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Employees: 7,414
Size Wickes (WIX.L) is a United Kingdom Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $717M, the 255th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £242.50 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 35.8%, against -13.8% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.5%); the operating margin is 4.3% (peer median 4.5%).
Valuation It trades at 13.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.4× (6th most expensive of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is -2 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.0 points below its cost of capital (8.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £1.65B | £1.64B | £1.54B | £1.55B | £1.56B |
| Revenue growth | — | +6% | -1% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | £614M | £607M | £564M | £566M | £566M |
| EBITDA | £176M | £181M | £171M | £178M | £206M |
| Net income | £36.9M | £38.5M | £18.1M | £29.8M | £31.9M |
| Free cash flow | £167M | £177M | £143M | £153M | £96.5M |
| Capital expenditure | £27.8M | £25.2M | £26.1M | £38.2M | £40.4M |
| Total debt | n/a | £720M | £705M | £676M | £691M |
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| Measure | WIX.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +21.9% | -1.2% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +35.8% | -13.8% | 2nd highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -4.9% | -35.5% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.2% | +8.5% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 4.5% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 13.3× | 11.4× | 6th most expensive of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 2.2% | 5.0% | 6th least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.0% | +6.9% | 5th lowest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -1.8 pp | -0.7 pp | 7th least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.0 pp | +0.8 pp | 10th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.2× | 8.2× | 4th cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.1× | 1.9× | 4th most indebted of 13 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickes WIX.L | United Kingdom | $717M | +36% | +4% | 4% | 13.3× | 2.2% | +4.0% |
| Halfords HFD.L | United Kingdom | $744M | +65% | +5% | 3% | 12.5× | 4.7% | +6.9% |
| Vats Liquor Chain Store Management Joint Stock 300755.SZ | China | $689M | -19% | -22% | 0% | n/a | 19.4% | +3.6% |
| 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 |
| Rayhoo Motor Dies 002997.SZ | China | $769M | -18% | +9% | 11% | 10.3× | -2.8% | +28.3% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| ValueMax T6I.SI | Singapore | $631M | -21% | +32% | 20% | 6.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Nick Scali NCK.AX | Australia | $842M | +1% | +4% | 23% | 9.0× | 7.5% | +6.7% |
| IDOM 7599.T | Japan | $601M | -28% | +17% | 3% | 8.5× | -6.7% | +8.1% |
| Synsam SYNSAM.ST | Sweden | $868M | +13% | +9% | 10% | 15.0× | -4.4% | +10.2% |
| ZJAMP 002758.SZ | China | $585M | -18% | +23% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Augmont Enterprises AUGMONT.NS | India | $892M | n/a | +42% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| EVgo EVGO | United States | $576M | -7% | +31% | -27% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ME Group International MEGP.L | United Kingdom | $568M | -17% | +1% | 25% | 8.3× | -11.6% | +11.1% |
| P N Gadgil Jewellers PNGJL.NS | India | $919M | -17% | +51% | 6% | 15.9× | n/a | n/a |