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Employees: 1,133
Size ME Group International (MEGP.L) is a United Kingdom Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $568M, the 279th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £112.80 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 17.3%, against -2.5% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.7%); the operating margin is 24.8% (peer median 3.2%).
Valuation It trades at 8.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 10.0× (5th cheapest of 15).
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 +11%, so the hurdle is -23 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 21.0 points above its cost of capital (8.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £316M | £315M | £308M | £298M | £260M |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +3% | +15% | — |
| Gross profit | £111M | £112M | £109M | £104M | £83.0M |
| EBITDA | £124M | £120M | £116M | £108M | £84.8M |
| Net income | £55.5M | £56.6M | £54.1M | £50.7M | £38.8M |
| Free cash flow | £21.1M | £28.7M | £33.8M | £37.5M | £46.0M |
| Capital expenditure | £70.7M | £65.6M | £54.6M | £49.6M | £38.9M |
| Total debt | n/a | £43.0M | £59.8M | £90.5M | £118M |
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| Measure | MEGP.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +0.9% | -1.3% | 11th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -17.3% | -2.5% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -42.4% | -28.6% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.5% | +9.7% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 24.8% | 3.2% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 8.3× | 10.0× | 5th cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -11.6% | 3.8% | 2nd least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +11.1% | +8.1% | 7th highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -22.7 pp | -0.7 pp | 3rd least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +21.0 pp | +0.8 pp | highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.4× | 8.1× | cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.0× | 2.3× | 4th least indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME Group International MEGP.L | United Kingdom | $568M | -17% | +1% | 25% | 8.3× | -11.6% | +11.1% |
| EVgo EVGO | United States | $576M | -7% | +31% | -27% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Musti MUSTI.HE | Finland | $558M | -9% | -8% | 1% | 11.4× | 40.3% | +12.3% |
| ZJAMP 002758.SZ | China | $585M | -18% | +23% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Matas A/S MATAS.CO | Denmark | $542M | -19% | +4% | 6% | 8.6× | -1.0% | +16.1% |
| IDOM 7599.T | Japan | $601M | -28% | +17% | 3% | 8.5× | -6.7% | +8.1% |
| Sa Sa International 0178.HK | Hong Kong | $536M | +47% | +11% | 5% | 12.7× | 3.1% | +7.6% |
| Pan German Universal Motors 2247.TW | Taiwan | $532M | +2% | -22% | 3% | 8.4× | -8.1% | +5.4% |
| Sunny Loan Top 600830.SS | China | $531M | -21% | +11% | 35% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cortina C41.SI | Singapore | $519M | +6% | +9% | 10% | n/a | -16.5% | +17.5% |
| ValueMax T6I.SI | Singapore | $631M | -21% | +32% | 20% | 6.7× | n/a | n/a |
| V-Mart Retail VMART.NS | India | $636M | +14% | +18% | 6% | 38.9× | 36.5% | +28.6% |
| Qingdao Citymedia 600229.SS | China | $636M | +2% | -12% | -22% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kid KID.OL | Norway | $640M | +23% | +5% | 11% | 17.7× | 5.0% | +5.7% |
| Honest HNST | United States | $501M | +41% | -12% | -2% | 75.7× | 3.8% | +4.3% |
| MoneyMax Financial Services 5WJ.SI | Singapore | $499M | -56% | +39% | 26% | 6.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuxi Commercial Mansion Grand Orient 600327.SS | China | $652M | +24% | -28% | 1% | 12.9× | 13.2% | -16.3% |
| BYBON 300736.SZ | China | $495M | -4% | -36% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Temple & Webster TPW.AX | Australia | $494M | +23% | +11% | 1% | 44.3× | 48.2% | +15.3% |
| Betterware de Mexico, S.A.P.I. de C.V BWMX | United States | $655M | -1% | +28% | 17% | 6.3× | -9.2% | +17.0% |
| Zhongsheng Hldg 0881.HK | Hong Kong | $656M | -70% | -5% | 0% | 7.6× | 48.7% | +1.4% |