Employees: 811
Size Nick Scali (NCK.AX) is an Australia Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $842M, the 200th largest of 316 Australia companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at A$14.20 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 0.8%, against +1.6% for the median peer and +4.1% for the Australia market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is 23.4% (peer median 4.3%).
Valuation It trades at 9.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.1× (4th cheapest of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is +1 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 5.1 points above its cost of capital (11.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | A$517M | A$517M | A$495M | A$468M | A$508M |
| Revenue growth | — | +4% | +6% | -8% | — |
| Gross profit | A$194M | A$194M | A$174M | A$189M | A$208M |
| EBITDA | A$177M | A$177M | A$155M | A$173M | A$195M |
| Net income | A$75.7M | A$75.7M | A$57.7M | A$80.6M | A$101M |
| Free cash flow | A$129M | A$129M | A$97.7M | A$98.8M | A$122M |
| Capital expenditure | A$23.0M | A$23.0M | A$14.6M | A$28.5M | A$12.9M |
| Total debt | n/a | A$350M | A$316M | A$320M | A$318M |
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| Measure | NCK.AX | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +0.7% | +2.2% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +0.8% | +1.6% | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -45.5% | -22.1% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.3% | +5.0% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 23.4% | 4.3% | highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 9.0× | 13.1× | 4th cheapest of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 7.5% | 4.8% | 7th most demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.7% | +6.3% | 9th highest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +0.7 pp | -1.6 pp | 7th most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.1 pp | -0.0 pp | 7th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.2× | 7.1× | 6th most expensive of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.4× | 1.9× | 6th least indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Scali NCK.AX | Australia | $842M | +1% | +4% | 23% | 9.0× | 7.5% | +6.7% |
| Synsam SYNSAM.ST | Sweden | $868M | +13% | +9% | 10% | 15.0× | -4.4% | +10.2% |
| 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 |
| Rayhoo Motor Dies 002997.SZ | China | $769M | -18% | +9% | 11% | 10.3× | -2.8% | +28.3% |
| CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA CWC.DE | Germany | $926M | +11% | +4% | 11% | 10.1× | -2.3% | +3.5% |
| Halfords HFD.L | United Kingdom | $744M | +65% | +5% | 3% | 12.5× | 4.7% | +6.9% |
| Douglas DOU.DE | Germany | $976M | -7% | +1% | 4% | 6.7× | -1.1% | +7.6% |
| 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% |
| Pet Valu PET.TO | Canada | $1.03B | +6% | +6% | 16% | 13.0× | -3.5% | +12.6% |
| 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 |
| FIYTA Precision Technology 000026.SZ | China | $1.05B | +1% | +2% | n/a | 52.4× | 5.3% | -3.8% |
| 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% |
| Apotea APOTEA.ST | Sweden | $1.11B | +42% | +9% | 4% | 37.2× | 7.9% | +9.4% |
| 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% |