Yellow Cake plc

AIM:YCA Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.4b

Yellow Cake Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

Yellow Cake's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -9.7%, while the Oil and Gas industry saw earnings growing at 16.7% annually. Revenues have been declining at an average rate of 8.8% per year.

Key information

-9.71%

Earnings growth rate

-15.63%

EPS growth rate

Oil and Gas Industry Growth21.81%
Revenue growth rate-8.84%
Return on equity-0.43%
Net Margin-153.91%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Analysis Article May 28

Insufficient Growth At Yellow Cake plc (LON:YCA) Hampers Share Price

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Analysis Article Apr 23

Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Is Doing The Right Things To Multiply Its Share Price

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Analysis Article Feb 12

Benign Growth For Yellow Cake plc (LON:YCA) Underpins Its Share Price

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Analysis Article Jan 04

Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Might Have The Makings Of A Multi-Bagger

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Analysis Article Jul 30

There Might Be More To Yellow Cake's (LON:YCA) Story Than Just Weak Earnings

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Analysis Article Apr 08

The Trend Of High Returns At Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Has Us Very Interested

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Analysis Article Mar 12

Yellow Cake plc's (LON:YCA) Subdued P/E Might Signal An Opportunity

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Analysis Article Dec 19

Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Knows How To Allocate Capital Effectively

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Analysis Article Mar 16

Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Is Experiencing Growth In Returns On Capital

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Analysis Article Nov 22

Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Is Achieving High Returns On Its Capital

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Analysis Article Sep 25

Here's Why We Think Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Might Deserve Your Attention Today

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Analysis Article Jun 09

Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Is Investing Its Capital With Increasing Efficiency

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Analysis Article Feb 13

We Think Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Might Have The DNA Of A Multi-Bagger

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Analysis Article Oct 20

Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Might Be Having Difficulty Using Its Capital Effectively

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Analysis Article May 21

Investors Will Want Yellow Cake's (LON:YCA) Growth In ROCE To Persist

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Analysis Article Mar 11

Yellow Cake plc (LON:YCA) Delivered A Weaker ROE Than Its Industry

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Analysis Article Feb 04

What We Make Of Yellow Cake's (LON:YCA) Returns On Capital

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Analysis Article Jan 06

Do Institutions Own Yellow Cake plc (LON:YCA) Shares?

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Analysis Article Dec 10

Yellow Cake (LON:YCA) Shareholders Booked A 16% Gain In The Last Year

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Analysis Article Nov 19

Are Yellow Cake's (LON:YCA) Statutory Earnings A Good Reflection Of Its Earnings Potential?

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

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


Earnings and Revenue History

AIM:YCA Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 255-8140
30 Jun 25-225-239150
31 Mar 25-456-469150
31 Dec 24-133-144150
30 Sep 24191181150
30 Jun 24463454130
31 Mar 24735727120
31 Dec 23622614110
30 Sep 23508501100
30 Jun 2320619990
31 Mar 23-97-10370
31 Dec 226050
30 Sep 2210910340
30 Jun 2226726040
31 Mar 2242441740
31 Dec 2130429740
30 Sep 2118317730
30 Jun 2110910420
31 Mar 21343020
31 Dec 20373410
30 Sep 20403710
30 Jun 20282510
31 Mar 20161310
30 Sep 19-19-2210
31 Mar 19312520

Quality Earnings: YCA is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: YCA is currently unprofitable.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: YCA is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 9.7% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare YCA's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: YCA is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Oil and Gas industry (34.7%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: YCA has a negative Return on Equity (-0.43%), as it is currently unprofitable.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/19 17:50
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/19 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Yellow Cake plc is covered by 9 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Richard HatchBerenberg
William DalbyBerenberg
Pavel KirjanovsBofA Global Research