedy Hire is -8.14, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Speedy Hire is -8.14, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Speedy Hire has a PEG Ratio of 0.21. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Speedy Hire has a P/B Ratio of 0.54. 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 SDY.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Speedy Hire is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 10.91%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Speedy Hire does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.00

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Speedy Hire this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for SDY on MarketBeat 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, Speedy Hire insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.41% of the stock of Speedy Hire is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.01% of the stock of Speedy Hire is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Today: 6/17/2026
• Last Earnings: 6/17/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Rental & Leasing Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:SDY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.speedyservices.com
• Phone: +44-1942-720000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,435
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Speedy Hire: GBX 63
• High Price Target: GBX 63
• Low Price Target: GBX 63
• Potential Upside/Downside: +205.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (2.53)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.71
• P/E Growth: 0.21
• Net Income: £2.74 million
• Net Margins: -2.80%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -7.68%
• Return on Assets: 3.06%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 171.05
• Current Ratio: 0.46
• Quick Ratio: 0.90

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £418.20 million
• Price / Sales: 0.23
• Cash Flow: GBX 0.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 192.46
• Book Value: GBX 38.39 per share
• Price / Book: 0.54

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 460,751,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £94.91 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.71