How does 8LS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

8LS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.6x) compared to the peer average (31.3x).

How does 8LS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Media Industry?

8LS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.6x) compared to the European Media industry average (12.2x).

What is 8LS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

8LS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12x).

What is the Fair Price of 8LS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

8LS (€4.68) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (€17.2)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

Next 15 Group (DB:8LS) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

8LS Stock Overview

Provides communications services in the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, the United States, and the Asia Pacific. More details

8LS fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	6/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 72.8% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings grew by 132% over the past year

Trading at good value compared to peers and industry

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 90.9%

Risk Analysis

Earnings are forecast to decline by an average of 8% per year for the next 3 years

Highly volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the German market

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Has a high level of debt

+ 1 more risk

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Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Next 15 Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£4.68
52 Week High	UK£12.00
52 Week Low	UK£4.24
Beta	1.53
11 Month Change	-4.10%
3 Month Change	-52.49%
1 Year Change	-43.95%
33 Year Change	-63.72%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-30.15%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	8LS	DE Media	DE Market
7D	8.3%	1.0%	0.2%
1Y	-44.0%	-15.0%	8.5%

Return vs Industry: 8LS underperformed the German Media industry which returned -15% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 8LS underperformed the German Market which returned 8.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 8LS's price volatile compared to industry and market?
8LS volatility
8LS Average Weekly Movement	14.7%
Media Industry Average Movement	4.5%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	10.9%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.3%

Stable Share Price: 8LS's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: 8LS's weekly volatility has increased from 9% to 15% over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1981	4,340	Tim Dyson	www.next15.com

Next 15 Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides communications services in the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, the United States, and the Asia Pacific. It also engages in the provision of consultancy services including data and insights, customer engagement, digital marketing and communications, and business transformation. The company provides its services under the activate, Agent3, Archetype, Beyond, The Blueshirt Group, Brandwidth, ELVIS, encore, House 337, M Booth, M Booth Health, Mach49, MHP Group, Nectar, Outcast, Palladium, Publitek, Savanta, SMG, Transform, twogether, and Velocity brands.

Next 15 Group plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Next 15 Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
8LS fundamental statistics
Market cap	€484.69m
Earnings (TTM)	€73.14m
Revenue (TTM)	€883.03m

6.6x

P/E Ratio

0.5x

P/S Ratio

Is 8LS overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
8LS income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£733.84m
Cost of Revenue	UK£554.05m
Gross Profit	UK£179.79m
Other Expenses	UK£119.01m
Earnings	UK£60.78m

Last Reported Earnings

Jul 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.61
Gross Margin	24.50%
Net Profit Margin	8.28%
Debt/Equity Ratio	61.7%

How did 8LS perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

3.8%

Current Dividend Yield

25%

Payout Ratio

8LS Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

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Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.048 per share

First half 2025 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.22 (vs UK£0.14 in 1H 2024)

First half dividend of UK£0.048 announced

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 44%

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

New major risk - Share price stability

Recent updates

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.048 per share

First half 2025 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.22 (vs UK£0.14 in 1H 2024)

First half dividend of UK£0.048 announced

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 44%

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

New major risk - Share price stability

Next 15 Group plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Sep 24, 2024

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.53 (vs UK£0.017 in FY 2023)

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Next 15 Group plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Apr 16, 2024

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.14 (vs UK£0.11 loss in 1H 2023)

Next 15 Group plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Sep 26, 2023

New minor risk - Share price stability

Next 15 Group plc Approves Final Dividend

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.10 per share at 2.1% yield

Next 15 Group plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 06, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.017 (vs UK£0.75 loss in FY 2022)

CEO & Executive Director recently sold €3.6m worth of stock

Less than half of directors are independent

Next Fifteen Communications Group plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Apr 25, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

Less than half of directors are independent

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.045 per share

First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.11 loss per share (vs UK£0.031 loss in 1H 2022)

Next Fifteen Communications Group plc Announces Interim Dividend for the Six Months Ended July 31, 2022, Payable on 25 November 2022

Next Fifteen Communications Group plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on May 18, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.084 per share

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Less than half of directors are independent

Full year 2022 earnings released: UK£0.75 loss per share (vs UK£0.055 loss in FY 2021)

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Now 22% undervalued

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Next Fifteen Communications Group plc Provides Group Revenue Guidance for the Three Month and Year Ended January 31, 2022

Now 23% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.036 per share

CEO & Executive Director recently sold €1.0m worth of stock

First half 2022 earnings released: UK£0.031 loss per share (vs UK£0.038 loss in 1H 2021)

Full year 2021 earnings released: UK£0.055 loss per share (vs UK£0.027 profit in FY 2020)

Full year 2021 earnings released: UK£0.055 loss per share (vs UK£0.027 profit in FY 2020)

Shareholder Returns

Price Volatility

About the Company

Next 15 Group plc Fundamentals Summary

6.6x

0.5x

Earnings & Revenue

Dividends

3.8%

25%