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James Cropper PLC

James Cropper PLC

CRPR · LSE · Basic Materials / Paper & Paper Products

765.00GBX+42.50 (+5.88%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close722.50
Open740.00
Day Range706.00 – 770.00
52-Week Range250.00 – 670.00
Volume69.07K
Market Cap63.06M
P/E (TTM)21.29
Forward P/E27.47
EPS0.31
Dividend Yield0.00%
Beta0.52
50-Day Avg508.86
200-Day Avg383.36

About

James Cropper PLC manufactures and sells paper products and advanced materials in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Asia, Australasia, Africa, and internationally. It operates through James Cropper Paper & Packaging and James Cropper Advanced Materials segments. The company engages in batteries, carbon capture, hydrogen fuel cells, wind energy, and hydrogen electrolysis related businesses. It also offers stationery, packaging, and publishing papers; print paper, art, and digital paper; and moulded fibre packaging materials. In addition, it provides composite materials for aerospace, advanced air mobility, automotive, batteries, consumer electronics, defence, marine, medical, and sporting material good sectors. Further, the company manufactures paper converter, moulded fibre products, electrochemical materials, and metal coated carbon fibres. Additionally, it is involved in sales and marketing organization activities. James Cropper PLC was founded in 1845 and is based in Kendal, the United Kingdom.

Company Details

  • SectorBasic Materials
  • IndustryPaper & Paper Products
  • CEOMr. David Burns Stirling B.Sc., BSC CA, C.A., M.B.A., M.Sc.
  • Employees524
  • HeadquartersBurneside Mills, Kendal, United Kingdom, LA9 6PZ, UK
  • Websitehttps://www.jamescropper.com

Leadership

  • Mr. David Burns Stirling B.Sc., BSC CA, C.A., M.B.A., M.Sc.CEO & Director · b. 1966
  • Mr. Andrew John GoodyChief Financial & Operations Officer and Director · b. 1966
  • Sir James Anthony Cropper B.A., FCA, KCVOHonorary President · b. 1938
  • Mr. Matthew Adam RatcliffeGeneral Counsel & Company Secretary
  • Ms. Rachel ArmerHead of HR
  • Ms. Kate RowlingHead of Health, Safety, Environment & Paper Quality
  • Mr. Richard BracewellManaging Director of Paper Products Division
  • Mr. Andy WaltonManaging Director of Advanced Materials

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: GBP1987-03-311988-03-311989-03-311990-03-311991-03-311992-03-311993-03-311994-03-311995-03-311996-03-311997-03-311998-03-311999-03-312000-03-312001-03-312002-03-312003-03-312004-03-312005-03-312006-03-312007-03-312008-03-312009-03-312010-03-312011-03-312012-03-312013-03-312014-03-312015-03-312016-03-312017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Total Revenue29.11M32.71M35.27M39.15M39.37M40.30M40.30M45.73M49.74M57.59M59.27M54.69M53.08M53.37M54.24M54.66M55.84M58.01M64.57M64.20M69.08M72.74M74.80M70.71M83.26M78.22M79.24M84.87M83.37M88.42M92.69M96.66M101.71M104.67M78.77M104.92M129.66M102.97M99.34M102.93M
Growth (%)-+12.36%+7.83%+11.00%+0.58%+2.34%+0.01%+13.46%+8.77%+15.79%+2.92%-7.74%-2.94%+0.54%+1.64%+0.77%+2.17%+3.88%+11.30%-0.57%+7.61%+5.30%+2.83%-5.47%+17.75%-6.05%+1.30%+7.10%-1.77%+6.07%+4.82%+4.29%+5.23%+2.91%-24.74%+33.20%+23.58%-20.59%-3.52%+3.61%
Cost of Revenue------------------30.20M27.51M30.51M32.49M33.62M29.93M39.21M34.78M39.51M42.73M39.35M38.54M39.47M43.91M47.89M78.41M63.68M81.21M101.64M37.39M35.41M76.62M
Gross Profit29.11M32.71M35.27M39.15M39.37M40.30M40.30M45.73M49.74M57.59M59.27M54.69M53.08M53.37M54.24M54.66M55.84M58.01M34.37M36.69M38.57M40.25M41.18M40.78M44.05M43.44M39.73M42.14M44.02M49.88M53.21M52.74M53.82M26.26M15.09M23.72M28.03M65.58M63.93M26.31M
Gross Margin100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%53.24%57.15%55.83%55.34%55.05%57.67%52.91%55.53%50.14%49.65%52.80%56.41%57.41%54.57%52.91%25.09%19.16%22.60%21.61%63.69%64.36%25.56%
Operating Expense26.78M29.44M31.98M36.29M35.94M40.17M37.47M42.01M46.29M54.56M53.34M51.45M49.85M49.73M54.50M52.23M53.56M56.73M31.73M36.11M36.11M38.44M40.10M37.09M31.30M42.77M37.63M40.37M41.04M44.92M47.39M47.89M50.94M20.91M14.66M20.31M25.23M68.61M68.53M22.07M
Operating Income2.33M3.26M3.29M2.85M3.44M131.00K2.84M3.72M3.45M3.03M5.93M3.23M3.23M3.64M-260.00K2.43M2.28M1.28M2.64M585.00K2.46M1.82M1.08M3.69M12.76M668.00K2.11M1.77M2.98M4.96M5.82M4.85M2.88M5.35M429.00K3.40M2.79M-3.03M-4.60M4.24M
Operating Margin8.00%9.98%9.32%7.29%8.73%0.33%7.04%8.14%6.93%5.25%10.00%5.91%6.08%6.82%-0.48%4.44%4.09%2.21%4.09%0.91%3.56%2.50%1.44%5.21%15.32%0.85%2.66%2.09%3.57%5.61%6.28%5.02%2.83%5.12%0.54%3.25%2.15%-2.94%-4.63%4.12%
EBITDA3.38M5.00M5.23M4.97M5.70M6.23M5.89M6.80M6.66M6.10M9.31M6.33M6.47M6.91M3.45M6.08M5.82M4.27M5.74M4.45M6.30M5.86M4.53M5.84M16.02M4.01M4.56M4.42M5.53M7.26M8.19M7.28M5.41M9.58M6.70M7.30M6.56M-22.00K-1.57M7.26M
EBITDA Margin11.63%15.30%14.84%12.71%14.48%15.46%14.62%14.87%13.39%10.60%15.70%11.57%12.19%12.94%6.36%11.11%10.43%7.35%8.89%6.93%9.12%8.06%6.06%8.26%19.24%5.13%5.75%5.21%6.63%8.21%8.83%7.54%5.32%9.15%8.50%6.95%5.06%-0.02%-1.58%7.05%
Net Income1.60M2.00M1.82M1.05M1.23M710.00K771.00K1.57M1.62M1.13M3.00M1.47M1.70M2.17M-658.00K766.00K1.26M631.00K1.05M-102.00K1.36M1.19M-87.00K1.81M8.49M837.00K1.45M1.37M1.88M2.99M4.73M4.09M2.31M4.83M1.57M1.36M516.00K-4.00M-5.27M2.90M
Net Income Margin5.50%6.12%5.15%2.67%3.11%1.76%1.91%3.43%3.25%1.96%5.07%2.69%3.20%4.06%-1.21%1.40%2.26%1.09%1.63%-0.16%1.97%1.64%-0.12%2.56%10.19%1.07%1.82%1.62%2.26%3.39%5.10%4.23%2.28%4.61%1.99%1.29%0.40%-3.88%-5.30%2.82%
R&D---494.00K662.00K532.00K474.00K537.00K618.00K596.00K610.00K570.00K548.00K588.00K697.00K713.00K730.00K694.00K794.00K972.00K767.00K862.00K976.00K1.15M975.00K1.11M934.00K1.19M1.28M1.76M1.40M2.72M4.09M3.95M2.37M1.79M2.53M2.53M--
R&D as % of Total Revenue---1.26%1.68%1.32%1.18%1.17%1.24%1.03%1.03%1.04%1.03%1.10%1.28%1.30%1.31%1.20%1.23%1.51%1.11%1.18%1.30%1.62%1.17%1.42%1.18%1.41%1.54%2.00%1.51%2.81%4.03%3.77%3.00%1.70%1.95%2.45%--
Interest Expense649.00K1.20M1.34M1.83M1.96M2.27M1.77M1.29M1.13M1.28M1.05M921.00K994.00K643.00K584.00K658.00K508.00K414.00K823.00K888.00K783.00K942.00K493.00K906.00K137.00K369.00K492.00K927.00K906.00K793.00K283.00K908.00K433.00K1.14M491.00K481.00K1.10M2.23M2.09M2.03M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue2.23%3.68%3.80%4.68%4.99%5.63%4.38%2.81%2.27%2.23%1.77%1.68%1.87%1.20%1.08%1.20%0.91%0.71%1.27%1.38%1.13%1.29%0.66%1.28%0.16%0.47%0.62%1.09%1.09%0.90%0.31%0.94%0.43%1.09%0.62%0.46%0.85%2.17%2.11%1.98%

Balance Sheet

Currency: GBP1990-03-311991-03-311992-03-311993-03-311994-03-311995-03-311996-03-311997-03-311998-03-311999-03-312000-03-312001-03-312002-03-312003-03-312004-03-312005-03-312006-03-312007-03-312008-03-312009-03-312010-03-312011-03-312012-03-312013-03-312014-03-292014-03-312015-03-282015-03-312016-03-312017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312022-09-302023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Total Assets39.46M47.09M47.72M46.09M46.15M49.33M50.62M50.11M48.01M46.61M46.03M47.78M44.59M44.03M47.26M50.35M51.68M51.33M48.04M46.39M48.90M48.28M51.72M50.67M52.60M52.60M54.70M54.70M60.73M69.07M67.51M69.46M82.83M81.05M92.60M-98.47M85.95M77.08M76.90M
Total Liabilities21.79M28.37M27.29M25.02M23.78M25.57M25.88M22.86M20.45M17.82M18.54M21.48M18.10M16.91M20.19M30.71M32.82M28.68M22.38M26.21M31.09M20.87M29.75M30.34M32.33M32.33M35.84M35.84M34.04M49.98M44.16M48.18M48.43M51.15M58.09M-66.40M60.38M56.67M52.55M
Total Equity17.67M18.72M20.43M21.07M22.37M23.76M24.74M27.26M27.55M28.79M27.49M26.30M26.48M27.12M27.07M19.64M18.86M22.65M25.66M20.17M17.81M27.41M21.97M20.34M20.27M20.27M18.86M18.86M26.69M19.09M23.35M21.28M34.40M29.90M34.51M-32.06M25.57M20.41M24.35M
Cash-----17.00K139.00K284.00K5.00K641.00K32.00K2.00K75.00K6.00K1.24M88.00K1.76M3.73M1.92M2.64M5.05M4.28M5.44M2.25M692.00K692.00K2.72M2.72M3.19M1.92M5.56M2.35M8.96M6.76M7.75M-7.68M9.21M10.61M13.06M
Total Debt14.40M21.54M19.87M17.95M15.06M14.89M14.34M9.63M10.20M7.98M6.17M8.96M7.24M6.53M8.67M8.44M10.36M9.02M7.93M7.09M5.08M5.99M11.94M11.54M-10.97M-8.83M10.49M9.29M10.36M10.91M20.02M14.27M20.04M-24.27M24.75M23.50M21.11M
Net Debt14.40M21.54M19.87M17.95M15.06M14.88M14.20M9.35M10.19M7.34M6.14M8.95M7.16M6.53M7.43M8.35M8.60M5.29M6.02M4.45M31.00K1.71M6.50M9.29M-10.28M-6.11M7.30M7.36M4.81M8.56M11.05M7.50M12.29M-16.59M15.54M12.89M8.05M

Cash Flow

Currency: GBP1992-03-311993-03-311994-03-311995-03-311996-03-311997-03-311998-03-311999-03-312000-03-312001-03-312002-03-312003-03-312004-03-312005-03-312006-03-312007-03-312008-03-312009-03-312010-03-312011-03-312012-03-312013-03-312014-03-312015-03-312016-03-312017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-282020-03-312021-03-272021-03-312022-03-262022-03-312023-03-312023-04-012024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating Cash Flow3.51M2.74M3.84M3.74M3.23M7.62M1.69M4.36M3.15M1.57M4.44M3.12M2.27M3.92M2.82M4.10M1.96M3.53M6.05M1.05M1.89M1.81M2.37M7.85M3.72M6.72M5.83M3.37M-13.06M-7.59M-3.35M5.55M-7.17M7.65M6.68M
Investing Cash Flow-1.81M-585.00K-1.31M-3.34M-3.22M-2.69M-2.65M-1.58M-2.00M-4.40M-2.65M-2.29M-3.10M-3.18M-2.38M-782.00K-2.07M-1.28M-1.21M-2.07M-5.92M-4.06M-2.94M-2.58M-4.09M-5.31M-1.92M-5.22M--9.20M--4.49M--6.60M-6.64M--4.32M-3.25M-854.00K
Financing Cash Flow-1.68M-2.03M1.42M-1.62M47.00K611.00K1.32M-2.17M-3.19M2.46M-328.00K-778.00K2.54M-1.26M1.38M-1.53M-1.71M-1.88M-2.43M258.00K5.19M-993.00K-834.00K-3.20M719.00K-2.60M-194.00K-1.31M-2.65M--4.64M-4.28M622.00K--1.48M-2.80M-3.37M
Capital Expenditure1.83M813.00K1.36M3.55M3.45M3.29M4.10M4.63M2.15M4.40M2.75M2.30M3.10M3.23M2.89M2.76M1.79M1.33M1.23M2.27M5.93M4.07M2.62M2.48M3.95M4.83M1.89M5.16M09.20M03.13M06.76M6.39M04.18M2.01M892.00K
Free Cash Flow1.68M1.93M2.48M189.00K-223.00K4.33M-2.42M-273.00K1.01M-2.83M1.69M822.00K-835.00K694.00K-65.00K1.34M174.00K2.20M4.82M-1.23M-4.04M-2.26M-252.00K5.36M-235.00K1.89M3.93M-1.80M-3.87M-4.46M--3.41M-843.00K-2.98M5.64M5.79M
Dividends Paid----------527.00K594.00K627.00K652.00K686.00K343.00K618.00K525.00K515.00K623.00K657.00K677.00K697.00K708.00K772.00K881.00K1.10M1.26M-1.27M-1.27M-236.00K897.00K-664.00K--
FCF to OCF47.73%70.35%64.56%5.05%-6.91%56.85%-143.44%-6.26%31.98%-180.61%38.09%26.34%-36.85%17.70%-2.30%32.78%8.87%62.27%79.71%-117.50%-213.80%-124.48%-10.63%68.35%-6.32%28.11%67.50%-53.36%-29.62%-58.80%--101.76%-15.19%-41.63%73.71%86.64%
Dividend Paid to FCF----------31.15%72.26%-75.09%93.95%-1055.38%25.52%355.17%23.87%10.68%-50.69%-16.25%-29.98%-276.59%13.20%-328.51%46.66%27.89%-70.32%-32.95%-28.57%--6.92%-106.41%-22.24%--

Earnings

Report DateJun 28, 2016Nov 15, 2016Jun 4, 2017Nov 14, 2017Jun 28, 2018Nov 13, 2018Feb 27, 2019Jun 25, 2019Nov 19, 2019Jun 23, 2020Nov 10, 2020Jun 22, 2021Nov 9, 2021Jun 21, 2022Nov 15, 2022Jun 19, 2023Nov 20, 2024Jul 21, 2025Oct 30, 2025
EPS Estimate0.000.000.000.00-0.170.000.220.210.28-0.000.000.000.00-0.000.000.20-
EPS Actual0.230.170.310.230.200.170.000.240.170.34-0.000.170.16-0.02-0.090.00-0.05-0.500.21
Surprise-----0.00%-9.09%-19.05%21.43%0.00%7627.27%9900.00%-969.57%----343.90%-
Timing--------------Pre-market--Pre-marketPre-market

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap63.06M
Enterprise Value69.68M
Trailing P/E21.29
Forward P/E27.47
PEG Ratio0.00
Price / Sales0.61
Price / Book2.53
EPS0.31
Book Value2.58
Revenue (TTM)102.93M
Gross Profit (TTM)57.80M
EBITDA8.22M
Profit Margin2.82%
Operating Margin5.72%
Return on Equity12.98%
Return on Assets5.04%
Shares Outstanding9.55M
Shares Float6.31M
Beta0.52
Dividend Yield0.00%
Dividend Rate0.00
Payout Ratio0.00%

Dividends

20233×
0.03Dec 7, 20232.98Oct 19, 20230.04Sep 7, 2023
20222×
0.02Dec 8, 20220.07Jul 7, 2022
20212×
0.03Dec 9, 20211.86Dec 8, 2021
20192×
0.03Nov 28, 20190.11Jul 4, 2019
20182×
0.03Nov 29, 20180.11Jul 5, 2018
20172×
0.03Nov 30, 20170.09Jul 13, 2017
20162×
0.03Dec 15, 20160.07Jul 14, 2016
20152×
0.02Dec 10, 20150.06Jul 9, 2015
20142×
0.02Dec 11, 20140.06Jul 9, 2014
20132×
0.02Dec 11, 20130.06Jul 10, 2013
20122×
0.02Dec 12, 20120.06Jul 11, 2012
20111×
0.02Dec 14, 2011