Greggs plc (GRG) is a leading grocery stores business based in the UK. It opened the day at 2772p after a previous close of 2706p. During the day the price has varied from a low of 2686p to a high of 2772p. The latest price was 2713p (25 minute delay). Greggs is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 21,538 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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Since the stock market crash that started in February 2020, Greggs's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was 2978p, which is 18.07% up on its pre-crash value of 2440p and 133.29% up on the lowest point reached during the March 2020 crash when the shares fell as low as 1276.5p.
If you had bought £1,000 worth of Greggs shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth £572.65 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 £1,311.81.
| Open | 2772p |
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| High | 2772p |
| Low | 2686p |
| Close | 2713p |
| Previous close | 2706p |
| Change | 7p |
| Change % | 0.2587% |
| Volume | 164,212 |
| 52-week range | 1112.9447p - 3131.8446p |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | 2965p |
| 200-day moving average | 2565.2097p |
| Wall St. target price | 1340p |
| PE ratio | 35.622 |
| Dividend yield | 15p (0.51%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 83.6p |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of 2713p
| 1 week (2021-09-09) | -9.05% |
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| 1 month (2021-08-19) | -8.75% |
| 3 months (2021-06-18) | 7.32% |
| 6 months (2021-03-19) | 31.70% |
| 1 year (2020-09-18) | 124.03% |
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| 2 years (2019-09-19) | 34.71% |
| 3 years (2018-09-19) | 153.08% |
| 5 years (2016-09-19) | 161.12% |
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.
Greggs's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 36x. In other words, Greggs shares trade at around 36x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the FTSE 250 at the end of September 2019 (19.71). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Greggs's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £170.9 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Greggs's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | £1.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 10.85% |
| Gross profit TTM | £511.7 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 8.85% |
| Return on equity TTM | 25.46% |
| Profit margin | 8.06% |
| Book value | 3.803p |
| Market capitalisation | £3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend yield: 0.51% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 1.01% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 18.07% of net profits
Greggs has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 0.51% of its share value annually.
Greggs has paid out, on average, around 18.07% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.01% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 1.01% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Greggs's case, that would currently equate to about 15p per share.
While Greggs's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that the company is investing more in its future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 9 September 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Greggs's shares were split on a 10:1 basis on 18 May 2009. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Greggs shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 90% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Greggs shares which in turn could have impacted Greggs's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Greggs's shares have ranged in value from as little as 1112.9447p up to 3131.8446p. 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 Greggs's is 1.1072. This would suggest that Greggs'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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