GB Group plc

LSE:GBG Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£504.2m

GB Group Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

GB Group's CEO is Dev Dhiman, appointed in Jan 2024, has a tenure of 2.5 years. total yearly compensation is £1.40M, comprised of 33.5% salary and 66.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.028% of the company’s shares, worth £142.04K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.5 years and 4.3 years respectively.

Key information

Dev Dhiman

Chief executive officer

UK£1.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage33.48%
CEO tenure2.5yrs
CEO ownership0.03%
Management average tenure3.5yrs
Board average tenure4.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Narrative Update Jun 24

GBG: Growth Investment And Equifax Partnership Will Support Stronger Long Term Earnings

Analysts have trimmed their price target for GB Group from £3.20 to £2.70, citing the near term impact of the planned £6m growth investment. They also highlighted customer wins and growing management confidence as support for the longer term opportunity.
Narrative Update Jun 06

GBG: Expanded Equifax Partnership And Growth Investment Will Support Future Earnings Confidence

Analysts have trimmed their price target on GB Group from £3.20 to £2.70, citing a higher discount rate, updated growth assumptions, and recent commentary around the £6m growth investment and customer traction with companies like Uber as key factors in the recalibration. What's in the News Equifax and GB Group agreed to expand their partnership into the United States, integrating Equifax Identity and Fraud solutions into GBG's adaptive identity platform, GBG Go. (Source: Client Announcements) The integration is intended to let GBG customers use Equifax data to support identity resolution and fraud defenses, including synthetic identity fraud, credit ghosting, and first party fraud.
Narrative Update May 17

GBG: Updated Discount Rate And Margins Will Underpin Future Earnings Confidence

Analysts have adjusted their price target for GB Group to £39.94 from £39.43, citing updated assumptions around the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E that keep the overall fair value view broadly unchanged. Valuation Changes Fair Value: kept flat at £4.5, with no change in the overall fair value estimate.
Narrative Update May 02

GBG: Refined Forecast Assumptions Will Support Confidence In Future Earnings Potential

Analysts have lifted their price target on GB Group to £4.50, with the move underpinned by updated assumptions that keep fair value at £4.50 while adjusting the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin and future P/E inputs. Valuation Changes Fair Value: kept steady at £4.50, indicating no change in the central valuation estimate.
Narrative Update Apr 18

GBG: Refined Assumptions Will Support Confidence In Future Earnings Potential

Analysts have nudged their price target on GB Group slightly higher to £X.XX from £X.XX, citing updated assumptions around the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin and forward P/E that leave their overall fair value view broadly unchanged. Valuation Changes Fair Value: The fair value estimate is unchanged at 4.5, indicating no material shift in the core valuation output.
Narrative Update Apr 02

GBG: Slightly Improved Assumptions Will Support Confidence In Future Earnings Potential

Analysts have nudged their price target on GB Group slightly higher to £X.X, reflecting small adjustments to assumptions around the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E, while keeping estimated fair value broadly unchanged at £4.50. Valuation Changes Fair Value: kept unchanged at £4.50, indicating no shift in the central valuation anchor.
Narrative Update Mar 18

GBG: Index Additions Will Support Confidence In Future Earnings Potential

Analysts have nudged their price target on GB Group slightly higher to £4.50. This reflects small refinements to assumptions around discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin and future P/E that leave their overall valuation view broadly unchanged.
Narrative Update Mar 03

GBG: Index Additions Will Support Confidence In Future Earnings Potential

Analysts have trimmed their price target on GB Group by £0.40. This reflects updated assumptions that include a higher discount rate, revised revenue growth and profit margin expectations, and a lower future P/E multiple.
Analysis Article Nov 26

GB Group plc's (LON:GBG) Share Price Is Matching Sentiment Around Its Revenues

You may think that with a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 2.2x GB Group plc ( LON:GBG ) is a stock worth checking...
Analysis Article Sep 13

Is There An Opportunity With GB Group plc's (LON:GBG) 39% Undervaluation?

Key Insights GB Group's estimated fair value is UK£3.78 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Current share price...
Analysis Article Jun 28

Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good GB Group's (LON:GBG) Earnings Are

GB Group plc's ( LON:GBG ) earnings announcement last week was disappointing for investors, despite the decent profit...
Analysis Article Apr 25

More Unpleasant Surprises Could Be In Store For GB Group plc's (LON:GBG) Shares After Tumbling 26%

Unfortunately for some shareholders, the GB Group plc ( LON:GBG ) share price has dived 26% in the last thirty days...
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New Narrative Mar 19

Investments In Identity And Location Segments Will Drive Future Upsell Opportunities

New focuses on operational efficiencies and innovation should enhance revenue growth and net margins through improved customer engagement and retention.
Analysis Article Nov 27

Investors Shouldn't Be Too Comfortable With GB Group's (LON:GBG) Earnings

Unsurprisingly, GB Group plc's ( LON:GBG ) stock price was strong on the back of its healthy earnings report. However...
Analysis Article Jun 14

UK£4.21 - That's What Analysts Think GB Group plc (LON:GBG) Is Worth After These Results

GB Group plc ( LON:GBG ) last week reported its latest full-year results, which makes it a good time for investors to...
Analysis Article Apr 19

Is GB Group plc (LON:GBG) Trading At A 35% Discount?

Key Insights The projected fair value for GB Group is UK£3.82 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity GB Group's...
Analysis Article Feb 15

Here's Why GB Group (LON:GBG) Can Afford Some Debt

Warren Buffett famously said, 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' So it might be obvious that you need to...
Analysis Article Jan 18

Is There An Opportunity With GB Group plc's (LON:GBG) 28% Undervaluation?

Key Insights The projected fair value for GB Group is UK£3.64 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity GB Group is...
Analysis Article Dec 22

What GB Group plc's (LON:GBG) P/S Is Not Telling You

With a median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of close to 2.5x in the Software industry in the United Kingdom, you...
Analysis Article Jul 14

Estimating The Fair Value Of GB Group plc (LON:GBG)

Key Insights The projected fair value for GB Group is UK£2.82 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity With UK£2.43...
Analysis Article Jun 17

We Think GB Group (LON:GBG) Has A Fair Chunk Of Debt

Warren Buffett famously said, 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' When we think about how risky a company...
Analysis Article Mar 23

Calculating The Fair Value Of GB Group plc (LON:GBG)

Key Insights The projected fair value for GB Group is UK£3.48 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Current share...
Analysis Article Feb 09

GB Group (LON:GBG) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

Warren Buffett famously said, 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' It's only natural to consider a company's...
Analysis Article Nov 11

GB Group plc (LON:GBG) Shares Could Be 35% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of GB Group plc ( LON:GBG ) by estimating the...
Analysis Article Sep 30

Should You Think About Buying GB Group plc (LON:GBG) Now?

GB Group plc ( LON:GBG ), is not the largest company out there, but it led the AIM gainers with a relatively large...
Analysis Article Aug 12

Are Investors Undervaluing GB Group plc (LON:GBG) By 26%?

In this article we are going to estimate the intrinsic value of GB Group plc ( LON:GBG ) by estimating the company's...
Analysis Article Jun 18

Here's Why GB Group (LON:GBG) Can Manage Its Debt Responsibly

The external fund manager backed by Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger, Li Lu, makes no bones about it when he says...
Analysis Article Apr 09

Is GB Group plc (LON:GBG) Trading At A 34% Discount?

Does the April share price for GB Group plc ( LON:GBG ) reflect what it's really worth? Today, we will estimate the...

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Dev Dhiman's remuneration changed compared to GB Group's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2026UK£1mUK£469k

-UK£75m

Dec 31 2025n/an/a

-UK£33m

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

UK£9m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

UK£9m

Mar 31 2025UK£967kUK£442k

UK£9m

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

UK£8m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

UK£8m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-UK£20m

Mar 31 2024UK£540kUK£74k

-UK£49m

Compensation vs Market: Dev's total compensation ($USD1.88M) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD1.58M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Dev's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.


CEO

Dev Dhiman (43 yo)

2.5yrs
Tenure
UK£1,401,000
Compensation

Mr. Dev Datt Dhiman serves as Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director since January 30, 2024. He was Managing Director of APAC of GB Group plc since November 2020 until January 30, 2024. He joined the...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Dev Dhiman
CEO & Executive Director2.5yrsUK£1.40m0.028%
£ 142.0k
David Ward
CFO & Executive Director5.2yrsUK£1.02m0.061%
£ 309.0k
James Gothard
Chief Operating Officerno datano datano data
Gus Tomlinson
Chief Product & Technology Officerno datano datano data
Richard Foster
Head of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Lara Clark
Chief Legal Officerno datano datano data
Julie Brookfield
Group People & Talent Directorno datano datano data
David Green
Chief Revenue Officer of Loqate & Strategic Partnerships11.3yrsno datano data
Justin Duling
Senior VP & Commercial Director for GBG Loqateno datano datano data
Chris Boaz
Chief Marketing Officer of Loqateno datano datano data
Chirpa Santhanam
Head of Performance3.5yrsno datano data
Tom Schutz
Chief Revenue Officer of Americas1.5yrsno datano data
3.5yrs
Average Tenure

Experienced Management: GBG's management team is considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Dev Dhiman
CEO & Executive Director2.5yrsUK£1.40m0.028%
£ 142.0k
David Ward
CFO & Executive Director5yrsUK£1.02m0.061%
£ 309.0k
Richard Longdon
Independent Non-Executive Chairman3.8yrsUK£208.00k0.013%
£ 65.3k
Elizabeth Catchpole
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director8.8yrsUK£92.00k0.0089%
£ 45.1k
Bhavneet Singh
Independent Non-Executive Director4.7yrsUK£62.00kno data
Michelle Denise de Fonseca
Independent Non-Executive Director2.2yrsUK£82.00kno data
4.3yrs
Average Tenure
57.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: GBG's board of directors are considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/06 22:48
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/06 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2026/03/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

GB Group plc is covered by 18 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Nicholas Michael DempseyBarclays
James ZarembaBarclays
Alexander James ShortBerenberg