Knights Group Holdings plc

Knights Group Holdings plc

KGH · LSE · Industrials / Specialty Business Services

165.00GBX+2.50 (+1.54%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close162.50
Open164.00
Day Range163.03 – 167.68
52-Week Range141.63 – 195.29
Volume32.20K
Market Cap145.28M
P/E (TTM)33.80
Forward P/E5.62
EPS0.05
Dividend Yield3.33%
Beta1.45
50-Day Avg172.04
200-Day Avg176.03

About

Knights Group Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides legal and professional services in the United Kingdom. The company offers advice to banks, debt funds, direct lenders, borrowers, and financial institutions; tax services, such as corporate transactions, real estate, private clients, and VAT and customs duty; commercial arrangements and transactions; competition law advice, including trade and consumer law, and dawn raids; and commercial and practical advice on mergers and acquisitions, disposals and investments. It also provides advice on new projects and continuing compliance, and audit exercises; commercial disputes comprising breach of contract, professional negligence, defamation, and reputation management, as well as company, shareholder, and partnership disputes, and intellectual property; and commercial employment advice and training. In addition, the company offers housing and regeneration services for opportunities and challenges faced by landowners, local authorities, housebuilders, and registered providers; immigration services related to the workplace; identifying, protecting, defending, and commercializing intellectual property; and investigation services for sensitive situations. Further, it provides licensing and gambling services; private client services; advice and assistance for contentious and non-contentious real estate, planning, finance, and development matters; assistance in supporting and defending businesses against aspects of regulatory intervention; residential property services; and commercial advice on contentious and non-contentious corporate and personal insolvency matters. Knights Group Holdings plc was founded in 1759 and is based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, the United Kingdom.

Company Details

  • SectorIndustrials
  • IndustrySpecialty Business Services
  • CEOMr. David Andrew Beech
  • Employees1.54K
  • HeadquartersThe Brampton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom, ST5 0QW, UK
  • Websitehttps://www.knightsplc.com

Leadership

  • Mr. David Andrew BeechCEO & Director · b. 1965
  • Ms. Kate Louise LewisCFO & Director · b. 1972
  • John EarlChief Technology Officer
  • Mr. James SheridanChief M&A and Investor Relations Officer
  • Ms. Lisa BridgwoodCompany Secretary & General Counsel
  • Ms. Elinor LloydCompliance Director
  • Yvonne SidwellMarketing Director
  • Dan BeckettSales Director
  • Mark WhitehouseHR Director
  • Mr. Andrew PilkingtonChief Commercial Officer

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: GBP2016-04-302017-04-302018-04-302019-04-302020-04-302021-04-302022-04-302023-04-302024-04-302025-04-302026-04-30
Total Revenue20.18M32.07M34.87M52.66M74.25M103.20M125.60M142.08M149.96M161.97M207.98M
Growth (%)-+58.90%+8.72%+51.03%+41.00%+38.98%+21.71%+13.12%+5.54%+8.01%+28.41%
Cost of Revenue11.65M19.53M20.45M30.14M45.58M62.71M76.86M11.61M93.01M97.61M15.96M
Gross Profit8.53M12.54M14.42M22.52M28.68M40.49M48.74M130.47M56.95M64.36M192.02M
Gross Margin42.27%39.11%41.35%42.77%38.62%39.24%38.81%91.83%37.98%39.74%92.33%
Operating Expense4.73M7.00M7.69M13.11M15.90M33.10M45.34M115.18M36.99M45.76M165.98M
Operating Income3.80M5.55M6.73M9.42M12.77M7.39M3.40M15.29M19.96M18.60M26.03M
Operating Margin18.84%17.29%19.29%17.88%17.20%7.16%2.71%10.76%13.31%11.48%12.52%
EBITDA4.18M6.09M7.00M7.44M9.81M15.09M14.18M26.80M31.72M28.58M41.99M
EBITDA Margin20.69%18.98%20.07%14.12%13.22%14.62%11.29%18.87%21.15%17.65%20.19%
Net Income2.54M2.40M2.57M4.00M1.82M3.40M-2.53M7.94M9.85M7.58M4.74M
Net Income Margin12.57%7.47%7.38%7.60%2.45%3.30%-2.02%5.59%6.57%4.68%2.28%
Interest Expense374.00K1.47M2.23M738.00K1.49M1.88M2.36M3.66M4.94M6.45M8.53M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue1.85%4.59%6.39%1.40%2.01%1.82%1.88%2.58%3.29%3.98%4.10%

Balance Sheet

Currency: GBP2016-04-302017-04-302018-04-302019-04-302020-04-302021-04-302022-04-302023-04-302024-04-302025-04-302026-04-30
Total Assets34.41M36.39M39.15M79.45M159.74M194.30M206.28M212.17M219.10M278.61M287.18M
Total Liabilities36.23M36.81M36.36M40.20M83.79M111.61M120.62M119.36M118.84M174.08M182.07M
Total Equity-1.83M-421.00K2.80M39.26M75.95M82.69M85.66M92.81M100.26M104.53M105.11M
Cash967.00K1.33M2.12M4.90M12.74M4.78M4.10M4.04M5.45M5.85M6.03M
Total Debt11.46M29.35M28.44M19.00M52.49M68.56M79.68M78.18M81.19M124.95M122.63M
Net Debt10.49M28.03M26.32M14.10M39.75M63.77M75.58M74.14M75.73M119.10M116.59M

Cash Flow

Currency: GBP2016-04-302017-04-302018-04-302019-04-302020-04-302021-04-302022-04-302023-04-302024-04-302025-04-302026-04-30
Operating Cash Flow-261.00K701.00K5.45M7.29M6.40M8.85M10.11M16.33M22.83M25.25M24.17M
Investing Cash Flow-1.61M-5.56M-1.58M-18.02M-18.38M-6.65M-10.33M-7.85M-14.33M-38.09M-13.04M
Financing Cash Flow2.83M5.22M-3.08M13.52M19.81M-10.24M1.52M-8.67M-7.09M13.32M-11.03M
Capital Expenditure332.00K594.00K1.28M1.30M2.53M4.55M2.59M1.92M8.21M11.75M6.35M
Free Cash Flow-593.00K107.00K4.17M5.99M3.88M2.52M7.52M14.41M14.63M13.50M17.82M
Dividends Paid927.00K990.00K433.00K433.00K1.75M1.75M1.23M3.06M3.52M3.90M4.26M
FCF to OCF227.20%15.26%76.49%82.12%60.53%28.53%74.39%88.22%64.06%53.46%73.71%
Dividend Paid to FCF-156.32%925.23%10.39%7.23%45.28%69.50%16.40%21.24%24.10%28.91%23.90%

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap145.28M
Enterprise Value261.02M
Trailing P/E33.80
Forward P/E5.62
Price / Sales0.70
Price / Book1.37
EPS0.05
Book Value1.24
Revenue (TTM)207.98M
Gross Profit (TTM)81.26M
EBITDA35.70M
Profit Margin2.28%
Operating Margin7.49%
Return on Equity4.52%
Return on Assets5.66%
Shares Outstanding85.97M
Shares Float44.08M
Beta1.45
Dividend Yield3.33%
Dividend Rate0.06
Payout Ratio95.78%

Dividends

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