Ricardo Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 5/6

Ricardo has a total shareholder equity of £165.2M and total debt of £106.9M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 64.7%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £428.8M and £263.6M respectively. Ricardo's EBIT is £34.5M making its interest coverage ratio 3.8. It has cash and short-term investments of £48.6M.

Key information

64.7%

Debt to equity ratio

UK£106.90m

Debt

Interest coverage ratio	3.8x
Cash	UK£48.60m
Equity	UK£165.20m
Total liabilities	UK£263.60m
Total assets	UK£428.80m

Recent financial health updates

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Recent updates

With Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) It Looks Like You'll Get What You Pay For

Jan 18

Ricardo's (LON:RCDO) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.0861

Oct 15

Ricardo (LON:RCDO) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0861

Sep 30

An Intrinsic Calculation For Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) Suggests It's 32% Undervalued

Jun 02

At UK£4.34, Is Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) Worth Looking At Closely?

Apr 05

Are Investors Undervaluing Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) By 27%?

Mar 01

Could The Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) Ownership Structure Tell Us Something Useful?

Feb 02

Would Shareholders Who Purchased Ricardo's (LON:RCDO) Stock Three Years Be Happy With The Share price Today?

Jan 05

Is It Time To Consider Buying Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO)?

Dec 15

Calculating The Intrinsic Value Of Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO)

Nov 24

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: RCDO's short term assets (£232.6M) exceed its short term liabilities (£125.3M).

Long Term Liabilities: RCDO's short term assets (£232.6M) exceed its long term liabilities (£138.3M).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: RCDO's net debt to equity ratio (35.3%) is considered satisfactory.

Reducing Debt: RCDO's debt to equity ratio has increased from 48.3% to 64.7% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: RCDO's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (24.2%).

Interest Coverage: RCDO's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (3.8x coverage).

Ricardo Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 5/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.089 per share

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Ricardo plc Declares Final Dividend, Payable on 22 November 2024

Ricardo plc Appoints Sian Lloyd Rees as Non-Executive Director, Effective 1 October 2024

Ricardo plc Announces Jack Boyer Obe Step Down as Non-Executive Director

Price target increased by 7.8% to UK£6.52

Ricardo plc Announces Resignation of Laurie Bowen as Non-Executive Director

Group CEO & Director recently bought UK£99k worth of stock

Ricardo plc, Annual General Meeting, Nov 14, 2024

First half dividend increased to UK£0.038

Ricardo plc Declares Interim Dividend, Payable on April 11, 2024

With Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) It Looks Like You'll Get What You Pay For

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.086 per share at 2.8% yield

Ricardo's (LON:RCDO) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.0861

Ricardo (LON:RCDO) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0861

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Ricardo plc to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Mar 06, 2024

Chairman recently bought UK£103k worth of stock

Ricardo's (LON:RCDO) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Ricardo plc Declares Final Dividend, Payable on 24 November 2023

Full year 2023 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Price target increased by 9.1% to UK£6.34

Ricardo plc, Annual General Meeting, Nov 16, 2023

Ricardo plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Sep 13, 2023

Ricardo Appoints Judith Cottrell and the Board

Ricardo's (LON:RCDO) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.0335

First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.24 loss per share (vs UK£0.056 profit in 1H 2022)

Now 23% undervalued

Ricardo plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Mar 01, 2023

Ricardo plc (LSE:RCDO) acquired 93% stake in E3-Modelling S.A for £24m.

Price target increased by 7.4% to UK£5.47

Now 21% undervalued

Insufficient new directors

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.075 per share

Ricardo (LON:RCDO) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0749

Insufficient new directors

Consensus forecasts updated

Ricardo plc, Annual General Meeting, Nov 17, 2022

Ricardo plc Announces Board Changes

Ricardo (LON:RCDO) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0749

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

Ricardo plc Declares Final Dividend, Payable on 25 November 2022

Ricardo plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Sep 14, 2022

Group CEO & Director recently bought UK£53k worth of stock

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Consensus forecasts updated

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Is Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) Trading At A 37% Discount?

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.029 per share

First half 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Ricardo plc Declares Interim Dividend for the Year 2022, Payable on April 8, 2022

Faster Air Quality Mapping Thanks to Ricardo’s RapidAir Software

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.051 per share

CEO, MD of International Operations & Executive Director David Shemmans has left the company

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.029 (vs UK£0.12 loss in FY 2020)

An Intrinsic Calculation For Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) Suggests It's 32% Undervalued

At UK£4.34, Is Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) Worth Looking At Closely?

First half 2021 earnings released: UK£0.027 loss per share (vs UK£0.12 profit in 1H 2020)

Are Investors Undervaluing Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) By 27%?

Price target raised to UK£5.25

Price target raised to UK£5.08

New 90-day high: UK£4.72

New 90-day high: UK£4.19

Could The Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO) Ownership Structure Tell Us Something Useful?

Dave Shemmans to Leave His Role as Ricardo's Chief Executive Officer

Ricardo plc to Report First Half, 2021 Results on Feb 25, 2021

New 90-day high: UK£4.03

Afc Energy plc Announces Strategic Collaboration with Ricardo plc to Develop Global Applications for Hydrogen Power Generation

Would Shareholders Who Purchased Ricardo's (LON:RCDO) Stock Three Years Be Happy With The Share price Today?

Is It Time To Consider Buying Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO)?

Calculating The Intrinsic Value Of Ricardo plc (LON:RCDO)

Ricardo plc has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £29.34406 million.

Price target lowered to UK£4.63