WICKES GROUP PLC chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 6.12
Dividend & Yield0.12£ (9.55%)
Beta N/A
Market capitalization 333.89M
Operating cash flow 105.8M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

Wickes Group plc operates as a retailer of home repair, maintenance, and improvement products and services in the United Kingdom. It supports customers home improvements plans through Local Trade, do-it-for-me (DIFM), and do-it-yourself (DIY) prepositions. The company's products portfolio includes kitchens, bathrooms, garden maintenance and decorating areas, building supplies, tools, timber and sheet materials, doors, windows, flooring and tiles, painting, lofty conversions, driveways, joinery and landscaping, and glazing categories. It operates through 232 retail stores; wickes.co.uk website; and a TradePro mobile app for trade members. Wickes Group plc was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Watford, the United Kingdom.

Sector: Consumer Cyclical - Industry: Home Improvement Retail

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-29 2019-12-28 2020-12-26 2022-01-01
Change To Liabilities 76.2M -426.6M 46.7M -700k
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -41.3M -24.1M -154.3M 98.3M
Net Borrowings -75.2M -75.2M -75.8M -77.5M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -125.9M -75.2M -75.8M -82.8M
Change To Operating Activities -2.9M -2.9M -2.9M 1.8M
Issuance Of Stock
Net Income 14.9M 12.9M 26.3M 58.8M
Change In Cash 9.6M 9.2M -18.9M 116.9M
Effect Of Exchange Rate
Total Cash From Operating Activities 176.8M 108.5M 211.2M 101.4M
Depreciation 106.4M 102.6M 98.6M 97.2M
Change To Account Receivables -27.2M 412.1M 27.1M -7.4M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities
Change To Netincome 6.7M 6.7M -1.2M -3.6M
Capital Expenditures -39.3M -19.6M -17.2M -20.4M

Income Statement 2018-12-29 2019-12-28 2020-12-26 2022-01-01
Research Development
Income Before Tax 22.1M 22.7M 28.9M 65.4M
Net Income 14.9M 12.9M 26.3M 58.8M
Selling General Administrative 393.8M 405.5M 427.5M 452.2M
Gross Profit 469.7M 501.3M 509.1M 568.5M
Ebit 75.9M 95.8M 81.6M 116.3M
Operating Income 75.9M 95.8M 81.6M 116.3M
Interest Expense -34.5M -33.5M -32.1M -31.5M
Income Tax Expense 7.2M 9.8M 2.6M 6.6M
Total Revenue 1.2B 1.29B 1.35B 1.53B
Cost Of Revenue 729.9M 791.1M 837.8M 966.4M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -53.8M -73.1M -52.7M -50.9M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 14.9M 12.9M 26.3M 58.8M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 14.9M 12.9M 26.3M 58.8M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-29 2019-12-28 2020-12-26 2022-01-01
Total Liabilities 1.57B 1.11B 1.08B 996.1M
Total Stockholder Equity 263.7M 278.6M 129.8M 160.8M
Other Current Liabilities 512.9M 76.5M 64.2M 90.5M
Total Assets 1.84B 1.39B 1.21B 1.16B
Common Stock 25.2M 25.2M 25.2M 26M
Other Current Assets 700k
Retained Earnings 161.9M 176.8M 890.3M 921.3M
Treasury Stock -785.7M -785.7M -785.7M -786.5M
Cash 16.2M 25.4M 6.5M 123.4M
Total Current Liabilities 753.1M 328.8M 365.5M 334.2M
Other Stockholder Equity -785.7M -785.7M -785.7M -786.5M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 910.6M 844.8M 757.3M 709.6M
Total Current Assets 887.6M 502.8M 406.4M 396.3M
Net Tangible Assets 242.2M 256.3M 109.1M 139.9M
Net Receivables 718.6M 320.6M 258.1M 70.4M
Accounts Payable 126.4M 132M 150.1M 112.6M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to WICKES GROUP PLC:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Wood (David)Bought at price 1.40 per share.D2022-09-16120.98k
Solas Capital Management L L CD2022-09-06
Wood (David)Bought at price 2.08 per share.D2022-06-2458.52k
Wood (David)D2022-06-24252.36k
Wood (David)Sold at price 2.07 per share.D2022-06-2498.86k
Wirth (Julie)Bought at price 2.50 per share.D2022-06-095
Wood (David)Bought at price 2.50 per share.D2022-06-095
Wood (David)Bought at price 2.48 per share.D2022-04-0510.47k
Wood (David)Bought at price 2.37 per share.D2022-03-2555.41k
Pzena Investment Management, L.L.C.D2022-01-01
Jupiter Fund Management PlcD2022-01-01
Wirth (Julie)D2021-12-31
Clare (Mark Sydney)D2021-12-31
Rogers (Christopher)D2021-12-31
Wood (David)D2021-12-31
Wood (David)Bought at price 3.04 per share.D2021-11-111
Wirth (Julie)Bought at price 3.04 per share.D2021-11-111
Rogers (Christopher)Bought at price 3.05 per share.D2021-11-0320.54k
Rogers (Christopher)Bought at price 2.94 per share.D2021-11-021.46k
Jupiter Fund Management PlcD2021-09-16111.25k
Clare (Mark Sydney)Bought at price 3.48 per share.D2021-06-2440k
Pzena Investment Management, L.L.C.D2021-06-187.12M
Jupiter Fund Management PlcD2021-06-11
Rogers (Christopher)Bought at price 3.55 per share.D2021-05-1831.74k
Rogers (Christopher)Bought at price 3.53 per share.D2021-05-178.26k
Pzena Investment Management, L.L.C.D2021-04-29

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to WICKES GROUP PLC. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on WICKES GROUP PLC

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to WICKES GROUP PLC. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on WICKES GROUP PLC

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to WICKES GROUP PLC:

WICKES GROUP PLC automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of -2.15% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

-2.15 %

Latent gain

-5.0 £

Invested capital

233.0 £

Annualized return

-3.98 %
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Momentum strategy results on WICKES GROUP PLC

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to WICKES GROUP PLC. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on WICKES GROUP PLC

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on WICKES GROUP PLC:

WICKES GROUP PLC momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -8.65% of return on WICKES GROUP PLC. That represents -43.2£ of latent gain with 499.2£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give -3.55% of return on WICKES GROUP PLC. That represents -8.4£ of latent gain with 236.4£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-8.65 %

Latent gain

-43.2 £

Invested capital

499.2 £

Annualized return

-0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

-3.55 %

Latent gain

-8.4 £

Invested capital

236.4 £

Annualized return

-59.17 %

Momentum equity curve on WICKES GROUP PLC

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to WICKES GROUP PLC:

WICKES GROUP PLC momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by WICKES GROUP PLC are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on WICKES GROUP PLC

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on WICKES GROUP PLC since the beginning:

WICKES GROUP PLC

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on WICKES GROUP PLC

Buy the dip entry openings on WICKES GROUP PLC

WICKES GROUP PLC

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on WICKES GROUP PLC is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows WICKES GROUP PLC stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of WICKES GROUP PLC, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

0 %

Latent gain

0.0 £

Invested capital

0.0 £

Annualized return

-0.0 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to WICKES GROUP PLC

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to WICKES GROUP PLC:

WICKES GROUP PLC

Note: the dividends potentially given by WICKES GROUP PLC are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on WICKES GROUP PLC

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on WICKES GROUP PLC:

WICKES GROUP PLC

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on WICKES GROUP PLC

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to WICKES GROUP PLC.

Equity curve comparison on WICKES GROUP PLC

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

WICKES GROUP PLC investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on WICKES GROUP PLC

WICKES GROUP PLC investment comparison

Performance comparison on WICKES GROUP PLC

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment -2.15% -5.0£ 233.0£ -3.98%
Momentum 1 quarter -8.65% -43.2£ 499.2£ -28.83%
Momentum 2 quarters -3.55% -8.4£ 236.4£ -59.17%
Non-directional 0% 0.0£ 0.0£ -0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

-3.98 %

Momentum 1Q

-59.17 %

Momentum 2Q

-59.17 %

Non-directional

-0.0 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with WICKES GROUP PLC:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year


Most correlated stocks last 3 months

Negative correlation

Most negatively correlated stocks this year


Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between WICKES GROUP PLC and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of WICKES GROUP PLC does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name WICKES GROUP PLC
Country United Kingdom
City Watford
Address Vision House
Phone 44 19 2365 6600
Website www.wickesplc.co.uk
FullTime employees 8438
Industry Home Improvement Retail
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Exchange XLON
Ticker WIX.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

WICKES GROUP PLC ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

Rating Year: unknown

Rating Month: unknown

Max Age: unknown

Percentile: unknown