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Warpaint London PLC is a household & personal products business based in the UK. Warpaint London shares (W7L.LSE) are listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and all prices are listed in pence sterling. Its last market close was 72p – an increase of 8.27% over the previous week. Warpaint London employs 111 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around £43.9 million.
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- Can I buy shares in Warpaint London?
- Has coronavirus impacted Warpaint London shares?
- Warpaint London shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Warpaint London stock a buy or sell?
- Warpaint London performance over time
- Are Warpaint London shares over-valued?
- Warpaint London's financials
- How volatile are Warpaint London shares?
- Does Warpaint London pay a dividend?
- Other common questions
How has Coronavirus impacted Warpaint London's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Warpaint London's share price has had significant negative movement.
Its last market close was 72p, which is 25.16% down on its pre-crash value of 96.2p and 99.78% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as 36.04p.
If you had bought £1,000 worth of Warpaint London shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth £488.67 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 £913.88.
Warpaint London share price
Use our graph to track the performance of W7L stocks over time.Warpaint London shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-12-27.
| Latest market close | 72p |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | 33.5694p - 91.0033p |
| 50-day moving average | 71.5441p |
| 200-day moving average | 69.0768p |
| Wall St. target price | 250p |
| PE ratio | 268.3333 |
| Dividend yield | 0.06p (6.96%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 0.3p |
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Is it a good time to buy Warpaint London stock?
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Warpaint London price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of 73p
| 1 month (2020-12-23) | -9.32% |
|---|
Is Warpaint London under- or over-valued?
Valuing Warpaint London stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Warpaint London's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Warpaint London's P/E ratio
Warpaint London's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 268x. In other words, Warpaint London shares trade at around 268x 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.
Warpaint London's EBITDA
Warpaint London's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £3.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Warpaint London's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Warpaint London financials
| Revenue TTM | £43.9 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 1.65% |
| Gross profit TTM | £16.4 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 0.85% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0.64% |
| Profit margin | 0.56% |
| Book value | 0.506p |
| Market capitalisation | £61.8 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Warpaint London share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 468.75% of net profits
Recently Warpaint London has paid out, on average, around 468.75% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 6.96% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Warpaint London shareholders could enjoy a 6.96% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Warpaint London's case, that would currently equate to about 0.06p per share.
Warpaint London'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 5 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Warpaint London share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Warpaint London's shares have ranged in value from as little as 33.5694p up to 91.0033p. 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 Warpaint London's is 1.6072. This would suggest that Warpaint London's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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Warpaint London overview
Warpaint London PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides color cosmetics. It operates through two segments, Branded and Close-Out. The company offers eye, face make-up, lip, and nail products; gift products; accessories and sets; brushes; and others. It also provides supply chain management services; and operates as a wholesaler. The company provides its products under the W7, Technic, Man'stuff, Body Collection, Vintage, Very Vegan, and Chit Chat brand names. Warpaint London PLC sells its products to retailers, distributors, and retail chains, as well as through online. The company operates in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Spain, Denmark, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and internationally; and sells its products online. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Iver, the United Kingdom.
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