Gooch & Housego (GHHL) 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

GHHL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 50% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 30.89% per year

Earnings grew by 148.8% over the past year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 30%

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Unstable dividend track record

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Gooch & Housego
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£5.58
52 Week High	UK£5.58
52 Week Low	UK£4.81
Beta	0.51
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	8.35%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	GHHL	GB Electronic	GB Market
7D	16.0%	2.1%	0.7%
1Y	n/a	-3.8%	4.8%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how GHHL performed against the UK Electronic industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how GHHL performed against the UK Market.

Price Volatility

Is GHHL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
GHHL volatility
GHHL Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Electronic Industry Average Movement	7.0%
Market Average Movement	5.9%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	11.5%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	3.3%

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

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine GHHL's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1948	911	Charlie Peppiatt	www.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. The company operates through A&D, Life Sciences, and Industrial segments. 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.

Gooch & Housego PLC Fundamentals Summary

How do Gooch & Housego's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
GHHL fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£140.79m
Earnings (TTM)	UK£5.21m
Revenue (TTM)	UK£143.25m

27.0x

P/E Ratio

1.0x

P/S Ratio

Is GHHL overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
GHHL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£143.25m
Cost of Revenue	UK£98.54m
Gross Profit	UK£44.72m
Other Expenses	UK£39.50m
Earnings	UK£5.21m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.20
Gross Margin	31.21%
Net Profit Margin	3.64%
Debt/Equity Ratio	26.8%

How did GHHL perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.4%

Current Dividend Yield

66%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/06/09 05:19
End of Day Share Price	2025/06/06 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/09/30

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.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* 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 10 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Iain Staples	Altium Capital Limited
Kunal Walia	Arden Partners Plc.
Richard Hickinbotham	Cantor Fitzgerald Europe

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