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Shaftesbury Capital PLCSHC.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

UK REIT owning central London West End retail, dining and leisure real estate, including Covent Garden and Carnaby.

≈ A UK REIT akin to a Simon Property/Vornado for prime London retailMomentum strong 66
Mkt cap
$3.91B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$5.80M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
30.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 11.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
118 days
4 Mar 2027
Close · GBP£148.40
1D+0.3%
1W+1.6%
1M+10.7%
3M+2.1%
6M+15.9%
YTD+2.3%
1Y+3.2%
ATR %2.2%
52w lowhigh4.3% off high

What Shaftesbury Capital does

UK REIT owning central London West End retail, dining and leisure real estate, including Covent Garden and Carnaby.

Collects rent from shops, restaurants and flats clustered in a few West End neighbourhoods, with leases that often include a turnover element and are reset at reviews. The group was created in 2023 by the merger of Capco and Shaftesbury.

In one line: A UK REIT akin to a Simon Property/Vornado for prime London retail.

Products and services

  • Retail property leasing (West End)
  • Restaurant/leisure property leasing
  • Office space (mixed-use)

Customers

  • Retail & restaurant tenants
  • London visitors/shoppers (footfall driver)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real Estate
  • Retail/leisure REIT
  • Prime central London mixed-use property

What could go right

  • London tourism/footfall recovery
  • Prime retail rental growth

What could go wrong

  • Interest rate sensitivity
  • London retail demand cyclicality

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base, brand). Irreplaceable, concentrated prime West End estate built up over decades.

Headquarters: London, UK · Founded: 1986 · Employees: 104

Named competitors

Shaftesbury Capital at a glance

Size Shaftesbury Capital (SHC.L) is a United Kingdom Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $3.91B, the 109th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £148.40 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.9%, against -3.8% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.5%); the operating margin is 52.7% (peer median 42.3%).

Valuation It trades at 30.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.4× (6th most expensive of 19).

Next results Next results expected around 4 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SHC.L 115Peer median 97
Six months, rebased to 100: Shaftesbury Capital against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Shaftesbury Capital financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£244M£235M£223M£198M£87.6M
Revenue growth—+5%+13%+126%—
Gross profit£186M£177M£167M£146M£70.9M
EBITDA£130M£118M£116M£133M-£177M
Net income£382M£340M£252M£750M-£212M
Free cash flow£57.2M£116M£50.6M-£15.5M-£4.10M
Capital expenditure-£100,000£0£2.30M£3.40M£11.1M
Total debtn/a£1.21B£1.47B£1.63B£744M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Shaftesbury Capital 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

-10%0%+10%-5%0%+5%+10%ME8USLGGRT-UN32813462IRTKRCCOVHCOLCURBFCR-UNNHIHIW8972REI-UNCAR-UNDXSSKTJ69USHC.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Shaftesbury Capital is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%25×50×75×100×ME8UGRT-UN32813462IRTKRCCOVHCURBFCR-UNNHI3283HIW8972REI-UNDXSSKTJ69USHC.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Shaftesbury Capital is the large dot.

Shaftesbury Capital competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SHC.L vs LAND.L vs BLND.L vs GPE.L)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Shaftesbury Capital SHC.L$3.91B+16%+9%53%30.1×n/a
Land Securities LAND.L$7.51B+20%+7%48%13.2×n/a
British Land BLND.L$5.94B+17%+15%52%14.1×n/a
Great Portland Estates GPE.L$1.90B+17%+24%21%34.7×n/a
Derwent London DLN.L$2.87B+15%+45%40%20.0×n/a

How Shaftesbury Capital 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.

Shaftesbury Capital against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSHC.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+10.7%+3.6%2nd highest of 21
6-month return+15.9%-3.8%2nd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-4.3%-15.6%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+9.1%+3.5%6th highest of 21
Operating margin52.7%42.3%7th highest of 21
Forward P/E30.1×19.4×6th most expensive of 19

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
Shaftesbury Capital SHC.LUnited Kingdom$3.91B+16%+9%53%30.1×n/an/a
Mapletree Industrial Trust ME8U.SISingapore$3.89B-10%-5%65%14.6×n/an/a
SL Green Realty SLGUnited States$3.88B+11%+9%12%n/an/an/a
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust GRT-UN.TOCanada$3.85B-6%+9%73%14.8×n/an/a
Glp J-reit 3281.TJapan$4.00B-2%-6%45%22.5×n/an/a
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund 3462.TJapan$3.66B-23%-18%36%20.5×n/an/a
Independence Realty Trust IRTUnited States$3.63B-9%+3%17%65.8×n/an/a
Kilroy Realty KRCUnited States$4.21B+3%-4%23%96.4×n/an/a
Covivio Hotels SCA COVH.PAFrance$3.61B-9%+5%41%12.1×n/an/a
Colonial SFL SOCIMI COL.MCSpain$3.58B-2%+4%76%14.9×n/an/a
Curbline Properties CURBUnited States$3.57B+5%+51%18%69.2×n/an/a
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust FCR-UN.TOCanada$3.55B0%+3%49%18.3×n/an/a
National Health Investors NHIUnited States$3.50B-5%+24%45%20.6×n/an/a
Nippon Prologis REIT 3283.TJapan$4.37B-8%+9%44%23.2×n/an/a
Highwoods Properties HIWUnited States$3.47B+24%+6%26%44.5×n/an/a
KDX Realty Investment 8972.TJapan$3.47B-16%+3%39%16.3×n/an/a
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust REI-UN.TOCanada$4.41B-3%-13%53%12.8×n/an/a
Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust CAR-UN.TOCanada$3.45B-14%-7%61%n/an/an/a
Dexus DXS.AXAustralia$4.44B0%-28%31%10.9×n/an/a
Tanger SKTUnited States$4.45B+6%+11%30%34.0×n/an/a
Frasers Centrepoint Trust J69U.SISingapore$3.43B-5%+16%62%17.1×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Shaftesbury Capital's main competitors?
Named competitors: Land Securities Group (LAND.L), British Land Company (BLND.L), Great Portland Estates (GPE.L), Derwent London (DLN.L). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Mapletree Industrial Trust (ME8U.SI), SL Green Realty (SLG), Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRT-UN.TO), Glp J-reit (3281.T), Nomura Real Estate Master Fund (3462.T), Independence Realty Trust (IRT).
Is Shaftesbury Capital expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 30.1× against a peer median of 19.4×, 6th most expensive of 19 in its peer set.
How has Shaftesbury Capital stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +15.9% against -3.8% for the median peer; over one year +3.2%.

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.