SThree Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

SThree has a total shareholder equity of £248.6M and total debt of £88.0K, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 0.04%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £506.7M and £258.1M respectively. SThree's EBIT is £67.8M making its interest coverage ratio -46.9. It has cash and short-term investments of £69.8M.

Key information

0.04%

Debt to equity ratio

UK£88.00k

Debt

Interest coverage ratio	-46.9x
Cash	UK£69.76m
Equity	UK£248.64m
Total liabilities	UK£258.08m
Total assets	UK£506.73m

Recent financial health updates

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Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: STEM's short term assets (£445.0M) exceed its short term liabilities (£225.1M).

Long Term Liabilities: STEM's short term assets (£445.0M) exceed its long term liabilities (£33.0M).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: STEM has more cash than its total debt.

Reducing Debt: STEM's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 3.9% to 0.04% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: STEM's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (45088.6%).

Interest Coverage: STEM earns more interest than it pays, so coverage of interest payments is not a concern.

Balance Sheet

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/12 10:15
End of Day Share Price	2025/02/12 00:00
Earnings	2024/11/30
Annual Earnings	2024/11/30

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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

SThree plc is covered by 23 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.

Analyst	Institution
James Bayliss	Berenberg
James Gilbert	Canaccord Genuity
Andrew Smith	Charles Stanley Securities

SThree Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

SThree (LON:STEM) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of £0.092

Final dividend of UK£0.092 announced

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

SThree plc, Annual General Meeting, Apr 29, 2025

SThree plc Proposes Final Dividend, Payable on June 6, 2025

SThree plc Announces Retirement of Denise Collis as A Non-Executive Director, Effective June 30, 2025

Now 21% overvalued

Now 25% overvalued

SThree plc's (LON:STEM) 25% Dip In Price Shows Sentiment Is Matching Earnings

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

SThree plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Jan 28, 2025

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.051 per share

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

SThree's (LON:STEM) Dividend Will Be £0.051

CFO & Executive Director exercised options and sold UK£117k worth of stock

First half dividend increased to UK£0.051

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.21 (vs UK£0.21 in 1H 2023)

SThree plc Proposes Interim Dividend for the Six Months Ended 31 May 2024, Payable on 6 December 2024

Now 20% overvalued after recent price rise

SThree plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Jul 23, 2024

High number of new directors

SThree plc Approves Final Dividend

SThree (LON:STEM) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

SThree (LON:STEM) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

SThree plc Announces Appointment of Sanjeevan Bala as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Effective April 25, 2024

CEO & Executive Director exercised options and sold UK£135k worth of stock

SThree's (LON:STEM) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.116

SThree (LON:STEM) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.116

Final dividend of UK£0.12 announced

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

SThree plc to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Mar 19, 2024

SThree plc, Annual General Meeting, Apr 25, 2024

SThree plc Announces Retirement of Barrie Brien from Board

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.05 per share at 4.3% yield

Price target decreased by 8.8% to UK£5.59

SThree's (LON:STEM) Dividend Will Be £0.05

SThree (LON:STEM) Has Announced A Dividend Of £0.05

SThree (LON:STEM) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of £0.05

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.21 (vs UK£0.24 in 1H 2022)

SThree plc Proposes Interim Dividend for the Six Months Ended 31 May 2023, Payable on 8 December 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.11 per share at 3.9% yield

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

SThree (LON:STEM) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.11

Now 21% undervalued

Estimating The Fair Value Of SThree plc (LON:STEM)

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 15%

SThree (LON:STEM) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.11

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

SThree plc, Annual General Meeting, Apr 19, 2023

SThree plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Jan 30, 2023

Imogen Joss, Independent Non-Executive Director of Euromoney Appoints as A Non-Executive Director of Sthree Plc, with Effect from 1 December 2022

Less than half of directors are independent

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.05 per share

SThree's (LON:STEM) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

SThree (LON:STEM) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.05

SThree plc Appoints Elaine O’Donnell as Non-Executive Director, as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees

Less than half of directors are independent

Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine SThree plc (LON:STEM)?

SThree's (LON:STEM) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.05

SThree plc Announces Management Changes, Effective 1 October 2022

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.24 (vs UK£0.14 in 1H 2021)

Sthree plc Proposes to Pay Interim Dividend, Payable on 2 December 2022

Returns On Capital Signal Tricky Times Ahead For SThree (LON:STEM)

SThree plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Jul 25, 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Should You Think About Buying SThree plc (LON:STEM) Now?

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.08 per share

SThree (LON:STEM) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At UK£0.08

Is SThree plc (LON:STEM) Trading At A 49% Discount?

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

SThree plc, Annual General Meeting, Apr 20, 2022

SThree (LON:STEM) Is Increasing Its Dividend To UK£0.08

Returns On Capital At SThree (LON:STEM) Paint A Concerning Picture

SThree's (LON:STEM) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year