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Greggs plc (GRG) is a leading grocery stores business based in the UK. Greggs is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 24,930 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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Greggs share price
Use our graph to track the performance of GRG stocks over time.Greggs shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-01-23.
| 52-week range | 1113p - 2419.3383p |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | 1816.0883p |
| 200-day moving average | 1520.3522p |
| Wall St. target price | 1340p |
| PE ratio | 527.1795 |
| Dividend yield | 0.45p (2.96%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 3.9p |
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Is it a good time to buy Greggs stock?
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Is Greggs under- or over-valued?
Valuing Greggs stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Greggs's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Greggs's P/E ratio
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 527x. In other words, Greggs shares trade at around 527x 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
Greggs's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £70.3 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Greggs's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Greggs financials
| Revenue TTM | £922.2 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 1.64% |
| Gross profit TTM | £755.7 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.2% |
| Return on equity TTM | 1.29% |
| Profit margin | 0.43% |
| Book value | 2.815p |
| Market capitalisation | £2.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Greggs share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 82500% of net profits
Recently Greggs has paid out, on average, around 82500% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.96% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Greggs shareholders could enjoy a 2.96% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Greggs's case, that would currently equate to about 0.45p per share.
Greggs's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 16 April 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Greggs's shares ever split?
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.
Greggs share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Greggs's shares have ranged in value from as little as 1113p up to 2419.3383p. 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 1.2104. 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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Greggs overview
Greggs plc operates as a bakery food-on-the-go retailer in the United Kingdom. It offers a range of fresh and frozen bakery products, sandwiches, and drinks. The company sells its products through its shops in travel, leisure, and work-centered catchments; and franchised shops operated by partners in travel and other convenience locations. It is also involved in the property holding, non-trading, and trustee businesses. As of December 28, 2019, the company operated 2,050 shops, which included 302 franchised shops. Greggs plc was founded in 1939 and is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, the United Kingdom.
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