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Avacta Group PLCAVCT.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Industrials›Miscellaneous Commercial Services
Momentum laggard 4
Mkt cap
$352M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.65M
20-day average traded
P/B
62.41×
price to book
ROE
-2,001.2%
delivered
Implied ROE
572.6%
what the price asks
Next earnings
167 days
22 Apr 2027
Close · GBP£53.80
1D-3.2%
1W-11.1%
1M-15.9%
3M-20.9%
6M-24.2%
YTD-7.2%
1Y-23.1%
ATR %5.9%
52w lowhigh41.5% off high

What Avacta does

No business profile yet.

Avacta at a glance

Size Avacta (AVCT.L) is a United Kingdom Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $352M, the 341st largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £53.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 24.2%, against -21.5% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 99.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is -27,388.5% (peer median 6.5%).

Valuation It trades at 62.41× book value against a peer median of 1.63× (most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 572.6%; Avacta delivers -2,001.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 22 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 79AVCT.L 66
Six months, rebased to 100: Avacta against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Avacta financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£113,000£113,000£113,000£2.85M£9.65M
Revenue growth—0%-96%-70%—
Gross profit-£990,000-£1.17M-£1.39M£1.54M£4.23M
EBITDA-£29.8M-£29.0M-£30.2M-£20.7M-£22.5M
Net income-£40.4M-£38.4M-£52.8M-£33.3M-£36.9M
Free cash flow-£27.6M-£26.8M-£23.9M-£15.1M-£17.0M
Capital expenditure£33,000£53,000£339,000£205,000£594,000
Total debtn/a£17.7M£24.2M£46.7M£62.9M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Avacta competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%301019CTD002887605155300977620030111779212395383310ROMAOPT277A0752HSPELIXOBLRTNINDIAACRAVCT.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Avacta is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-2,000%-1,500%-1,000%-500%0%00×200×400×600×301019CTD6200ROMA277AAVCT.LReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Avacta is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

-2,000%-1,000%0%-2,000%-1,000%0%301019CTDROMAAVCT.LROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Avacta is the large dot.

Avacta competitors and peer comparison

How Avacta compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Avacta against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAVCT.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-15.9%-1.4%5th lowest of 21
6-month return-24.2%-21.5%10th lowest of 21
Return on equity-2,001.2%6.1%lowest of 21
Price / book62.41×1.63×most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies572.6%12.6%most demanding of 21
ROE delivered-2,001.2%7.1%lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Avacta AVCT.LUnited Kingdom$352M-24%-100%-2,001%62.41×572.6%-2,001.2%
Ningbo Color Master Batch 301019.SZChina$354M-31%+14%10%2.41×17.1%10.2%
Corporate Travel Management CTD.AXAustralia$350M-69%+7%3%0.90×12.8%3.1%
Tianjin LVYIN Landscape & Ecology Construction 002887.SZChina$354M-41%-8%5%1.05×7.4%4.6%
Zhejiang Xidamen New Material 605155.SSChina$349M-23%+4%7%1.68×10.9%7.1%
Shenzhen Ridge Technology 300977.SZChina$349M-27%+13%1%1.69×15.0%1.3%
Insource 6200.TJapan$347M-1%+7%35%4.29×20.3%34.6%
Qingdao Greensum Ecology 300948.SZChina$357M-30%+83%-6%2.40×25.1%-6.0%
Jiayuan Science And Technology 301117.SZChina$358M-57%-41%-9%2.02×21.1%-9.5%
Takara & 7921.TJapan$346M+23%+4%11%1.61×5.8%11.4%
Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories 2395.TJapan$360M-5%+2%14%1.36×5.2%13.9%
ECOPRO HN 383310.KSSouth Korea$360M-27%-27%5%1.58×12.4%5.2%
Roma Green Finance ROMAUnited States$360M-1%-22%-44%37.69×443.9%-44.2%
Optima Health OPT.LUnited Kingdom$361M+29%+15%1%1.30×7.9%0.8%
Globe-Ing 277A.TJapan$361M-16%+31%45%7.06×29.0%44.7%
Pico Far East 0752.HKHong Kong$342M-14%+3%17%1.01×5.9%17.4%
Hargreaves Services HSP.LUnited Kingdom$363M+8%+33%16%1.38×11.8%15.7%
Elixirr International ELIX.LUnited Kingdom$340M-29%+29%15%1.65×20.0%15.4%
Omni Bridgeway OBL.AXAustralia$367M+8%+75%8%0.78×8.2%8.0%
RattanIndia Enterprises RTNINDIA.NSIndia$368M-37%+2%-20%4.51×73.2%n/a
Axactor ACR.OLNorway$370M-20%-146%-92%1.14×9.7%-91.8%

Questions

Which companies are Avacta's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Ningbo Color Master Batch (301019.SZ), Corporate Travel Management (CTD.AX), Tianjin LVYIN Landscape & Ecology Construction (002887.SZ), Zhejiang Xidamen New Material (605155.SS), Shenzhen Ridge Technology (300977.SZ), Insource (6200.T), Qingdao Greensum Ecology (300948.SZ), Jiayuan Science And Technology (301117.SZ).
Is Avacta expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 62.41× against a peer median of 1.63×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 572.6%; Avacta delivers -2,001.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Avacta stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -24.2% against -21.5% for the median peer; over one year -23.1%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.