IRCU.F Stock Overview

Operates as a maritime transport company. More details

IRCU.F fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 47.6% below our estimate of its fair value

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Unstable dividend track record

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Irish Continental Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£5.56
52 Week High	UK£6.35
52 Week Low	UK£5.10
Beta	0.86
1 Month Change	7.96%
3 Month Change	-4.79%
1 Year Change	4.91%
3 Year Change	51.91%
5 Year Change	76.51%
Change since IPO	142.47%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	IRCU.F	US Shipping	US Market
7D	0.2%	-2.4%	-2.2%
1Y	4.9%	0.9%	9.6%

Return vs Industry: IRCU.F exceeded the US Shipping industry which returned 0.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: IRCU.F underperformed the US Market which returned 9.6% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is IRCU.F's price volatile compared to industry and market?
IRCU.F volatility
IRCU.F Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Shipping Industry Average Movement	5.1%
Market Average Movement	6.4%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	17.4%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.4%

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

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

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1972	288	Eamonn Rothwell	www.icg.ie

Irish Continental Group plc operates as a maritime transport company. It operates through two segments, Ferries, and Container and Terminal. The Ferries segment provides ferry services carrying passengers and roll on roll off freight on short sea routes on routes between Ireland, Britain, and Continental Europe under the Irish ferries brand; and chartering services.

Irish Continental Group plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Irish Continental Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
IRCU.F fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$917.57m
Earnings (TTM)	US$65.19m
Revenue (TTM)	US$657.09m

14.1x

P/E Ratio

1.4x

P/S Ratio

Is IRCU.F overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
IRCU.F income statement (TTM)
Revenue	€603.80m
Cost of Revenue	€25.60m
Gross Profit	€578.20m
Other Expenses	€518.30m
Earnings	€59.90m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.36
Gross Margin	95.76%
Net Profit Margin	9.92%
Debt/Equity Ratio	29.9%

How did IRCU.F perform over the long term?

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Dividends

3.0%

Current Dividend Yield

43%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/03/16 22:02
End of Day Share Price	2025/03/12 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

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

Irish Continental Group plc is covered by 5 analysts. 2 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
Stephen Furlong	Davy
Dudley Shanley	Goodbody Stockbrokers
Gerard Moore	Investec Bank plc (UK)