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Grafton Group Units

Current Price 931.25p Bid 928.60p Ask 934.10p Change 0.64%
Last Updated: 05/12/2025 07:28. Prices delayed by at least 15 minutes.
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Company Overview

Grafton Group distributes building materials to trade customers engaged in residential repair, maintenance and improvement projects, and house building. It's main operating units are Merchanting, Retailing and Manufacturing. Merchanting distributes building and plumbing materials. Retailing operates do-it-yourself and home improvement business and manufacturing comprises a manufacturer of dry mortar and a plastics manufacturing business. Its brands are Selco, Buildbase, Plumbase, Chadwicks, Heiton Buckley, Macnaughton and Panelling Centre.

Financial Highlights Year Ended 31/12/2024

Revenue
£2,282.25m
Operating Profit/Loss
£152.62m
Dividend yield (%)
3.90
Total dividend for year
n/ap
Dividend cover
1.94
P/E Ratio
13.30
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Key Personnel

Mr Eric Born
Chief Executive Officer
Mr David Arnold
Group CFO
Mr Ian Tyler
Independent Director
Mr Avis Darzins
Non-Executive Director
Mr David Dillon
Non-Executive Director
Ms Andrea Gisle Joosen
Non-Executive Director
Ms Rosheen McGuckian
Non-Executive Director
Mr Mark Robson
Non-Executive Director & Chairman

Stock Details

EPIC
GFTUL
ISIN
IE00B00MZ448
Shares in Issue
235.28m
Market cap
£2,191.04m

Analyst Views (1)

Strong Buy
 
0%
Buy
 
100.00%
Hold
 
0%
Sell
 
0%
Strong Sell
 
0%
This information is provided by Web Financial Group (UK) Limited. It is subject to change without notice and doesn't reflect the views held by Redmayne Bentley and is not advice.

Price Summary

Mid Price
931.25p
Bid Price
928.60p
Ask Price
934.10p
Volume
33,854
Change Today
5.95p
% Change Today
0.64%
Open
932.80p
Previous Close
931.25p
Intraday High
936.40p
Intraday Low
921.40p
52 Week High
1,034.20p
52 Week Low
807.25p
52 week high and low figures quoted above are calculated from intraday price data.

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Income Statement

Year End Date
31 Dec 2024
31 Dec 2023
 
£ (M)
£ (M)
Continuing Operations
Revenue
2,282.25
2,319.24
Operating Profit/Loss
152.62
183.09
Net Interest
-0.11
0.42
Pre-Tax Profit
152.52
183.51
Profit After Tax from continuing operations
122.01
148.72
Discontinued Operations
Profit After Tax
n/a
n/a
Profit/Loss for the Year
122.01
148.72
Attributable to:
Equity Holders of Parent Company
122.01
148.72
Minority Interests
n/a
n/a
Total Dividend Paid
n/ap
n/ap
Retained Profit/(Loss) for the Financial Year
n/a
n/a

Earnings per Share

Year End Date
31 Dec 2024
31 Dec 2023
Basic
60.89p
69.56p
Diluted
60.89p
69.55p
Adjusted
71.80p
77.90p
Dividend per Share
n/ap
n/ap

Assets

Year End Date
31 Dec 2024
31 Dec 2023
 
£ (M)
£ (M)
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment
745.08
768.56
Intangible Assets
769.21
783.96
Investment Properties
27.33
24.61
Investments
n/a
n/a
Other Financial Assets
0.13
0.13
Other Non-Current Assets
18.39
16.47
Current Assets
Inventories
381.80
361.60
Trade & Other Receivables
300.02
262.76
Cash at Bank & In Hand
509.53
584.13
Current Asset Investments
n/a
n/a
Other Current Assets
0.76
4.29
Other Assets
n/a
n/a
Total Assets
2,752.24
2,806.51

Liabilities

Year End Date
31 Dec 2024
31 Dec 2023
 
£ (M)
£ (M)
Current Liabilities
Borrowings
121.16
64.89
Other Current Liabilities
429.67
424.78
Total Current Liabilities
550.82
489.67
Non-Current Liabilities
Borrowings
519.94
568.31
Provisions
75.08
74.08
Other Non-Current Liabilities
10.19
18.65
Total Non-Current Liabilities
605.22
661.05
Other Liabilities
n/a
n/a
Total Liabilities
1,156.04
1,150.71

Net Assets

Year End Date
31 Dec 2024
31 Dec 2023
 
£ (M)
£ (M)
Net Assets
1,596.20
1,655.80

Capital & Reserves

Year End Date
31 Dec 2024
31 Dec 2023
 
£ (M)
£ (M)
Share Capital
6.74
7.09
Share Premium Account
224.14
223.86
Other Reserves
59.67
91.85
Retained Earnings
1,305.65
1,332.99
Shareholders Funds
1,596.20
1,655.80
Minority Interests/Other Equity
n/a
n/a
Total Equity
1,596.20
1,655.80

Dividend History

Type
Ex-Dividend Date
Payment Date
Payment
Interim
11 Sep 2025
10 Oct 2025
10.75p
Final
17 Apr 2025
15 May 2025
26.50p
Interim
12 Sep 2024
11 Oct 2024
10.50p
Final
11 Apr 2024
09 May 2024
26.00p
Interim
21 Sep 2023
20 Oct 2023
10.00p
Final
13 Apr 2023
11 May 2023
23.75p
Interim
08 Sep 2022
07 Oct 2022
9.25p
Final
07 Apr 2022
05 May 2022
22.00p
Interim
02 Sep 2021
01 Oct 2021
8.50p
Final
08 Apr 2021
05 May 2021
14.50p
Interim
28 Jan 2021
19 Feb 2021
12.50p
Interim
26 Sep 2019
11 Oct 2019
6.50p
Final
07 Mar 2019
05 Apr 2019
12.00p
Interim
30 Aug 2018
28 Sep 2018
6.00p
Final
08 Mar 2018
06 Apr 2018
10.25p
Interim
07 Sep 2017
06 Oct 2017
5.25p
Final
16 Mar 2017
13 Apr 2017
9.00p
Interim
08 Sep 2016
07 Oct 2016
4.75p
2nd Interim
17 Mar 2016
15 Apr 2016
8.00p
2nd Interim
17 Mar 2016
15 Apr 2016
8.00p
2nd Interim
17 Mar 2016
15 Apr 2016
8.00p
2nd Interim
17 Mar 2016
15 Apr 2016
8.00p

Dividend Metrics

Year End Date
31 Dec 2024
31 Dec 2023
Dividend growth
270.00%
-69.70%
Dividend yield
3.90%
1.10%
Dividend cover
1.94
7.79


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