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Hargreaves Services plcHSP.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Industrials›Miscellaneous Commercial Services
Momentum strong 64
Mkt cap
$363M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
86%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.35M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
18.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-4.0 pp
WACC 8.9%
Hurdle
-2 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · GBP£880.00
1D+0.2%
1W+0.9%
1M+5.5%
3M+10.6%
6M+8.1%
YTD+34.6%
1Y+38.8%
ATR %2.3%
52w lowhigh1.1% off high

What Hargreaves Services does

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Hargreaves Services at a glance

Size Hargreaves Services (HSP.L) is a United Kingdom Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $363M, the 334th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £880.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 8.1%, against -23.4% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 32.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.9%); the operating margin is 3.9% (peer median 6.5%).

Valuation It trades at 18.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.3× (7th most expensive of 15).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 9% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.0 points below its cost of capital (8.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026HSP.L 108Peer median 74
Six months, rebased to 100: Hargreaves Services against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Hargreaves Services financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2026-05-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£351M£351M£264M£211M£211M
Revenue growth—+33%+25%0%—
Gross profit£63.9M£63.9M£54.9M£43.4M£39.1M
EBITDA£36.4M£36.4M£33.5M£25.9M£21.6M
Net income£30.7M£30.7M£14.8M£12.3M£27.9M
Free cash flow£33.1M£33.1M£32.1M£28.1M£28.0M
Capital expenditure£5.06M£5.06M£3.49M£2.25M£3.53M
Total debtn/a£40.4M£32.8M£34.2M£40.4M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Hargreaves Services competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%-20%0%+20%277AOPTROMA3833102395OBLRTNINDIA301117300948ACR002887301019002659CTD60515530097762003587TCSHSP.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Hargreaves Services is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-50%0%+50%50×100×277AOPT3833102395OBL30111700288700265930097762003587TCSHSP.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Hargreaves Services is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%0%20%277AOPT2395002887301019002659CTD6051553009773587TCSHSP.LGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Hargreaves Services is the large dot.

Hargreaves Services competitors and peer comparison

How Hargreaves Services 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.

Hargreaves Services against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureHSP.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+5.5%-7.2%5th highest of 21
6-month return+8.1%-23.4%2nd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-1.1%-45.0%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+32.9%+6.9%3rd highest of 21
Operating margin3.9%6.5%9th lowest of 20
Forward P/E18.0×17.3×7th most expensive of 15
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)9.2%11.3%5th least demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+11.4%+8.9%6th highest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-2.2 pp+8.7 pp6th least demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital-4.0 pp-4.6 pp7th highest of 19
EV / EBITDA7.9×12.3×4th cheapest of 10
Net debt / EBITDA0.5×-0.8×4th most indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Hargreaves Services HSP.LUnited Kingdom$363M+8%+33%4%18.0×9.2%+11.4%
Globe-Ing 277A.TJapan$361M-16%+31%34%16.8×-3.6%+31.2%
Optima Health OPT.LUnited Kingdom$361M+29%+15%3%18.8×29.6%+1.5%
Roma Green Finance ROMAUnited States$360M-1%-22%-315%n/an/an/a
ECOPRO HN 383310.KSSouth Korea$360M-27%-27%9%17.5×n/an/a
Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories 2395.TJapan$360M-5%+2%10%14.5×6.9%+16.6%
Omni Bridgeway OBL.AXAustralia$367M+8%+75%-15%9.7×n/an/a
RattanIndia Enterprises RTNINDIA.NSIndia$368M-37%+2%1%n/an/an/a
Jiayuan Science And Technology 301117.SZChina$358M-57%-41%-67%26.0×n/an/a
Qingdao Greensum Ecology 300948.SZChina$357M-30%+83%-30%n/an/an/a
Axactor ACR.OLNorway$370M-20%-146%n/an/an/an/a
Tianjin LVYIN Landscape & Ecology Construction 002887.SZChina$354M-41%-8%12%17.1×11.3%-13.0%
Ningbo Color Master Batch 301019.SZChina$354M-31%+14%21%n/a10.4%+1.8%
Avacta AVCT.LUnited Kingdom$352M-24%-100%-27,388%n/an/an/a
Beijing Kaiwen Education Technology 002659.SZChina$376M-22%+7%8%119.7×15.8%+1.5%
Corporate Travel Management CTD.AXAustralia$350M-69%+7%6%19.5×12.0%+30.6%
Zhejiang Xidamen New Material 605155.SSChina$349M-23%+4%12%15.7×-0.9%+20.0%
Shenzhen Ridge Technology 300977.SZChina$349M-27%+13%-2%31.9×33.2%-4.0%
Insource 6200.TJapan$347M-1%+7%40%11.1×n/an/a
Materials Analysis Technology 3587.TWOTaiwan$380M-48%+14%14%13.1×-0.3%+12.6%
TECSYS TCS.TOCanada$381M+2%+10%5%41.3×18.4%+8.9%

Questions

Which companies are Hargreaves Services's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Globe-Ing (277A.T), Optima Health (OPT.L), Roma Green Finance (ROMA), ECOPRO HN (383310.KS), Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories (2395.T), Omni Bridgeway (OBL.AX), RattanIndia Enterprises (RTNINDIA.NS), Jiayuan Science And Technology (301117.SZ).
Is Hargreaves Services expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 18.0× against a peer median of 17.3×, 7th most expensive of 15 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 9% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Hargreaves Services stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +8.1% against -23.4% for the median peer; over one year +38.8%.

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.