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Size Halfords (HFD.L) is a United Kingdom Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $744M, the 250th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £254.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 64.5%, against -7.1% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.5%); the operating margin is 3.4% (peer median 4.9%).
Valuation It trades at 12.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.6× (8th cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.0 points below its cost of capital (12.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £1.80B | £1.80B | £1.72B | £1.70B | £1.57B |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | +1% | +8% | — |
| Gross profit | £929M | £927M | £840M | £795M | £741M |
| EBITDA | £190M | £189M | £180M | £188M | £183M |
| Net income | £32.9M | £32.9M | -£33.6M | £14.4M | £28.1M |
| Free cash flow | £145M | £145M | £163M | £143M | £123M |
| Capital expenditure | £58.7M | £58.7M | £53.2M | £45.6M | £54.5M |
| Total debt | n/a | £248M | £280M | £329M | £391M |
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| Measure | HFD.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -1.7% | -0.7% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +64.5% | -7.1% | highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -10.7% | -33.4% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.0% | +8.5% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 4.9% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 12.5× | 11.6× | 8th cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 4.7% | 5.0% | 7th least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.9% | +5.7% | 6th highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -2.2 pp | -0.7 pp | 6th least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -6.0 pp | +0.8 pp | 5th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.1× | 8.2× | cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.2× | 2.0× | 3rd least indebted of 13 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halfords HFD.L | United Kingdom | $744M | +65% | +5% | 3% | 12.5× | 4.7% | +6.9% |
| Rayhoo Motor Dies 002997.SZ | China | $769M | -18% | +9% | 11% | 10.3× | -2.8% | +28.3% |
| Wickes WIX.L | United Kingdom | $717M | +36% | +4% | 4% | 13.3× | 2.2% | +4.0% |
| Vats Liquor Chain Store Management Joint Stock 300755.SZ | China | $689M | -19% | -22% | 0% | n/a | 19.4% | +3.6% |
| Fujian Zhangzhou Development 000753.SZ | China | $686M | -31% | -21% | -3% | n/a | 38.9% | -2.4% |
| Hubei Three Gorges Tourism 002627.SZ | China | $684M | -14% | +8% | 13% | 28.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Nick Scali NCK.AX | Australia | $842M | +1% | +4% | 23% | 9.0× | 7.5% | +6.7% |
| Zhongsheng Hldg 0881.HK | Hong Kong | $656M | -70% | -5% | 0% | 7.6× | 48.7% | +1.4% |
| Betterware de Mexico, S.A.P.I. de C.V BWMX | United States | $655M | -1% | +28% | 17% | 6.3× | -9.2% | +17.0% |
| Wuxi Commercial Mansion Grand Orient 600327.SS | China | $652M | +24% | -28% | 1% | 12.9× | 13.2% | -16.3% |
| Kid KID.OL | Norway | $640M | +23% | +5% | 11% | 17.7× | 5.0% | +5.7% |
| Synsam SYNSAM.ST | Sweden | $868M | +13% | +9% | 10% | 15.0× | -4.4% | +10.2% |
| Qingdao Citymedia 600229.SS | China | $636M | +2% | -12% | -22% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| V-Mart Retail VMART.NS | India | $636M | +14% | +18% | 6% | 38.9× | 36.5% | +28.6% |
| ValueMax T6I.SI | Singapore | $631M | -21% | +32% | 20% | 6.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Augmont Enterprises AUGMONT.NS | India | $892M | n/a | +42% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| P N Gadgil Jewellers PNGJL.NS | India | $919M | -17% | +51% | 6% | 15.9× | n/a | n/a |
| IDOM 7599.T | Japan | $601M | -28% | +17% | 3% | 8.5× | -6.7% | +8.1% |
| CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA CWC.DE | Germany | $926M | +11% | +4% | 11% | 10.1× | -2.3% | +3.5% |
| ZJAMP 002758.SZ | China | $585M | -18% | +23% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| EVgo EVGO | United States | $576M | -7% | +31% | -27% | n/a | n/a | n/a |