Funding Circle Holdings plc (FCH) is a leading credit services business based in the UK. In the week up to 11 January Funding Circle shares plunged 15.37% to a closing position of 98p. However, over the last 12 months, Funding Circle's share price has risen by an impressive 53.59% from 91.8p. Funding Circle is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 931 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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Since the stock market crash that started in February 2020, Funding Circle's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was 102.8p, which is 21.55% up on its pre-crash value of 80.65p and 368.34% up on the lowest point reached during the March 2020 crash when the shares fell as low as 21.95p.
If you had bought £1,000 worth of Funding Circle shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth £684.49 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth £1,374.33.
| Open | 140.8957p |
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| High | 142.8p |
| Low | 139.75p |
| Close | 141p |
| Previous close | 141p |
| Change | 0p |
| Change % | 0% |
| Volume | 38,622 |
| 52-week range | 88p - 189.8p |
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| 50-day moving average | 124.504p |
| 200-day moving average | 144.671p |
| Wall St. target price | 227.5p |
| PE ratio | 9.3919 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 11.1p |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value.
Funding Circle's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Funding Circle shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the FTSE 250 at the end of September 2019 (19.71). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Funding Circle's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £47.3 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Funding Circle's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | £227.3 million |
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| Operating margin TTM | 19.89% |
| Gross profit TTM | £18.4 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 3.03% |
| Return on equity TTM | 17.11% |
| Profit margin | 17.73% |
| Book value | 0.725p |
| Market capitalisation | £371.8 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Funding Circle to pay a dividend over the next 12 months. However, you can browse other dividend-paying shares in our guide.
Over the last 12 months, Funding Circle's shares have ranged in value from as little as 88p up to 189.8p. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (LSE average) beta is 1, while Funding Circle's is 1.0927. This would suggest that Funding Circle's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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