SFR Stock Overview

A structural steelwork company, engages in the designing, manufacturing, fabrication, construction, and erection of steelwork activities in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Europe, and India. More details

SFR fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Trading at 46.4% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 79.88% per year

Risk Analysis

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

Dividend of 7.09% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Profit margins (0.7%) are lower than last year (4.5%)

My Notes

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Severfield plc Competitors

Costain Group

LSE:COST

UK£292.1m

Galliford Try Holdings

LSE:GFRD

UK£379.4m

Billington Holdings

AIM:BILN

UK£61.6m

Kier Group

LSE:KIE

UK£667.5m

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Severfield
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£0.52
52 Week High	UK£0.90
52 Week Low	UK£0.40
Beta	0.75
1 Month Change	-39.86%
3 Month Change	-34.26%
1 Year Change	-17.14%
3 Year Change	-23.91%
5 Year Change	-37.86%
Change since IPO	344.26%

Not Many Are Piling Into Severfield plc (LON:SFR) Stock Yet As It Plummets 32%

Nov 27

Is There An Opportunity With Severfield plc's (LON:SFR) 47% Undervaluation?

Nov 27

Recent updates

Severfield plc's (LON:SFR) Share Price Is Matching Sentiment Around Its Earnings

Mar 28

Is Severfield (LON:SFR) Using Too Much Debt?

Sep 12

Severfield's (LON:SFR) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.021

Aug 10

Severfield (LON:SFR) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.021

Jul 27

Severfield plc (LON:SFR) Just Released Its Full-Year Earnings: Here's What Analysts Think

Jun 17

Should You Investigate Severfield plc (LON:SFR) At UK£0.68?

Jun 15

Is Now The Time To Look At Buying Severfield plc (LON:SFR)?

Nov 08

Severfield's (LON:SFR) Returns Have Hit A Wall

Sep 30

Severfield (LON:SFR) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Aug 20

Severfield's (LON:SFR) Dividend Will Be UK£0.012

Nov 25

An Intrinsic Calculation For Severfield plc (LON:SFR) Suggests It's 42% Undervalued

Oct 13

This Is Why Severfield plc's (LON:SFR) CEO Compensation Looks Appropriate

Aug 26

Severfield (LON:SFR) Will Pay A Dividend Of UK£0.018

Jul 31

Shareholder Returns

	SFR	GB Construction	GB Market
7D	-4.7%	-1.7%	-2.6%
1Y	-17.1%	41.3%	2.4%

Return vs Industry: SFR underperformed the UK Construction industry which returned 41.3% over the past year.

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

Price Volatility

Is SFR's price volatile compared to industry and market?
SFR volatility
SFR Average Weekly Movement	11.0%
Construction Industry Average Movement	4.2%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.6%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

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

Volatility Over Time: SFR's weekly volatility (11%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of UK stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1978	1,900	Alan Dunsmore	www.severfield.com

Severfield plc, a structural steelwork company, engages in the designing, manufacturing, fabrication, construction, and erection of steelwork activities in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Europe, and India. The company manufactures metal decking products; plate girder sections, rectangular and/or circular apertures, optimal section profiles, and intumescent coating products. It provides steel-framed modular equipment rooms and housing; modular frames, including complex and simple steel frames; material handling products, comprising discharge system, bin activators, and pressure and vacuum relief valves; composite and non-composite plain and cellular beams; and offload and edge protection systems.

Severfield plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Severfield's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
SFR fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£157.21m
Earnings (TTM)	UK£3.29m
Revenue (TTM)	UK£500.46m

47.8x

P/E Ratio

0.3x

P/S Ratio

Is SFR overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
SFR income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£500.46m
Cost of Revenue	UK£267.98m
Gross Profit	UK£232.48m
Other Expenses	UK£229.19m
Earnings	UK£3.29m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 28, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.011
Gross Margin	46.45%
Net Profit Margin	0.66%
Debt/Equity Ratio	10.3%

How did SFR perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

7.1%

Current Dividend Yield

344%

Payout Ratio

Does SFR pay a reliable dividends?

See SFR dividend history and benchmarks

When do you need to buy SFR by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Severfield dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	Jan 09 2025
Dividend Pay Date	Feb 07 2025
Days until Ex dividend	18 days
Days until Dividend pay date	47 days

Does SFR pay a reliable dividends?

See SFR dividend history and benchmarks

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/22 02:12
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/28
Annual Earnings	2024/03/30

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

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Analyst Sources

Severfield plc is covered by 14 analysts. 6 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
Steven Medlicott	Altium Capital Limited
Harry Philips	Canaccord Genuity
Kevin Cammack	Cavendish Historical (Cenkos Securities)

SFR Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Severfield plc Competitors

LSE:COST

UK£292.1m

LSE:GFRD

UK£379.4m

AIM:BILN

UK£61.6m

LSE:KIE

UK£667.5m

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 75%

First half 2025 earnings released: UK£0.014 loss per share (vs UK£0.027 profit in 1H 2024)

First half dividend of UK£0.014 announced

Price target decreased by 11% to UK£1.01

Not Many Are Piling Into Severfield plc (LON:SFR) Stock Yet As It Plummets 32%

Is There An Opportunity With Severfield plc's (LON:SFR) 47% Undervaluation?

Recent updates

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 75%

First half 2025 earnings released: UK£0.014 loss per share (vs UK£0.027 profit in 1H 2024)

First half dividend of UK£0.014 announced

Price target decreased by 11% to UK£1.01

Not Many Are Piling Into Severfield plc (LON:SFR) Stock Yet As It Plummets 32%

Is There An Opportunity With Severfield plc's (LON:SFR) 47% Undervaluation?

Severfield plc Have Declares an Interim Dividend in Respect of the Six Months Ended 28 September 2024, Payable on 7 February 2025

Now 47% undervalued after recent price drop

Severfield plc Appoints Ian McAulay as Non-Executive Director and Workforce Engagement Director and Remuneration, Nomination and Audit Committees with Effect from 25 November 2024

Severfield plc Appoints Janice Crawford as Non-Executive Director and to Its Remuneration, Nomination and Audit Committees with Effective November 25, 2024

Severfield plc Announces the Appointment of Cynthia Gordon as Non-Executive Director, Effective 21 October 2024

Less than half of directors are independent

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.023 per share

Severfield plc Appoints Mark Pegler as Its Senior Independent Director

Less than half of directors are independent

Severfield plc Declares Final Dividend for the Year Ended March 30, 2024, Payable on October 11, 2024

Now 22% undervalued

We Think The Compensation For Severfield plc's (LON:SFR) CEO Looks About Right

Final dividend increased to UK£0.023

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.052 (vs UK£0.07 in FY 2023)

New minor risk - Share price stability

Now 40% overvalued after recent price rise

Severfield plc Appoints Charlie Cornish as Non-Executive Chair and Director, Effective Appointment to Board on 1 May 2024 and Take over as Chair After the AGM on 30 July 2024

Severfield plc's (LON:SFR) Share Price Is Matching Sentiment Around Its Earnings

Insufficient new directors

Severfield plc Announces Resignation of Rosie Toogood as Non- Executive Director

Severfield plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 31, 2024

Now 21% overvalued

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.014 per share at 5.5% yield

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.027 (vs UK£0.027 in 1H 2023)

Severfield plc Declares Interim Dividend in Respect of the Six Months Ended 23 September 2023, Payable on 2 February 2023

Is Severfield (LON:SFR) Using Too Much Debt?

Severfield plc Declares Final Dividend for the Year Ended March 25, 2023, Payable on October 13, 2023

Severfield plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Nov 21, 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.021 per share at 5.0% yield

Severfield's (LON:SFR) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.021

Severfield plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 06, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Severfield plc Announces Board Changes

Severfield (LON:SFR) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.021

Severfield plc Announces Resignation of Ian Cochrane as an Executive Director on 30 September 2023

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Severfield plc (LON:SFR) Just Released Its Full-Year Earnings: Here's What Analysts Think

Full year 2023 earnings: Revenues in line with analyst expectations

Should You Investigate Severfield plc (LON:SFR) At UK£0.68?

Severfield plc Announces Dividend for the Year 2023, Payable on 13 October 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.013 per share

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.027 (vs UK£0.017 in 1H 2022)

Severfield plc Announces Interim Dividend, Payable on 3 February 2023

Is Now The Time To Look At Buying Severfield plc (LON:SFR)?

Severfield plc Announces Appointment of Mark Pegler as Non-Executive Director

Insufficient new directors

Severfield's (LON:SFR) Returns Have Hit A Wall

Severfield plc Declares Final Dividend in Respect of the Year Ended 26 March 2022, Payable on 14 October 2022

Severfield plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Nov 22, 2022

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.019 per share

Severfield (LON:SFR) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind