Watkin Jones Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 4/6

Watkin Jones has a total shareholder equity of £132.0M and total debt of £23.1M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 17.5%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £343.6M and £211.6M respectively.

Key information

17.5%

Debt to equity ratio

UK£23.13m

Debt

Interest coverage ration/a
CashUK£67.09m
EquityUK£132.01m
Total liabilitiesUK£211.63m
Total assetsUK£343.64m

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

Lacklustre Performance Is Driving Watkin Jones Plc's (LON:WJG) 37% Price Drop

Aug 22
Lacklustre Performance Is Driving Watkin Jones Plc's (LON:WJG) 37% Price Drop

Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG)?

Aug 06
Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG)?

Watkin Jones Plc's (LON:WJG) Revenues Are Not Doing Enough For Some Investors

Mar 05
Watkin Jones Plc's (LON:WJG) Revenues Are Not Doing Enough For Some Investors

Is Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Trading At A 42% Discount?

Nov 10
Is Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Trading At A 42% Discount?

Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG)?

Sep 19
Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG)?

Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Analysts Are Way More Bearish Than They Used To Be

Jul 24
Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Analysts Are Way More Bearish Than They Used To Be

Watkin Jones' (LON:WJG) Dividend Is Being Reduced To £0.014

May 27
Watkin Jones' (LON:WJG) Dividend Is Being Reduced To £0.014

Analysts Just Slashed Their Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) EPS Numbers

May 26
Analysts Just Slashed Their Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) EPS Numbers

Watkin Jones' (LON:WJG) Dividend Is Being Reduced To £0.045

Jan 28
Watkin Jones' (LON:WJG) Dividend Is Being Reduced To £0.045

Time To Worry? Analysts Just Downgraded Their Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Outlook

Oct 13
Time To Worry? Analysts Just Downgraded Their Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Outlook

Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Aug 24
Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Watkin Jones' (LON:WJG) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Jun 03
Watkin Jones' (LON:WJG) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Watkin Jones' (LON:WJG) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

May 20
Watkin Jones' (LON:WJG) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Should You Think About Buying Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Now?

May 11
Should You Think About Buying Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Now?

Is Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) Using Too Much Debt?

Feb 24
Is Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) Using Too Much Debt?

An Intrinsic Calculation For Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Suggests It's 39% Undervalued

Mar 30
An Intrinsic Calculation For Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Suggests It's 39% Undervalued

Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Mar 12
Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Is Watkin Jones Plc's (LON:WJG) Latest Stock Performance Being Led By Its Strong Fundamentals?

Feb 25
Is Watkin Jones Plc's (LON:WJG) Latest Stock Performance Being Led By Its Strong Fundamentals?

Here's Why We Think Watkin Jones' (LON:WJG) Statutory Earnings Might Be Conservative

Feb 10
Here's Why We Think Watkin Jones' (LON:WJG) Statutory Earnings Might Be Conservative

Income Investors Should Know That Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Goes Ex-Dividend Soon

Jan 24
Income Investors Should Know That Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Goes Ex-Dividend Soon

Have Insiders Been Buying Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Shares?

Jan 13
Have Insiders Been Buying Watkin Jones Plc (LON:WJG) Shares?

Watkin Jones'(LON:WJG) Share Price Is Down 29% Over The Past Year.

Dec 08
Watkin Jones'(LON:WJG) Share Price Is Down 29% Over The Past Year.

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: WJG's short term assets (£286.0M) exceed its short term liabilities (£117.0M).

Long Term Liabilities: WJG's short term assets (£286.0M) exceed its long term liabilities (£94.6M).


Debt to Equity History and Analysis

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

Reducing Debt: WJG's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 24.6% to 17.5% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: WJG's operating cash flow is negative, therefore debt is not well covered.

Interest Coverage: Insufficient data to determine if WJG's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/27 19:25
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings2024/03/31
Annual Earnings2023/09/30

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Analyst Sources

Watkin Jones Plc is covered by 7 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Colin SheridanDavy
Derren NathanHybridan LLP
Glynis JohnsonJefferies LLC