Royal Mail plc (RMG) is a leading integrated freight and logistics business based in the UK. It opened the day at 415.6p after a previous close of 414.8p. During the day the price has varied from a low of 414.9p to a high of 420.6152p. The latest price was 420p (25 minute delay). Royal Mail is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 177,047 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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Since the stock market crash that started in February 2020, Royal Mail's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was 414.8p, which is 56.99% up on its pre-crash value of 178.4p and 248.99% up on the lowest point reached during the March 2020 crash when the shares fell as low as 118.856p.
If you had bought £1,000 worth of Royal Mail shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth £745.05 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 £2,134.31.
| Open | 415.6p |
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| High | 420.6152p |
| Low | 414.9p |
| Close | 420p |
| Previous close | 414.8p |
| Change | 5.2p |
| Change % | 1.2536% |
| Volume | 1,718,016 |
| 52-week range | 224.1992p - 611.6834p |
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| 50-day moving average | 460.2195p |
| 200-day moving average | 515.9514p |
| Wall St. target price | 647.5p |
| PE ratio | 6.8269 |
| Dividend yield | 10p (2.4%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 61.8p |
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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.
Royal Mail's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 7x. In other words, Royal Mail shares trade at around 7x 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.
However, Royal Mail's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the integrated freight & logistics industry or those of similar companies.
Royal Mail's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping £1.2 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Royal Mail's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.
| Revenue TTM | £12.6 billion |
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| Operating margin TTM | 7.52% |
| Gross profit TTM | £5.3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 5.65% |
| Return on equity TTM | 11.89% |
| Profit margin | 4.91% |
| Book value | 4.808p |
| Market capitalisation | £4.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend yield: 2.4% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 4.8% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 16.39% of net profits
Royal Mail has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 2.40% of its share value annually.
Royal Mail has paid out, on average, around 16.39% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.8% 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 4.8% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Royal Mail's case, that would currently equate to about 10p per share.
While Royal Mail'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 29 July 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Royal Mail's dividend yield is perhaps best considered in relation to those of similar companies.
| Dividend | Type | Ex-dividend date | Payment date |
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| £0.1 | Final | 29/07/2021 | 06/09/2021 |
| £0.075 | Interim | 05/12/2019 | 15/01/2020 |
| £0.17 | Final | 25/07/2019 | 04/09/2019 |
| £0.08 | Interim | 06/12/2018 | 16/01/2019 |
| £0.163 | Final | 26/07/2018 | 31/08/2018 |
| £0.077 | Interim | 07/12/2017 | 10/01/2018 |
| £0.156 | Final | 29/06/2017 | 28/07/2017 |
| £0.074 | Interim | 08/12/2016 | 11/01/2017 |
| £0.151 | Final | 30/06/2016 | 29/07/2016 |
| £0.07 | Interim | 03/12/2015 | 13/01/2016 |
| £0.143 | Final | 02/07/2015 | 31/07/2015 |
| £0.067 | Interim | 27/11/2014 | 14/01/2015 |
Over the last 12 months, Royal Mail's shares have ranged in value from as little as 224.1992p up to 611.6834p. 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 Royal Mail's is 1.704. This would suggest that Royal Mail's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
To put Royal Mail's beta into context you can compare it against those of similar companies.
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