Biffa plc

LSE:BIFF Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.2b

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Biffa Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

Key information

-35.10%

Earnings growth rate

-36.67%

EPS growth rate

Commercial Services Industry Growth27.48%
Revenue growth rate6.72%
Return on equity7.66%
Net Margin2.41%
Last Earnings Update23 Sep 2022

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Analysis Article Apr 14

Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Biffa plc (LON:BIFF)?

While Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) might not be the most widely known stock at the moment, it saw a decent share price growth...
Analysis Article Mar 15

Is Biffa (LON:BIFF) Using Too Much Debt?

Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously...
Analysis Article Jan 10

Estimating The Fair Value Of Biffa plc (LON:BIFF)

Today we'll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF...
Analysis Article Dec 14

Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Biffa plc (LON:BIFF)?

While Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) might not be the most widely known stock at the moment, it received a lot of attention...
Analysis Article Nov 20

Biffa (LON:BIFF) Is Carrying A Fair Bit Of Debt

The external fund manager backed by Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger, Li Lu, makes no bones about it when he says...
Analysis Article Sep 11

Are Investors Undervaluing Biffa plc (LON:BIFF) By 29%?

In this article we are going to estimate the intrinsic value of Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) by taking the expected future...
Analysis Article Aug 06

Would Biffa (LON:BIFF) Be Better Off With Less Debt?

Howard Marks put it nicely when he said that, rather than worrying about share price volatility, 'The possibility of...
Analysis Article May 26

An Intrinsic Calculation For Biffa plc (LON:BIFF) Suggests It's 33% Undervalued

How far off is Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll take a look...
Analysis Article Mar 02

Biffa's(LON:BIFF) Share Price Is Down 10% Over The Past Year.

While it may not be enough for some shareholders, we think it is good to see the Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) share price up...
Analysis Article Jan 24

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Biffa plc (LON:BIFF)

How far off is Biffa plc ( LON:BIFF ) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll take a look...
Analysis Article Dec 28

Are Insiders Selling Biffa plc (LON:BIFF) Stock?

It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. The flip side of that is that...
Analysis Article Nov 23

We Think Biffa (LON:BIFF) Has A Fair Chunk Of Debt

The external fund manager backed by Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger, Li Lu, makes no bones about it when he says...

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Biffa makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

LSE:BIFF Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
23 Sep 221,59839750
23 Jun 221,52010740
25 Mar 221,443-18730
25 Dec 211,337-21610
24 Sep 211,231-24490
24 Jun 211,136-32520
26 Mar 211,042-40540
26 Dec 201,049-29620
25 Sep 201,057-18700
25 Jun 201,11014660
27 Mar 201,16346630
27 Dec 191,14733600
27 Sep 191,13120580
27 Jun 191,11119540
29 Mar 191,09118510
29 Dec 181,09122470
28 Sep 181,09126440
28 Jun 181,08429470
30 Mar 181,07731510
30 Dec 171,05224700
22 Sep 171,02818890
22 Jun 171,013-5880
24 Mar 17990-11810
24 Dec 16976-10740
23 Sep 16961-9680
24 Jun 169449570
25 Mar 16928-5600

Quality Earnings: BIFF has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: BIFF became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BIFF's earnings have declined by 35.1% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: BIFF has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: BIFF has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Commercial Services industry (19.7%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: BIFF's Return on Equity (7.7%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2023/01/28 13:37
End of Day Share Price 2023/01/26 00:00
Earnings2022/09/23
Annual Earnings2022/03/25

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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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  • Insider trading
Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Biffa plc is covered by 10 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Calum BattersbyBerenberg
Oliver AndersonBerenberg
Adam BarrassBerenberg