SAAL Stock Overview

Provides advertising and marketing communications services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. More details

SAAL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	3/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 60.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 25.2% per year

Became profitable this year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 44.1%

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Large one-off items impacting financial results

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M&C Saatchi plc Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for M&C Saatchi
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£1.71
52 Week High	UK£0
52 Week Low	UK£0
Beta	0.60
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	2.24%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	SAAL	GB Media	GB Market
7D	n/a	0.9%	0.6%
1Y	n/a	-22.1%	3.4%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how SAAL performed against the UK Media industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how SAAL performed against the UK Market.

Price Volatility

Is SAAL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
SAAL volatility
SAAL Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Media Industry Average Movement	6.1%
Market Average Movement	5.9%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	11.5%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	3.4%

Stable Share Price: SAAL's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine SAAL's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1995	2,003	Zaid Al-Qassab	www.mcsaatchiplc.com

M&C Saatchi plc provides advertising and marketing communications services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

M&C Saatchi plc Fundamentals Summary

How do M&C Saatchi's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
SAAL fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£209.09m
Earnings (TTM)	UK£11.72m
Revenue (TTM)	UK£395.42m

17.8x

P/E Ratio

0.5x

P/S Ratio

Is SAAL overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
SAAL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£395.42m
Cost of Revenue	UK£322.79m
Gross Profit	UK£72.63m
Other Expenses	UK£60.91m
Earnings	UK£11.72m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.097
Gross Margin	18.37%
Net Profit Margin	2.96%
Debt/Equity Ratio	33.5%

How did SAAL perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.1%

Current Dividend Yield

20%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/30 11:25
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/30 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
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

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

M&C Saatchi plc is covered by 7 analysts. 4 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
Richard Nunn	Charles Stanley Securities
Steven Craig Liechti	Numis Securities Ltd.
Caspar James Erskine	Panmure Liberum