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Employees: 2,246
Size Hunting (HTG.L) is a United Kingdom Energy company (Oilfield Services/Equipment) with a market value of $714M, the 256th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £367.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 25.2%, against -25.0% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 12.2% over the last twelve months (peer median -4.9%); the operating margin is 6.7% (peer median 2.0%).
Valuation It trades at 14.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.2× (7th cheapest of 16).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 18% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is +8 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 9.1 points below its cost of capital (14.4% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £736M | £773M | £821M | £747M | £589M |
| Revenue growth | — | -6% | +10% | +27% | — |
| Gross profit | £200M | £212M | £213M | £183M | £139M |
| EBITDA | £83.6M | £93.6M | £94.9M | £67.3M | £37.0M |
| Net income | £33.2M | £31.2M | -£21.9M | £88.7M | -£3.73M |
| Free cash flow | £3.59M | £77.9M | £119M | £15.7M | -£45.1M |
| Capital expenditure | £25.5M | £28.8M | £22.2M | £27.4M | £17.5M |
| Total debt | n/a | £87.3M | £109M | £61.9M | £32.8M |
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| Measure | HTG.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -4.5% | -10.6% | 8th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -25.2% | -25.0% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -33.6% | -49.8% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -12.2% | -4.9% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 2.0% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 14.3× | 16.2× | 7th cheapest of 16 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 17.8% | 0.7% | 3rd most demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.6% | +7.9% | 6th highest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +8.2 pp | -6.3 pp | 3rd most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -9.1 pp | -3.7 pp | 8th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.9× | 9.2× | 6th cheapest of 14 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.5× | 1.1× | 4th least indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting HTG.L | United Kingdom | $714M | -25% | -12% | 7% | 14.3× | 17.8% | +9.6% |
| Toyo Engineering 6330.T | Japan | $711M | -16% | -31% | -10% | 14.2× | -2.1% | -0.1% |
| Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery 002490.SZ | China | $704M | -33% | +51% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Atlas Energy Solutions AESI | United States | $678M | -71% | -4% | -11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Viridien VIRI.PA | France | $763M | -16% | -14% | 11% | 22.9× | -2.9% | +4.1% |
| Haimo Technologies 300084.SZ | China | $667M | -31% | -7% | -12% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ashtead Technology AT..L | United Kingdom | $660M | +26% | +9% | 26% | 16.2× | -5.5% | +36.8% |
| ProPetro PUMP | United States | $785M | -59% | -6% | 0% | 35.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Forum Energy Technologies FET | United States | $800M | +30% | +11% | 7% | 12.9× | 3.5% | +9.1% |
| Bomesc Offshore Engineering 603727.SS | China | $823M | +6% | -12% | -7% | 249.4× | -9.1% | -6.1% |
| Dalipal 1921.HK | Hong Kong | $603M | -29% | +3% | 3% | 14.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Total Energy Services TOT.TO | Canada | $851M | +41% | +22% | 9% | 9.7× | 3.7% | +23.8% |
| Flotek Industries FTK | United States | $886M | +45% | +59% | 13% | 21.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Nanjing Develop Advanced Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Class 1 688377.SS | China | $554M | -52% | 0% | 9% | 30.2× | 7.5% | +11.4% |
| ProFrac ACDC | United States | $547M | -55% | -16% | -11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Calfrac Well Services CFW.TO | Canada | $506M | +36% | -15% | 6% | 7.2× | -10.9% | +14.5% |
| China Oil HBP Science & Technology 002554.SZ | China | $502M | -28% | -29% | -17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Oil States International OIS | United States | $499M | -4% | -1% | 1% | 13.5× | 27.7% | +1.0% |
| HMH HMH | United States | $482M | -49% | -10% | 12% | 3.6× | -2.1% | +6.7% |
| Jiangsu Hongtian Technology 603800.SS | China | $1.11B | -32% | -27% | -15% | 62.3× | 32.4% | +5.1% |
| RPC RES | United States | $1.18B | -22% | +18% | 3% | 17.9× | 12.2% | +22.1% |