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Employees: 791
Size Judges Scientific (JDG.L) is a United Kingdom Information Technology company (Electronic Equipment/Instruments) with a market value of $305M, the 361st largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £3,410 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 32.9%, against -26.3% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 8.2% over the last twelve months (peer median -1.6%); the operating margin is 3.0% (peer median 3.2%).
Valuation It trades at 17.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.6× (5th cheapest of 11).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 31% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, so the hurdle is +18 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 6.5 points below its cost of capital (8.7% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 24 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £131M | £146M | £134M | £136M | £113M |
| Revenue growth | — | +9% | -2% | +20% | — |
| Gross profit | £3.90M | £12.8M | £17.4M | £21.8M | £21.1M |
| EBITDA | £23.0M | £32.1M | £31.2M | £37.2M | £32.2M |
| Net income | -£600,000 | £5.50M | £10.4M | £9.50M | £12.5M |
| Free cash flow | £13.1M | £21.0M | £20.3M | £19.1M | £13.9M |
| Capital expenditure | £7.00M | £7.20M | £6.40M | £5.90M | £7.90M |
| Total debt | n/a | £65.2M | £75.3M | £65.3M | £59.9M |
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| Measure | JDG.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -4.8% | -17.0% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -32.9% | -26.3% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -43.2% | -44.5% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -8.2% | -1.6% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.2% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 17.1× | 17.6× | 5th cheapest of 11 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 31.1% | 7.8% | 5th most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +12.8% | +4.4% | 3rd highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +18.3 pp | +15.8 pp | 6th most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -6.5 pp | -5.3 pp | 8th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.0× | 12.8× | 4th cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.1× | -1.9× | 3rd most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judges Scientific JDG.L | United Kingdom | $305M | -33% | -8% | 3% | 17.1× | 31.1% | +12.8% |
| Sms Electric 002857.SZ | China | $303M | -31% | -48% | -20% | 31.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Lumax International 6192.TW | Taiwan | $311M | -12% | -4% | 16% | 9.1× | -20.6% | +4.4% |
| Zhejiang Prulde Electric Appliance 301353.SZ | China | $312M | -26% | +20% | 7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| UTECHZONE 3455.TWO | Taiwan | $297M | -43% | -23% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cmc Magnetics 2323.TW | Taiwan | $287M | -6% | +7% | 2% | n/a | 13.4% | -5.2% |
| Guangdong Fangyuan New Materials 688148.SS | China | $328M | -59% | +27% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Skyray Instrument 300165.SZ | China | $340M | -38% | -8% | -16% | n/a | 7.8% | -8.0% |
| ZheJiang Tailin Bioengineering 300813.SZ | China | $340M | -27% | +6% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| INTEKPLUS 064290.KS | South Korea | $347M | +18% | -12% | -11% | 112.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Kyosan Electric Manufacturing 6742.T | Japan | $350M | +26% | +9% | 7% | 8.3× | 2.0% | +8.4% |
| Shenzhen Maxonic Automation Control 300112.SZ | China | $350M | -13% | -6% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chongqing MAS Science & Technology 300275.SZ | China | $351M | -28% | -13% | 6% | 17.1× | 35.3% | +9.0% |
| MicroTech Medical (Hangzhou) 2235.HK | Hong Kong | $354M | -15% | +95% | 8% | 26.7× | 3.5% | +53.2% |
| Hefei Gocom Information Technology 688367.SS | China | $357M | -33% | -10% | -1% | n/a | 55.8% | -1.3% |
| General Oceans GENO.OL | Norway | $359M | -32% | +34% | 13% | 18.1× | -1.9% | +34.3% |
| Beijing AriTime Intelligent Control 600560.SS | China | $359M | -26% | +33% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nagano Keiki 7715.T | Japan | $364M | +1% | +2% | 11% | 8.1× | -0.4% | +8.6% |
| Beijing Labtech Instruments 688056.SS | China | $368M | -1% | 0% | 5% | 66.2× | 34.7% | +2.8% |
| NEOSEM 253590.KS | South Korea | $369M | -37% | -31% | 5% | 13.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Huaxing Chuangye Communication Technology 300025.SZ | China | $373M | -15% | -16% | -24% | n/a | 36.0% | -6.5% |