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Companies/Consumer Discretionary/HWDN
HWDN—56

Howden Joinery Group PLC

Construction Supplies & FixturesVerified
Score breakdown
Profitability+35Sentiment+15Risk penalty-3Missing signals-3
Quality breakdown
Key fields100Profile38Conclusion83AI synthesis40Observations23

Howden Joinery Group PLC (HWDN.L) is currently classified as Construction Supplies & Fixtures within Construction Supplies & Fixtures (Consumer Cyclicals). Classification confidence: 0.92 (verified market data). Capital structure on the latest snapshot: total assets 2,354,100,000 GBP, total equity 1,190,900,000, short-term debt 0, long-term debt 704,900,000. Net cash position is approximately -704,900,000 GBP. Profitability profile: revenue 2,418,000,000, gross profit 1,515,400,000, operating income 355,300,000, net income 267,700,000. Return on equity ~22.5%. Return on assets ~11.4%. Operating-cash-flow to net-income ratio is 1.81. Risk profile from automated assessment: liquidity risk medium, dilution risk low. Flags: Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt..

Profile
CompanyHowden Joinery Group PLC
TickerHWDN.L
SectorConsumer Cyclicals
BusinessCyclical Consumer Products
Industry groupCyclical Consumer Products
IndustryConstruction Supplies & Fixtures
AI analysis

Business. Howden Joinery Group PLC is classified under Consumer Cyclicals / Construction Supplies & Fixtures and appears profitable on the latest normalized snapshot.

Classification. Classification confidence is 0.92 based on verified market data; matched terms: Construction Supplies & Fixtures, Cyclical Consumer Products, Consumer Cyclicals.

Howden Joinery Group PLC (HWDN.L) is currently classified as Construction Supplies & Fixtures within Construction Supplies & Fixtures (Consumer Cyclicals). Classification confidence: 0.92 (verified market data). Capital structure on the latest snapshot: total assets 2,354,100,000 GBP, total equity 1,190,900,000, short-term debt 0, long-term debt 704,900,000. Net cash position is approximately -704,900,000 GBP. Profitability profile: revenue 2,418,000,000, gross profit 1,515,400,000, operating income 355,300,000, net income 267,700,000. Return on equity ~22.5%. Return on assets ~11.4%. Operating-cash-flow to net-income ratio is 1.81. Risk profile from automated assessment: liquidity risk medium, dilution risk low. Flags: Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt..
Key takeaways
  • Return on equity is about 22.5%.
  • Debt to equity is about 0.59x.
  • Analyst estimate: Mean price target = 1,011.53 GBP
  • Analyst estimate: Median price target = 970.00 GBP
Financial snapshot
PeriodHA-latest
CurrencyGBP
Revenue$2.42B
Gross profit$1.52B
Operating income$355.3M
Net income$267.7M
R&D—
SG&A—
D&A—
SBC—
Operating cash flow$485.6M
CapEx-$156.5M
Free cash flow$162.4M
Total assets$2.35B
Total liabilities$1.16B
Total equity$1.19B
Cash & equivalents—
Long-term debt$704.9M
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Valuation
Market price—
Market cap—
Enterprise value—
P/E—
Reported non-GAAP P/E—
EV/Revenue—
EV/Op income—
EV/OCF—
P/B—
P/Tangible book—
Tangible book$1.19B
Net cash-$704.9M
Current ratio2.1
Debt/Equity0.6
ROA11.4%
ROE22.5%
Cash conversion1.8%
CapEx/Revenue-6.5%
SBC/Revenue—
Asset intensity—
Dilution ratio0.0%
Risk assessment
Dilution riskLow
Liquidity riskMedium
  • Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt.
Industry benchmarks
Activity: Construction Supplies & Fixtures · cohort 3 companies
MetricHWDNActivity
Op margin14.7%3.2% medp25 1.3% · p75 7.6%top quartile
Net margin11.1%-1.0% medp25 -4.4% · p75 5.3%top quartile
Gross margin62.7%28.1% medp25 25.5% · p75 37.0%top quartile
R&D / revenue—1.0% medp25 0.7% · p75 1.2%
CapEx / revenue-6.5%3.8% medp25 1.9% · p75 5.3%bottom quartile
Debt / equity59.0%31.5% medp25 26.5% · p75 76.6%above median
Observations
IR observations
Mean price target1,011.53 GBP
Median price target970.00 GBP
High price target1,210.00 GBP
Low price target900.00 GBP
Mean recommendation2.00 (1=strong buy, 5=strong sell)
Strong-buy count4.00
Buy count8.00
Hold count4.00
Sell count0.00
Strong-sell count0.00
Mean EPS estimate0.51 GBP
Last actual EPS0.49 GBP
Source data
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Company fundamentalsperiod FQ-7 · history via verified-market-data
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Source: analysis-pipeline (hybrid)Generated: 2026-05-06 18:57 UTCJob: c22ab45f