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Employees: 3,274
Size Genuit (GEN.L) is a United Kingdom Industrials company (Miscellaneous Manufacturing) with a market value of $897M, the 224th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £266.20 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 8.1%, against -20.8% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 12.1% (peer median 7.9%).
Valuation It trades at 12.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 24.5× (3rd cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is +4 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.6 points below its cost of capital (13.9% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 16 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £612M | £602M | £561M | £586M | £622M |
| Revenue growth | — | +7% | -4% | -6% | — |
| Gross profit | £253M | £249M | £235M | £232M | £235M |
| EBITDA | £118M | £120M | £117M | £119M | £121M |
| Net income | £34.3M | £45.2M | £33.5M | £38.5M | £36.5M |
| Free cash flow | £68.6M | £65.8M | £68.1M | £51.4M | £42.1M |
| Capital expenditure | £28.6M | £30.2M | £26.7M | £34.5M | £43.8M |
| Total debt | n/a | £253M | £173M | £166M | £216M |
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| Measure | GEN.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -2.4% | -8.3% | 4th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +8.1% | -20.8% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -31.7% | -36.3% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.3% | +5.5% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 7.9% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 12.1× | 24.5× | 3rd cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 12.4% | 6.9% | 6th most demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.6% | +3.6% | 5th highest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +3.8 pp | +3.2 pp | 7th most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -7.6 pp | +0.2 pp | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.5× | 9.6× | 2nd cheapest of 4 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.8× | 0.1× | 2nd most indebted of 4 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuit GEN.L | United Kingdom | $897M | +8% | +4% | 12% | 12.1× | 12.4% | +8.6% |
| Jiangsu Changhai Composite Materials 300196.SZ | China | $897M | -25% | +3% | 11% | 17.9× | 3.8% | +9.0% |
| Shenzhen Jame Technology 300868.SZ | China | $878M | -36% | +8% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Finolex Industries FINPIPE.NS | India | $932M | -20% | +3% | 14% | 16.4× | 13.0% | +3.5% |
| Blue Sail Medical 002382.SZ | China | $861M | -24% | +23% | 7% | 11.8× | -6.5% | -6.1% |
| Riverstone AP4.SI | Singapore | $824M | -13% | -4% | 25% | 15.5× | 2.1% | -12.8% |
| Shanghai Yanpu Precision Technology (Group) 605128.SS | China | $978M | -9% | +3% | 9% | 27.1× | 15.4% | +25.0% |
| Zhejiang Goldensea Hi-Tech 603311.SS | China | $823M | +28% | +3% | 7% | 59.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Hajime Advanced Material Technology 301000.SZ | China | $986M | -1% | +4% | 16% | 40.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Kaier New Materials 300234.SZ | China | $816M | +73% | -17% | -9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hubei Huaqiang High-Tech 688151.SS | China | $800M | -22% | +13% | -5% | n/a | 47.9% | -5.6% |
| Changyuan Technology 600525.SS | China | $799M | -24% | +7% | -7% | n/a | -12.4% | +5.1% |
| Unilumin 300232.SZ | China | $796M | -23% | +1% | 0% | 32.5× | 6.4% | +10.3% |
| RHI Magnesita India RHIM.NS | India | $789M | -13% | +8% | 7% | 25.4× | 27.1% | +24.1% |
| INDUS INH.DE | Germany | $1.03B | +11% | +8% | 13% | 7.0× | -6.8% | +2.2% |
| Apex Dynamics 4583.TW | Taiwan | $775M | -58% | +14% | 33% | 24.3× | 4.5% | +1.1% |
| Fuling Technology 001356.SZ | China | $756M | -22% | +17% | 6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Goldstone Asia Pharmaceutical 300434.SZ | China | $745M | +8% | -1% | 18% | n/a | 12.2% | +6.2% |
| Daoming Optics & Chemical 002632.SZ | China | $740M | -28% | -10% | 12% | n/a | 7.5% | +3.3% |
| Cangzhou Mingzhu Plastic 002108.SZ | China | $1.10B | -28% | +14% | 5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Boiln Plastics 301003.SZ | China | $688M | -11% | +7% | 20% | 24.7× | 21.2% | +3.6% |