GB Group plc

LSE:GBG Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£504.2m

GB Group Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

GB Group's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -17.2%, while the Software industry saw earnings growing at 7.6% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 4.9% per year.

Key information

-17.15%

Earnings growth rate

-19.68%

EPS growth rate

Software Industry Growth19.85%
Revenue growth rate4.89%
Return on equity-15.79%
Net Margin-26.34%
Last Earnings Update31 Mar 2026

Recent past performance updates

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...

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...

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How GB Group makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

LSE:GBG Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Mar 26285-759043
31 Dec 25283-338944
30 Sep 2528198845
30 Jun 2528298846
31 Mar 2528398847
31 Dec 2428288846
30 Sep 2428288845
30 Jun 24280-208846
31 Mar 24277-498846
31 Dec 23277-11116948
30 Sep 23277-17425150
30 Jun 23278-14725452
31 Mar 23279-12025754
31 Dec 22273-5818760
30 Sep 22267311766
30 Jun 22255911352
31 Mar 222421511038
31 Dec 212332112019
30 Sep 21223261300
30 Jun 21220271230
31 Mar 21218271160
31 Dec 20213251080
30 Sep 20208231000
30 Jun 20204201010
31 Mar 20199171010
31 Dec 1918916960
30 Sep 1918015910
30 Jun 1916214840
31 Mar 1914412780
31 Dec 1813412750
30 Sep 1812511720
30 Jun 1812311700
31 Mar 1812011690
31 Dec 1711111640
30 Sep 1710312590
30 Jun 179511550
31 Mar 178711510
31 Dec 16839490
30 Sep 16798470
30 Jun 16769460
31 Mar 16739440
31 Dec 15707410
30 Sep 15665390

Quality Earnings: GBG is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: GBG is currently unprofitable.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: GBG is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 17.2% per year.

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

Earnings vs Industry: GBG is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Software industry (-6.5%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: GBG has a negative Return on Equity (-15.79%), as it is currently unprofitable.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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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

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Management10 years
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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