Wickes Group plc

BATS-CHIXE:WIXL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£369.4m

Wickes Group Valuation

Is WIXL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WIXL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WIXL (£1.52) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£0.79)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WIXL is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WIXL?

Key metric: As WIXL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WIXL. This is calculated by dividing WIXL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WIXL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio12x
EarningsUK£30.70m
Market CapUK£369.39m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WIXL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WIXL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.2x
VIC Victorian Plumbing Group
25x26.8%UK£302.2m
KGF Kingfisher
12.9x9.5%UK£4.5b
LOOK Lookers
7.9x-1.8%UK£503.2m
HFD Halfords Group
11.2x15.9%UK£287.6m
WIXL Wickes Group
12x12.0%UK£369.4m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WIXL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12x) compared to the peer average (16.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WIXL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Specialty Retail Industry?

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WIXL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12x) compared to the UK Specialty Retail industry average (14.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WIXL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WIXL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12x
Fair PE Ratio12.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WIXL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WIXL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£1.52
UK£1.77
+16.4%
8.0%UK£1.95UK£1.50n/a7
Dec ’25UK£1.47
UK£1.78
+21.4%
7.3%UK£1.95UK£1.55n/a7
Nov ’25UK£1.60
UK£1.80
+12.0%
7.6%UK£1.95UK£1.55n/a7
Oct ’25UK£1.73
UK£1.80
+3.7%
7.6%UK£1.95UK£1.55n/a7
Sep ’25UK£1.70
UK£1.71
+0.7%
9.9%UK£1.95UK£1.43n/a7
Aug ’25UK£1.55
UK£1.71
+10.4%
9.9%UK£1.95UK£1.43n/a7
Jul ’25UK£1.34
UK£1.69
+26.4%
10.6%UK£1.95UK£1.43n/a6
Jun ’25UK£1.40
UK£1.70
+21.7%
9.8%UK£1.95UK£1.43n/a7
May ’25UK£1.44
UK£1.70
+17.8%
9.8%UK£1.95UK£1.43n/a7
Apr ’25UK£1.55
UK£1.65
+6.2%
7.2%UK£1.80UK£1.45n/a6
Mar ’25UK£1.59
UK£1.66
+4.2%
7.9%UK£1.80UK£1.45n/a6
Feb ’25UK£1.55
UK£1.65
+6.8%
7.3%UK£1.80UK£1.45n/a7
Jan ’25UK£1.43
UK£1.63
+14.2%
9.4%UK£1.80UK£1.37UK£1.517
Dec ’24UK£1.34
UK£1.63
+21.9%
9.4%UK£1.80UK£1.37UK£1.477
Nov ’24UK£1.28
UK£2.00
+56.1%
36.6%UK£3.60UK£1.40UK£1.606
Oct ’24UK£1.38
UK£2.00
+45.1%
36.6%UK£3.60UK£1.40UK£1.736
Sep ’24UK£1.41
UK£1.98
+40.6%
37.1%UK£3.60UK£1.40UK£1.706
Aug ’24UK£1.37
UK£1.97
+43.5%
34.6%UK£3.60UK£1.40UK£1.557
Jul ’24UK£1.23
UK£1.99
+62.3%
33.3%UK£3.60UK£1.56UK£1.347
Jun ’24UK£1.25
UK£1.99
+59.7%
33.3%UK£3.60UK£1.56UK£1.407
May ’24UK£1.35
UK£1.99
+47.7%
33.3%UK£3.60UK£1.56UK£1.447
Apr ’24UK£1.38
UK£1.99
+44.7%
33.3%UK£3.60UK£1.56UK£1.557
Mar ’24UK£1.50
UK£2.03
+35.4%
32.3%UK£3.60UK£1.60UK£1.597
Feb ’24UK£1.49
UK£2.03
+36.0%
32.8%UK£3.60UK£1.50UK£1.557
Jan ’24UK£1.47
UK£2.03
+37.8%
32.8%UK£3.60UK£1.50UK£1.437

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 08:13
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/06/29
Annual Earnings2023/12/30

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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

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Analyst Sources

Wickes Group plc is covered by 12 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Thomas DaviesBerenberg
Mark PhotiadesCanaccord Genuity
Ami GallaCitigroup Inc