MACFL Stock Overview

Through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes protective packaging products to businesses in the United Kingdom and Europe. More details

MACFL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	5/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 36.2% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 8.34% per year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 34.3%

Risk Analysis

Unstable dividend track record

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Macfarlane Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£1.09
52 Week High	UK£1.47
52 Week Low	UK£1.03
Beta	0.65
1 Month Change	2.84%
3 Month Change	-2.25%
1 Year Change	-3.98%
3 Year Change	-19.33%
5 Year Change	13.02%
Change since IPO	13.02%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	MACFL	GB Trade Distributors	GB Market
7D	-4.0%	-3.4%	-2.2%
1Y	-4.0%	-3.3%	2.4%

Return vs Industry: MACFL matched the UK Trade Distributors industry which returned -3.3% over the past year.

Return vs Market: MACFL underperformed the UK Market which returned 2.4% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is MACFL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
MACFL volatility
MACFL Average Weekly Movement	3.5%
Trade Distributors Industry Average Movement	4.5%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.5%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: MACFL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: MACFL's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1899	1,000	Peter Atkinson	www.macfarlanegroup.com

Macfarlane Group PLC, through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes protective packaging products to businesses in the United Kingdom and Europe. The company operates through Packaging Distribution and Manufacturing Operations segments. The Packaging Distribution segment distributes packaging materials in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe.

Macfarlane Group PLC Fundamentals Summary

How do Macfarlane Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
MACFL fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£171.21m
Earnings (TTM)	UK£14.70m
Revenue (TTM)	UK£268.70m

11.6x

P/E Ratio

0.6x

P/S Ratio

Is MACFL overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
MACFL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£268.70m
Cost of Revenue	UK£162.88m
Gross Profit	UK£105.82m
Other Expenses	UK£91.12m
Earnings	UK£14.70m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.093
Gross Margin	39.38%
Net Profit Margin	5.47%
Debt/Equity Ratio	7.6%

How did MACFL perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

3.3%

Current Dividend Yield

39%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/23 10:37
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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 here.

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Analyst Sources

Macfarlane Group PLC is covered by 8 analysts. 3 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
Andrew Simms	Arden Partners Plc.
Calum Battersby	Berenberg
Philip Hallam	Berenberg