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Gooch & Housego AIM:GHH Stock Report

Last Price

UK£5.12

Market Cap

UK£135.1m

7D

-3.8%

1Y

-12.9%

Updated

19 Dec, 2024

Data

Company Financials +

GHH Stock Overview

Engages in the manufacture and sale of acousto-optics, electro-optics, fiber optics, and precision optics and systems in the United Kingdom, North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. More details

GHH fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation3/6
Future Growth4/6
Past Performance1/6
Financial Health6/6
Dividends3/6

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Gooch & Housego
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUK£5.12
52 Week HighUK£6.86
52 Week LowUK£3.80
Beta0.86
1 Month Change12.53%
3 Month Change15.84%
1 Year Change-12.93%
3 Year Change-57.86%
5 Year Change-63.03%
Change since IPO298.44%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

There May Be Reason For Hope In Gooch & Housego's (LON:GHH) Disappointing Earnings

Dec 11
There May Be Reason For Hope In Gooch & Housego's (LON:GHH) Disappointing Earnings

Gooch & Housego's (LON:GHH) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Dec 06
Gooch & Housego's (LON:GHH) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Improved Revenues Required Before Gooch & Housego PLC (LON:GHH) Stock's 25% Jump Looks Justified

Nov 06
Improved Revenues Required Before Gooch & Housego PLC (LON:GHH) Stock's 25% Jump Looks Justified

Gooch & Housego PLC's (LON:GHH) Share Price Is Still Matching Investor Opinion Despite 26% Slump

Feb 29
Gooch & Housego PLC's (LON:GHH) Share Price Is Still Matching Investor Opinion Despite 26% Slump

Gooch & Housego's (LON:GHH) Earnings May Just Be The Starting Point

Jan 22
Gooch & Housego's (LON:GHH) Earnings May Just Be The Starting Point

Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.048

Jun 09
Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.048

Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Feb 24
Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.079

Jan 09
Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.079

Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.079

Dec 09
Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.079

Is There Now An Opportunity In Gooch & Housego PLC (LON:GHH)?

May 21
Is There Now An Opportunity In Gooch & Housego PLC (LON:GHH)?

Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) May Have Issues Allocating Its Capital

Aug 03
Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) May Have Issues Allocating Its Capital

Be Wary Of Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) And Its Returns On Capital

May 01
Be Wary Of Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) And Its Returns On Capital

Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Gooch & Housego PLC (LON:GHH)?

Apr 08
Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Gooch & Housego PLC (LON:GHH)?

Can Mixed Financials Have A Negative Impact on Gooch & Housego PLC's 's (LON:GHH) Current Price Momentum?

Mar 18
Can Mixed Financials Have A Negative Impact on Gooch & Housego PLC's 's (LON:GHH) Current Price Momentum?

What Do The Returns On Capital At Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Tell Us?

Jan 30
What Do The Returns On Capital At Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Tell Us?

These 4 Measures Indicate That Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Jan 09
These 4 Measures Indicate That Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Does Gooch & Housego's (LON:GHH) Statutory Profit Adequately Reflect Its Underlying Profit?

Dec 25
Does Gooch & Housego's (LON:GHH) Statutory Profit Adequately Reflect Its Underlying Profit?

Gooch & Housego PLC (LON:GHH) Stock Is Going Strong But Fundamentals Look Uncertain: What Lies Ahead ?

Dec 10
Gooch & Housego PLC (LON:GHH) Stock Is Going Strong But Fundamentals Look Uncertain: What Lies Ahead ?

Investors Who Bought Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Shares Five Years Ago Are Now Up 31%

Nov 19
Investors Who Bought Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) Shares Five Years Ago Are Now Up 31%

Shareholder Returns

GHHGB ElectronicGB Market
7D-3.8%0.2%-1.5%
1Y-12.9%-1.7%3.5%

Return vs Industry: GHH underperformed the UK Electronic industry which returned -1.7% over the past year.

Return vs Market: GHH underperformed the UK Market which returned 3.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is GHH's price volatile compared to industry and market?
GHH volatility
GHH Average Weekly Movement8.3%
Electronic Industry Average Movement6.1%
Market Average Movement4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market10.6%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market2.6%

Stable Share Price: GHH's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: GHH's weekly volatility (8%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of UK stocks.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
19481,030Charlie Peppiattwww.gandh.com

Gooch & Housego PLC engages in the manufacture and sale of acousto-optics, electro-optics, fiber optics, and precision optics and systems in the United Kingdom, North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It offers acousto-optic products, such as acoustic-optic modulators, deflectors, frequency shifters, mode lockers, pulse pickers, Q-switches, tunable filters, and RF drivers; crystal optics, including crystals and nonlinear optics, lithium niobate wafers, and periodically-poled lithium niobite; and electro-optics, such as pockels cells, lithium niobate Q-switches, and pockels cell drivers. The company also provides fiber optics, such as DFB lasers and modules, fiber-coupled pump lasers, high-speed detectors and power combiners, benchtop laser controllers, polarization-maintaining and single-mode fused fiber couplers, polarization diverse receivers, ruggedized and wideband couplers, planar lightwave circuits, variable optical delay lines, and fiber-coupled modulators; precision optics, including beam splitters, corner cubes, optical domes, optical windows and flats, polymer optics, precision lenses, precision mirrors, precision prisms, ring laser gyroscope components, synchrotron mirrors, waveplates, optical bindings, magnetorheological finishing, optical coatings, single point diamond turning, and super polishing; lens systems; and vision systems for armored fighting vehicles, including embedded image periscope and sighting systems, enhanced drivers vision system, saber commander/gunner sights, spares and repairs, specter camera modules, and unity vision periscopes; and medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics, and laboratory instruments.

Gooch & Housego PLC Fundamentals Summary

How do Gooch & Housego's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
GHH fundamental statistics
Market capUK£135.12m
Earnings (TTM)UK£3.28m
Revenue (TTM)UK£135.99m

40.3x

P/E Ratio

1.0x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
GHH income statement (TTM)
RevenueUK£135.99m
Cost of RevenueUK£94.34m
Gross ProfitUK£41.65m
Other ExpensesUK£38.37m
EarningsUK£3.28m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.13
Gross Margin30.63%
Net Profit Margin2.41%
Debt/Equity Ratio20.8%

How did GHH perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.6%

Current Dividend Yield

104%

Payout Ratio

Does GHH pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy GHH by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Gooch & Housego dividend dates
Ex Dividend DateJan 23 2025
Dividend Pay DateFeb 28 2025
Days until Ex dividend34 days
Days until Dividend pay date70 days

Does GHH pay a reliable dividends?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 21:00
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

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

Gooch & Housego PLC is covered by 9 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Iain StaplesAltium Capital Limited
Kunal WaliaArden Partners Plc.
Richard HickinbothamCantor Fitzgerald Europe