AO World (81A) Stock Overview

Engages in the online retailing of domestic appliances and ancillary services in the United Kingdom and Germany. More details

81A fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	6/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	0/6

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Trading at 32.4% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 11.85% per year

Earnings grew by 270.1% over the past year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 52.6%

Risk Analysis

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for AO World
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£1.08
52 Week High	UK£1.31
52 Week Low	UK£0.92
Beta	1.22
1 Month Change	9.09%
3 Month Change	8.00%
1 Year Change	0%
3 Year Change	10.77%
5 Year Change	-58.86%
Change since IPO	-61.47%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	81A	DE Specialty Retail	DE Market
7D	6.9%	5.2%	4.3%
1Y	0%	-10.9%	2.9%

Return vs Industry: 81A exceeded the German Specialty Retail industry which returned -10.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 81A underperformed the German Market which returned 2.9% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 81A's price volatile compared to industry and market?
81A volatility
81A Average Weekly Movement	7.7%
Specialty Retail Industry Average Movement	5.1%
Market Average Movement	5.6%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	12.6%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.7%

Stable Share Price: 81A has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: 81A's weekly volatility (8%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2000	2,892	John Roberts	www.ao-world.com

AO World plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the online retailing of domestic appliances and ancillary services in the United Kingdom and Germany. It retails fridges and freezers, laundry products, and dishwashers, as well as smart tech, computing, AV, consumer electronics, gaming and smart home products, and TV and entertainment products through its e-commerce platforms. The company also engages in the production of content, including imagery, videos, how-to guides and lifestyle contents, and energy efficiency ratings; and operation of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and plastics recycling facilities, as well as distribution centers.

AO World plc Fundamentals Summary

How do AO World's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
81A fundamental statistics
Market cap	€635.24m
Earnings (TTM)	€42.02m
Revenue (TTM)	€1.48b

15.1x

P/E Ratio

0.4x

P/S Ratio

Is 81A overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
81A income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£1.27b
Cost of Revenue	UK£950.50m
Gross Profit	UK£316.10m
Other Expenses	UK£280.20m
Earnings	UK£35.90m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2026

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.064
Gross Margin	24.96%
Net Profit Margin	2.83%
Debt/Equity Ratio	1.0%

How did 81A perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/07/07 23:39
End of Day Share Price	2026/07/07 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2026/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

AO World plc is covered by 9 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Caroline Gulliver	Equity Development Limited
Charlie Rothbarth	HSBC
Kate Calvert	Investec Bank plc (UK)

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Recent News & Updates

Ao World plc Declares Special Dividend, Payable on July 31, 2026

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 24, 2026

Full year 2026 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.064 (vs UK£0.017 in FY 2025)

Insufficient new directors

AO World plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year Ended 31 March 2026

AO World plc Announces Appointment of Peter Pritchard as Senior Independent Director, Effective April 1, 2026

Recent updates

Ao World plc Declares Special Dividend, Payable on July 31, 2026

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 24, 2026

Full year 2026 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.064 (vs UK£0.017 in FY 2025)

Insufficient new directors

AO World plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year Ended 31 March 2026

AO World plc Announces Appointment of Peter Pritchard as Senior Independent Director, Effective April 1, 2026

AO World plc Provides Sales Guidance for the Period from 1 April 2025 to 30 September 2025

AO World plc to Report First Half, 2026 Results on Nov 25, 2025

AO World plc Appoints Sophie Tomkins as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Effective September 1, 2025

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 15, 2025

AO World plc Appoints Mark Higgins to Chief Operating Officer

AO World plc to Report Fiscal Year 2025 Results on Jun 18, 2025

AO World plc (LSE:AO.) completed the acquisition of musicMagpie plc (AIM:MMAG) from a group of shareholders.

Ao World plc Revises Earning Guidance for the Full Year 2024

AO World plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Nov 26, 2024

AO World plc (LSE:AO.) agreed to acquire musicMagpie plc (AIM:MMAG) from a group of shareholders for £9.8 million.

Founder recently sold €9.6m worth of stock

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.043 (vs UK£0.011 in FY 2023)

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Now 22% overvalued after recent price rise

AO World plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 31 March 2024

AO World plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Jun 26, 2024

Non-Executive Director recently bought €366k worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Non-Executive Director recently bought €299k worth of stock

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.016 (vs UK£0.021 loss in 1H 2023)

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 18, 2024

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

AO World plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Nov 21, 2023

Non-Executive Director recently bought €275k worth of stock

AO World plc Announces Directorate Change

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 27, 2023

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.011 (vs UK£0.064 loss in FY 2022)

Now 20% undervalued

Now 20% undervalued

Non-Executive Director recently bought €372k worth of stock

Now 22% undervalued

AO World plc to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Jul 05, 2023

Now 21% undervalued

First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.021 loss per share (vs UK£0.004 loss in 1H 2022)

AO World plc Appoints Sarah Venning as Non-Executive Director

Ao World plc Announce CFO Changes

AO World plc Appoints Peter Pritchard as Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Effective 1 October 2022

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 28, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: UK£0.063 loss per share (vs UK£0.037 profit in FY 2021)

AO World plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Aug 18, 2022

AO World plc has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £40.334538 million.

AO World plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year to 31 March 2022

Now 23% undervalued after recent price drop

Insufficient new directors

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

AO World plc(LSE:AO.) dropped from FTSE 350 (Ex Investment Companies) Index (GBP)

Insufficient new directors

First half 2022 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Full year 2021 earnings released

New 90-day low: €3.40

AO World plc to Report Fiscal Year 2021 Results on Jun 16, 2021

AO World plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Nov 23, 2021

New 90-day low: €3.70