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Employees: 7,477
Size Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C (YNGA.L) is a United Kingdom Consumer Staples company (Food Distributors) with a market value of $822M, the 241st largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £1,132 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 51.5%, against -13.4% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.3%); the operating margin is 14.0% (peer median 1.9%).
Valuation It trades at 15.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.4× (4th most expensive of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 9% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +42%, so the hurdle is -33 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.4 points below its cost of capital (10.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 19 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £508M | £508M | £486M | £389M | £369M |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | +25% | +5% | — |
| Gross profit | £71.3M | £177M | £172M | £134M | £128M |
| EBITDA | £115M | £115M | £114M | £92.2M | £85.5M |
| Net income | £28.0M | £28.0M | £9.80M | £11.1M | £29.7M |
| Free cash flow | £53.2M | £53.2M | £32.2M | £17.4M | £35.8M |
| Capital expenditure | £34.4M | £34.4M | £47.0M | £48.5M | £40.2M |
| Total debt | n/a | £315M | £344M | £376M | £176M |
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| Measure | YNGA.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +15.4% | +1.1% | 2nd highest of 20 |
| 6-month return | +51.5% | -13.4% | highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -7.2% | -20.6% | 2nd highest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.6% | +2.3% | 8th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 14.0% | 1.9% | highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 15.4× | 12.4× | 4th most expensive of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 9.0% | 6.5% | 5th most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +42.0% | +2.9% | highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -33.0 pp | +3.5 pp | least demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -5.4 pp | -1.3 pp | 8th lowest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.0× | 8.7× | 2nd cheapest of 6 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7× | 3.2× | 8th least indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C YNGA.L | United Kingdom | $822M | +52% | +5% | 14% | 15.4× | 9.0% | +42.0% |
| Agencia Comercial Spirits AGCC | United States | $804M | -24% | +145% | 13% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangxi Huangshanghuang Group Food 002695.SZ | China | $880M | -14% | +17% | 7% | 39.9× | 14.7% | -7.1% |
| Krispy Kreme DNUT | United States | $723M | +16% | -5% | 0% | 50.0× | 23.2% | +6.3% |
| Shanghai Bright Meat 600073.SS | China | $702M | -15% | +3% | -3% | 8.5× | 37.0% | -1.5% |
| COFCO Joycome Foods 1610.HK | Hong Kong | $669M | -18% | -8% | -10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| S Foods 2292.T | Japan | $537M | -6% | +8% | 2% | 11.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Dole DOLE | United States | $1.31B | -7% | +8% | 2% | 10.6× | 4.1% | +16.1% |
| Atria ATRAV.HE | Finland | $509M | +12% | +6% | 4% | 9.1× | -5.2% | +3.8% |
| Kato Sangyo 9869.T | Japan | $1.35B | +10% | +2% | 1% | n/a | -9.5% | +1.9% |
| Guangdong Guanghong 000529.SZ | China | $404M | -19% | -12% | -12% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| MARR MARR.MI | Italy | $389M | -38% | +3% | 2% | 12.6× | n/a | n/a |
| ShandongLongda Meishi 002726.SZ | China | $382M | -34% | -25% | -9% | 9.4× | 23.5% | -16.1% |
| Shandong Delisi Food 002330.SZ | China | $362M | -20% | -10% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tarczynski TAR.WA | Poland | $331M | -4% | +6% | 7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pinlive Foods 300892.SZ | China | $316M | -26% | -3% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Maple Leaf Foods MFI.TO | Canada | $2.39B | -13% | -17% | 8% | 16.1× | 2.4% | -1.9% |
| Metcash MTS.AX | Australia | $2.55B | +12% | 0% | 3% | 14.1× | 0.9% | +3.9% |
| United Natural Foods UNFI | United States | $2.73B | -13% | -2% | 1% | 13.6× | 6.5% | +2.9% |
| Premium Brands PBH.TO | Canada | $2.86B | -13% | +20% | 5% | 12.2× | 7.4% | +12.9% |