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Employees: 7,257
Size Vertu Motors (VTU.L) is a United Kingdom Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $362M, the 335th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £89.10 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 36.0%, against +5.1% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is 0.9% (peer median 3.1%).
Valuation It trades at 13.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.9× (7th cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.0 points below its cost of capital (7.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 May 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £4.92B | £4.83B | £4.76B | £4.69B | £4.01B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +2% | +17% | — |
| Gross profit | £505M | £497M | £494M | £480M | £417M |
| EBITDA | £85.5M | £74.6M | £80.1M | £81.6M | £72.2M |
| Net income | £18.2M | £14.6M | £18.1M | £25.7M | £25.5M |
| Free cash flow | £61.2M | £40.8M | £39.8M | £57.3M | £59.6M |
| Capital expenditure | £16.2M | £20.1M | £27.0M | £26.9M | £21.4M |
| Total debt | n/a | £232M | £233M | £208M | £238M |
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| Measure | VTU.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +5.8% | -0.9% | 4th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +36.0% | +5.1% | 3rd highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -4.1% | -24.5% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.9% | +5.0% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 3.1% | 5th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 13.2× | 11.9× | 7th cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.0% | -0.8% | 5th least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +13.7% | +3.6% | 4th highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -17.6 pp | -0.0 pp | 3rd least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.0 pp | -2.1 pp | 10th highest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.8× | 2.4× | 6th least indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertu Motors VTU.L | United Kingdom | $362M | +36% | +3% | 1% | 13.2× | -4.0% | +13.7% |
| Mie Kotsu 3232.T | Japan | $364M | +9% | +10% | 9% | 9.5× | n/a | n/a |
| VT Holdings Co., Ltd. 7593.T | Japan | $365M | +1% | +14% | 3% | 7.4× | -4.6% | +14.3% |
| Build-A-Bear Workshop BBW | United States | $366M | -23% | -1% | 12% | 9.0× | -4.1% | +15.7% |
| Daikokuya 6993.T | Japan | $344M | -32% | +26% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Monro MNRO | United States | $343M | -38% | -4% | 2% | n/a | 19.4% | +0.6% |
| Orell Fussli OFN.SW | Switzerland | $338M | -17% | +3% | 9% | 14.4× | -10.0% | +4.5% |
| G-7 7508.T | Japan | $389M | +8% | +8% | 3% | 10.2× | -6.9% | +7.3% |
| Card Factory CARD.L | United Kingdom | $389M | +35% | +7% | 11% | 7.0× | -1.6% | +15.4% |
| Haverty Furniture Companies HVT | United States | $391M | +13% | +6% | 4% | 14.0× | 9.8% | +0.3% |
| MCLON Jewellery 300945.SZ | China | $395M | -35% | -19% | 6% | 18.6× | n/a | n/a |
| ZXZN Qi-House 8395.HK | Hong Kong | $408M | +169% | +41% | -7% | n/a | 57.6% | +3.0% |
| Beijing Bashi Media 600386.SS | China | $415M | -17% | -27% | 1% | n/a | -2.9% | -2.9% |
| Bohus BOHUS.OL | Norway | $426M | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tokmanni TOKMAN.HE | Finland | $431M | +5% | +4% | 3% | 10.6× | 4.7% | +10.0% |
| Barnes & Noble Education BNED | United States | $436M | +20% | +5% | 3% | 13.2× | 7.6% | +3.6% |
| Sichuan Haowu Electromechanical 000757.SZ | China | $298M | -22% | -33% | 2% | n/a | -0.8% | -7.3% |
| BHG BHG.ST | Sweden | $450M | +8% | +7% | 3% | 17.2× | 7.6% | +3.4% |
| Star Plus Legend 6683.HK | Hong Kong | $460M | -30% | -48% | -52% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| D. P. Abhushan DPABHUSHAN.NS | India | $468M | +79% | +31% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| AutoCanada ACQ.TO | Canada | $468M | +26% | 0% | 2% | 13.9× | n/a | n/a |