Vertu Motors Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 5/6

Vertu Motors has a total shareholder equity of £363.2M and total debt of £122.5M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 33.7%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £1.5B and £1.1B respectively. Vertu Motors's EBIT is £115.5M making its interest coverage ratio 5.1. It has cash and short-term investments of £38.6M.

Key information

33.7%

Debt to equity ratio

UK£122.52m

Debt

Interest coverage ratio	5.1x
Cash	UK£38.65m
Equity	UK£363.25m
Total liabilities	UK£1.11b
Total assets	UK£1.47b

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

Some Investors May Be Willing To Look Past Vertu Motors' (LON:VTU) Soft Earnings

Oct 24

Is Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) A Risky Investment?

Dec 10

Is Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) A Risky Investment?

Dec 04

Does This Valuation Of Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU) Imply Investors Are Overpaying?

Oct 12

Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) Has A Somewhat Strained Balance Sheet

Aug 24

Investors Could Be Concerned With Vertu Motors' (LON:VTU) Returns On Capital

Jul 28

We Discuss Why Vertu Motors plc's (LON:VTU) CEO Compensation May Be Closely Reviewed

Jun 17

Is It Time To Consider Buying Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU)?

Jun 02

Calculating The Intrinsic Value Of Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU)

May 13

What Do The Returns On Capital At Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) Tell Us?

Mar 10

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU)

Nov 26

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: VTU's short term assets (£919.0M) exceed its short term liabilities (£887.1M).

Long Term Liabilities: VTU's short term assets (£919.0M) exceed its long term liabilities (£223.4M).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: VTU's net debt to equity ratio (23.1%) is considered satisfactory.

Reducing Debt: VTU's debt to equity ratio has increased from 24.2% to 33.7% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: VTU's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (56.8%).

Interest Coverage: VTU's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (5.1x coverage).

Balance Sheet

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/30 20:40
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings	2024/08/31
Annual Earnings	2024/02/29

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Analyst Sources

Vertu Motors plc is covered by 11 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.

Analyst	Institution
Timothy Richmond	Arden Partners Plc.
Sanjay Vidyarthi	Canaccord Genuity
Ian Berry	Cavendish Historical (Cenkos Securities)

Vertu Motors Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 5/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

Is Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) A Risky Investment?

Is Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) A Risky Investment?

Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) Has A Somewhat Strained Balance Sheet

Recent updates

COO & Executive Director recently sold UK£130k worth of stock

Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) acquired Burrows Motor Company Limited for an enterprise value of £23 million

Some Investors May Be Willing To Look Past Vertu Motors' (LON:VTU) Soft Earnings

Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 30,750,000 shares, representing 9.11% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on June 25, 2024.

First half dividend increased to UK£0.009

First half 2025 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.048 (vs UK£0.066 in 1H 2024)

Price target increased by 15% to UK£0.91

Vertu Motors plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Oct 16, 2024

CEO & Executive Director recently sold UK£1.5m worth of stock

Vertu Motors plc Announces Ken Lever Steps Down from the Board

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Final dividend increased to UK£0.015

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Vertu Motors plc Proposes Final Dividend for the Year 2024, Payable on 26 July 2024

New minor risk - Financial data availability

Vertu Motors plc Appoints David James Gillard as an Independent Non-Executive Director

Is Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) A Risky Investment?

New minor risk - Share price stability

Price target decreased by 7.9% to UK£1.04

Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) acquired Rowes Garage Limited.

Vertu Motors plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on May 15, 2024

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.066 (vs UK£0.062 in 1H 2023)

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.015 per share at 3.1% yield

Vertu Motors plc Appoints Jonathan Mark Mewett as Independent Non-Executive Director

Vertu Motors plc, Annual General Meeting, Jun 28, 2023

Vertu Motors plc Recommends Final Dividend for 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.074 (vs UK£0.17 in FY 2022)

Vertu Motors plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on May 10, 2023

Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) acquired Helston Garages Group Limited for £182 million.

Price target increased to UK£1.00

Insufficient new directors

Vertu Motors in Talks to Buy Helston Garages Dealership

Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) acquired Business and Assets of two BMW Motorrad outlets in Yorkshire from Saltaire Motor Company Limited for approximately £4.2 million.

Vertu Motors plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Financial Year Ending 28 February 2023

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.062 (vs UK£0.10 in 1H 2022)

Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) acquired Wiper Blades Limited for £3.5 million.

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.011 per share

Vertu Motors plc, Annual General Meeting, Jun 22, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.17 (vs UK£0.044 in FY 2021)

Vertu Motors plc Recommends Final Dividend for Year Ended February 28, 2022, Payable on July 29, 2022

Insufficient new directors

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Vertu Motors plc Appoints Bruce Clark as Chief Technology Officer

Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) acquired land and buildings in Derby for £7.1m plus fee.

Insufficient new directors

Vertu Motors plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on May 11, 2022

Price target increased to UK£1.00

Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) acquired Farmer & Carlisle Holdings Ltd for £9.2 million.

An unknown buyer acquired an unknown stake in Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) from CIP Merchant Capital for approximately £1 million.

Is Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) A Risky Investment?

CFO & Executive Director exercised options and sold UK£99k worth of stock

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS UK£0.10 (vs UK£0.007 in 1H 2021)

Does This Valuation Of Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU) Imply Investors Are Overpaying?

Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 36,900,000 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on June 23, 2021.

Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) Has A Somewhat Strained Balance Sheet

Vertu Motors plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2021

Investors Could Be Concerned With Vertu Motors' (LON:VTU) Returns On Capital

We Discuss Why Vertu Motors plc's (LON:VTU) CEO Compensation May Be Closely Reviewed

Is It Time To Consider Buying Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU)?

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.044 (vs UK£0.008 in FY 2020)

Calculating The Intrinsic Value Of Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU)

Vertu Motors plc (AIM:VTU) acquired William Hepworth (Huddersfield) Limited.

What Do The Returns On Capital At Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) Tell Us?

Vertu Motors plc to Report Fiscal Year 2021 Results on May 12, 2021

New 90-day high: UK£0.40

New 90-day high: UK£0.36

Price target raised to UK£0.60

New 90-day high: UK£0.34

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU)

New 90-day high: UK£0.34

First half earnings released

New 90-day high: UK£0.30