Watkin Jones Past Earnings Performance

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Watkin Jones's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -47.8%, while the Real Estate industry saw earnings growing at 3% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 2.7% per year.

Key information

-47.8%

Earnings growth rate

-47.9%

EPS growth rate

Real Estate Industry Growth	12.3%
Revenue growth rate	2.7%
Return on equity	-23.0%
Net Margin	-7.0%
Last Earnings Update	31 Mar 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

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

Oct 13

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

Aug 24

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

Jun 03

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

May 20

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

May 11

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

Feb 24

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

Mar 30

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

Mar 12

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

Feb 25

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

Feb 10

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

Jan 24

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

Jan 13

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

Dec 08

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Watkin Jones makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

AIM:WJG Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
31 Mar 24	434	-30	70
31 Dec 23	424	-31	70
30 Sep 23	413	-33	70
30 Jun 23	391	-3	56
31 Mar 23	368	26	42
31 Dec 22	388	20	43
30 Sep 22	407	13	43
30 Jun 22	426	11	37
31 Mar 22	445	8	31
31 Dec 21	437	25	29
30 Sep 21	430	42	28
30 Jun 21	389	31	26
31 Mar 21	347	20	24
31 Dec 20	350	21	24
30 Sep 20	354	21	24
30 Jun 20	378	32	25
31 Mar 20	401	43	26
31 Dec 19	388	41	25
30 Sep 19	375	39	24
30 Jun 19	369	41	24
31 Mar 19	364	43	24
31 Dec 18	363	43	23
30 Sep 18	363	44	23
30 Jun 18	345	41	22
31 Mar 18	327	38	22
31 Dec 17	314	37	21
30 Sep 17	302	36	21
30 Jun 17	278	36	20
31 Mar 17	255	35	19
31 Dec 16	261	20	18
30 Sep 16	267	5	16
30 Jun 16	277	6	14
31 Mar 16	286	6	12
31 Dec 15	265	16	12
30 Sep 15	244	27	12
30 Sep 14	227	11	11

Quality Earnings: WJG is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: WJG is currently unprofitable.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: WJG is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 47.8% per year.

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

Earnings vs Industry: WJG is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Real Estate industry (7.2%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: WJG has a negative Return on Equity (-23%), as it is currently unprofitable.

Watkin Jones Past Earnings Performance

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Key information

Recent past performance updates

Watkin Jones Plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on May 21, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Watkin Jones Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Jan 23, 2024

First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.002 loss per share (vs UK£0.052 loss in 1H 2022)

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

Watkin Jones Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Jan 25, 2023

Recent updates

New minor risk - Market cap size

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently bought UK£51k worth of stock

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)?

New minor risk - Share price stability

Watkin Jones Plc Announces CFO Changes

Watkin Jones Plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on May 21, 2024

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

Watkin Jones Plc, Annual General Meeting, Feb 29, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Watkin Jones Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Jan 23, 2024

Price target decreased by 20% to UK£0.78

Watkin Jones plc Appoints Alex Pease as Chief Executive Officer

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

New minor risk - Market cap size

Watkin Jones Plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2024

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

L1 Capital Pty. Limited acquired Three Non-core Private Rented Sector Operational Assets from Watkin Jones Plc (AIM:WJG) for £11 million.

L1 Capital Pty. Limited acquired Three Non-core Private Rented Sector Operational Assets from Watkin Jones Plc (AIM:WJG) for £11 million.

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

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently bought UK£194k worth of stock

Watkin Jones Plc Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

New major risk - Share price stability

Price target decreased by 23% to UK£1.34

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.014 per share at 9.3% yield

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

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

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

First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.002 loss per share (vs UK£0.052 loss in 1H 2022)

Consensus revenue estimates decrease by 12%

Watkin Jones plc Declares an Interim Dividend, Payable on 30 June 2023

Watkin Jones Plc, Annual General Meeting, Feb 28, 2023

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£50k worth of stock

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

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 14%

Watkin Jones Plc Proposes Final Dividend for Year Ended 30 September 2022, Payable on 2 March 2023

Watkin Jones Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Jan 25, 2023

Price target decreased to UK£1.89

Less than half of directors are independent

Price target decreased to UK£2.18

Less than half of directors are independent

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

Watkin Jones plc Announces Board Appointments

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 18%

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Price target decreased to UK£2.82

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

Watkin Jones plc Announces Board Changes

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

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.029 per share

Consensus forecasts updated

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

First half 2022 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

EQT Real Estate II, a fund managed by EQT Services (UK) LTD. agreed to acquire Portfolio of five purpose-built student accommodation from Watkin Jones Plc.

Watkin Jones Plc Declares Interim Dividend, Payable on June 30, 2022

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

Watkin Jones Plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on May 17, 2022

Watkin Jones plc Announces Board Changes

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

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

Watkin Jones plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2023

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Price target increased to UK£2.83

Less than half of directors are independent

Ropemaker Properties Ltd. acquired Co-Living Scheme in Exeter from Watkin Jones Plc (AIM:WJG) £16.9 million.

Legal & General Retirement acquired Hove Gardens from Watkin Jones Plc (AIM:WJG) for £76.5 million.

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£147k worth of stock