Wickes Group plc

BATS-CHIXE:WIXL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£457.4m

Wickes Group Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
UK£2.26
Fair Value
16.4% undervalued intrinsic discount
8
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: WIXL (£1.89) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£2.26)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WIXL is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

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 Ratio25.3x
EarningsUK£18.10m
Market CapUK£457.40m

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 Average37.5x
VIC Victorian Plumbing Group
57.8x35.8%UK£318.1m
KGF Kingfisher
27.6x19.6%UK£5.1b
DFS DFS Furniture
51.6x61.2%UK£335.7m
HFD Halfords Group
13.1x12.6%UK£337.9m
WIXL Wickes Group
25.3x29.2%UK£457.4m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WIXL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.3x) compared to the peer average (37.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
WRKS TheWorks.co.uk
1.2xn/aUS$21.16m
No more companies available in this PE range
No. of Companies4PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WIXL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.3x) compared to the UK Specialty Retail industry average (18.3x).

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 Ratio25.3x
Fair PE Ratio17.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WIXL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.7x).

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£1.89
UK£2.11
+11.5%
23.1%UK£3.29UK£1.60n/a8
Apr ’26UK£1.80
UK£2.11
+17.1%
23.1%UK£3.29UK£1.60n/a8
Mar ’26UK£1.62
UK£1.90
+17.3%
9.9%UK£2.25UK£1.60n/a8
Feb ’26UK£1.85
UK£1.88
+1.6%
9.8%UK£2.25UK£1.60n/a8
Jan ’26UK£1.51
UK£1.77
+17.7%
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£1.43UK£1.897
Apr ’25UK£1.55
UK£1.65
+6.2%
7.2%UK£1.80UK£1.45UK£1.806
Mar ’25UK£1.59
UK£1.66
+4.2%
7.9%UK£1.80UK£1.45UK£1.626
Feb ’25UK£1.55
UK£1.65
+6.8%
7.3%UK£1.80UK£1.45UK£1.857
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
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 8 Analysts
UK£2.10
Fair Value
9.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
8
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2025/04/30 01:59
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/30 00:00
Earnings2024/12/28
Annual Earnings2024/12/28

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

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Wickes Group plc is covered by 9 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