M&C Saatchi plc

AIM:SAA Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£170.0m

M&C Saatchi Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

M&C Saatchi has a total shareholder equity of £34.8M and total debt of £7.4M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 21.2%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £199.7M and £164.8M respectively. M&C Saatchi's EBIT is £25.7M making its interest coverage ratio 4.3. It has cash and short-term investments of £21.3M.

Key information

21.23%

Debt to equity ratio

UK£7.40m

Debt

Interest coverage ratio4.3x
CashUK£21.32m
EquityUK£34.84m
Total liabilitiesUK£164.84m
Total assetsUK£199.68m

Recent financial health updates

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Recent updates

Analysis Article Apr 04

M&C Saatchi's (LON:SAA) Earnings Seem To Be Promising

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Analysis Article Sep 27

Why M&C Saatchi's (LON:SAA) Earnings Are Better Than They Seem

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Analysis Article Apr 01

Is Now The Time To Look At Buying M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA)?

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Analysis Article Jan 06

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Analysis Article Sep 07

Is M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA) Trading At A 28% Discount?

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Analysis Article Jul 20

Investors Could Be Concerned With M&C Saatchi's (LON:SAA) Returns On Capital

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Analysis Article May 07

Calculating The Intrinsic Value Of M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA)

In this article we are going to estimate the intrinsic value of M&C Saatchi plc ( LON:SAA ) by taking the expected...
Analysis Article Apr 13

Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA)?

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Analysis Article Mar 02

M&C Saatchi (LON:SAA): Are Investors Overlooking Returns On Capital?

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Analysis Article Feb 06

CEO & Director Moray MacLennan Just Bought 160,056% More Shares In M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA)

Those following along with M&C Saatchi plc ( LON:SAA ) will no doubt be intrigued by the recent purchase of shares by...
Analysis Article Dec 08

Is M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA) Potentially Undervalued?

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Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: SAA's short term assets (£134.4M) exceed its short term liabilities (£121.0M).

Long Term Liabilities: SAA's short term assets (£134.4M) exceed its long term liabilities (£43.8M).


Debt to Equity History and Analysis

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

Reducing Debt: SAA's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 95.9% to 21.2% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: SAA's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (231.4%).

Interest Coverage: SAA's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (4.3x coverage).


Balance Sheet


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/17 09:11
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/17 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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Analyst Sources

M&C Saatchi plc is covered by 7 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.

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William LarwoodBerenberg
Ciaran DonnellyBerenberg
Anna PatriceBerenberg