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On The Beach Group PLCOTB.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Consumer Discretionary›Other Consumer Services
Momentum neutral 50
Mkt cap
$316M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
87%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$916,003
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 14.6%
Hurdle
-49 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
25 days
1 Dec 2026
Close · GBP£174.40
1D-0.8%
1W+0.6%
1M-0.2%
3M-9.6%
6M+25.6%
YTD-23.8%
1Y-16.8%
ATR %4.0%
52w lowhigh25.5% off high

What On The Beach does

Employees: 505

On The Beach at a glance

Size On The Beach (OTB.L) is a United Kingdom Consumer Discretionary company (Other Consumer Services) with a market value of $316M, the 356th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £174.40 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 25.6%, against -12.1% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 2.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.8%); the operating margin is 16.4% (peer median 14.2%).

Valuation It trades at 13.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.2× (6th cheapest of 13).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +29%, so the hurdle is -49 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Next results Next results expected around 1 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026OTB.L 122Peer median 87
Six months, rebased to 100: On The Beach against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

On The Beach financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-09-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£109M£121M£119M£112M£143M
Revenue growth—+2%+6%-22%—
Gross profitn/a£109M£105M£93.4M£82.1M
EBITDA£28.5M£43.3M£43.5M£30.3M£20.0M
Net income£3.40M£8.60M£13.0M£10.1M£1.60M
Free cash flown/a£43.4M£63.2M£63.9M£50.7M
Capital expenditure£10.5M£10.4M£10.3M£12.1M£12.4M
Total debtn/a£2.20M£2.80M£4.50M£3.90M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

On The Beach competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%-10%0%+10%471447186574003297266031369081274935510021598462688129273134969733300247000802MHRILOTB.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. On The Beach is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%10×20×30×4714471860313627492046200021598462688129273134969733MHRILOTB.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. On The Beach is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-25%0%+25%+50%+75%0%50%4714471865749726603136274920462027316007493496300247000802MHRILOTB.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. On The Beach is the large dot.

On The Beach competitors and peer comparison

How On The Beach 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.

On The Beach against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureOTB.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-0.2%-4.3%8th highest of 21
6-month return+25.6%-12.1%3rd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-25.5%-26.5%10th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-2.0%+5.8%6th lowest of 21
Operating margin16.4%14.2%10th highest of 21
Forward P/E13.6×16.2×6th cheapest of 13
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-20.0%-4.4%2nd least demanding of 18
Growth delivered (Del g)+29.2%+9.6%4th highest of 18
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-49.3 pp-15.2 pp4th least demanding of 18
EV / EBITDA2.0×7.9×cheapest of 13
Net debt / EBITDA-6.3×-1.9×3rd least indebted of 15

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
On The Beach OTB.LUnited Kingdom$316M+26%-2%16%13.6×-20.0%+29.2%
Riso Kyoiku 4714.TJapan$317M+52%+4%10%25.6×-6.1%+6.3%
Waseda Academy 4718.TJapan$314M+36%+8%12%16.2×-12.9%+8.1%
Convano 6574.TJapan$311M-13%+494%36%n/a7.6%+57.2%
Cross-Harbour (Holdings) 0032.HKHong Kong$308M-22%-5%31%n/an/an/a
KNT-CT 9726.TJapan$331M-2%+6%2%n/a-18.4%+27.6%
Jiangsu Tianmu Lake Tourism 603136.SSChina$335M-25%-12%17%33.7×-0.7%+6.3%
Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu 9081.TJapan$298M+19%+5%6%n/an/an/a
Jp Holdings Inc 2749.TJapan$337M-8%+4%16%11.5×-19.0%+5.3%
Global Tax Free 204620.KSSouth Korea$285M-8%+42%19%11.2×-16.6%+72.2%
Shih-her Technologies 3551.TWOTaiwan$283M-28%+20%19%n/a1.4%+7.7%
Wuhan Sante Cableways 002159.SZChina$356M-18%-3%37%16.1×-8.9%+9.6%
Power Wind Health Industry 8462.TWTaiwan$366M+2%+20%17%10.2×-4.4%+10.5%
Donglai Coating Technology (Shanghai) 688129.SSChina$370M-30%+7%13%21.8×n/an/a
Lion Travel Service 2731.TWTaiwan$382M-15%+5%5%7.5×-20.4%+35.6%
Tibet Tourism 600749.SSChina$384M-29%-7%-12%n/a49.8%+8.1%
Azoom 3496.TJapan$385M+21%+26%19%27.5×-1.0%+28.7%
Nagase Brothers 9733.TJapan$404M-5%+8%9%12.0×-8.3%+7.0%
Youngy Health 300247.SZChina$409M-21%+2%19%n/a5.7%+12.8%
Beijing Jingxi Culture and Tourism 000802.SZChina$409M-12%-60%-62%n/a10.6%-4.8%
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India MHRIL.NSIndia$422M-18%+7%6%16.7×30.5%+12.0%

Questions

Which companies are On The Beach's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Riso Kyoiku (4714.T), Waseda Academy (4718.T), Convano (6574.T), Cross-Harbour (Holdings) (0032.HK), KNT-CT (9726.T), Jiangsu Tianmu Lake Tourism (603136.SS), Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu (9081.T), Jp Holdings Inc (2749.T).
Is On The Beach expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.6× against a peer median of 16.2×, 6th cheapest of 13 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +29%, so the hurdle is -49 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has On The Beach stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +25.6% against -12.1% for the median peer; over one year -16.8%.

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.