WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 5.17
Dividend & YieldN/A£ (N/A)
Beta 1.91
Market capitalization 1.92B
Operating cash flow 170.3M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

Watches of Switzerland Group PLC operates as a retailer of luxury watches. The company offers luxury watches and jewelry; fashion and classic watches and jewelry; and gifts, as well as provides servicing, repairs, and insurance services for fashion and classic watches and jewelry. It operates 131 showrooms in the United Kingdom and 40 showrooms in the United States, as well as through seven transactional websites under the Goldsmiths, Mappin & Webb, Watches of Switzerland, Mayors Jewelers, and Betteridge brands. The company was founded in 1775 and is headquartered in Leicester, the United Kingdom.

Sector: Consumer Cyclical - Industry: Luxury Goods

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio0.46
Working Capital0.4
Return On Equity0.2
Debt To Equity0.47
Fixed Asset Ratio0.02
Fixed Interest Cover5.19

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-04-28 2020-04-26 2021-05-02 2022-05-01
Change To Liabilities -279k 5.16M 3.4M 27.4M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -41.63M -59.7M -23.6M -88.1M
Net Borrowings -20.09M -98.59M -125.8M -40.8M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -37.69M 1.52M -143.4M -55.7M
Change To Operating Activities
Issuance Of Stock 155.13M 155.13M
Net Income -1.77M 507k 50.6M 101M
Change In Cash -14.68M 38.39M 3.2M 29.8M
Effect Of Exchange Rate 311k 1.37M -1.6M 3.3M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 64.32M 95.2M 171.8M 170.3M
Depreciation 14.42M 52.3M 62.5M 68.9M
Change To Account Receivables 2.38M 14.31M -1M -6.4M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -17.6M -55.02M -17.6M -14.9M
Change To Netincome 41.47M 55.83M 42.7M 27.5M
Capital Expenditures -35.28M -22.36M -24.1M -41M

Income Statement 2019-04-28 2020-04-26 2021-05-02 2022-05-01
Research Development
Income Before Tax 20.12M 1.49M 63.7M 126.2M
Net Income -1.77M 507k 50.6M 101M
Selling General Administrative 19.45M 26.04M 30.7M 44.5M
Gross Profit 72.57M 99.25M 123.3M 188.7M
Ebit 53.13M 69.75M 92.6M 144.2M
Operating Income 53.13M 69.75M 92.6M 144.2M
Interest Expense -25.53M -19.33M -17.8M -15.9M
Income Tax Expense 6.22M 980k 13.1M 25.2M
Total Revenue 773.52M 810.51M 905.1M 1.24B
Cost Of Revenue 700.95M 711.26M 781.8M 1.05B
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -33.01M -68.27M -28.9M -18M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 13.9M 507k 50.6M 101M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares -1.77M 507k 50.6M 101M

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-04-28 2020-04-26 2021-05-02 2022-05-01
Total Liabilities 436.16M 652.66M 576.9M 668.7M
Total Stockholder Equity 76.56M 199.54M 250.3M 361.3M
Other Current Liabilities 8.35M 1.97M 800k 3M
Total Assets 512.72M 852.2M 827.2M 1.03B
Common Stock 66k 2.99M 3M 3M
Other Current Assets
Retained Earnings 75.69M 47.44M 106.4M 214.3M
Treasury Stock 798k 1.99M -6.2M -3.1M
Cash 34.54M 72.93M 76.1M 105.9M
Total Current Liabilities 170.63M 267.27M 188.8M 249.8M
Other Stockholder Equity 798k 1.99M -6.2M -3.1M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 101.27M 353.03M 347.4M 406.1M
Total Current Assets 270.45M 330.77M 314.2M 433.1M
Net Tangible Assets -51.17M 44.74M 99.7M 183.5M
Net Receivables 26.15M 13.01M 8.6M 14.5M
Accounts Payable 75.32M 78.41M 72.9M 112.4M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd.D2022-10-04659.41k
Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd.D2022-08-312.93M
Colaianni (Teresa)D2022-08-31
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2022-08-16514.49k
Carter (Ian Russell)Bought at price 8.99 per share.D2022-07-1126k
Carter (Ian Russell)D2022-07-06
Colaianni (Teresa)D2022-07-06
Duffy (Hugh Brian)D2022-07-06
Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd.D2022-07-06
AEGON Asset Management UK p.l.c.D2022-07-06
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.D2022-07-06
BlackRock, Inc.D2022-07-06
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2022-07-06
JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc.D2022-07-06
Monckton (Rosa)D2022-07-06
Moorhead (Robert)D2022-07-06
Pelham Capital Ltd.D2022-07-06
Romberg (Anders)D2022-07-06
BlackRock, Inc.D2022-05-063.96M
Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd.D2022-05-01
AEGON Asset Management UK p.l.c.D2022-05-01
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.D2022-05-01
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2022-05-01
Duffy (Hugh Brian)D2022-05-01
JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc.D2022-05-01
Pelham Capital Ltd.D2022-05-01
Moorhead (Robert)Bought at price 14.85 per share.D2022-03-286.56k
Carter (Ian Russell)Bought at price 14.94 per share.D2022-03-28943
Carter (Ian Russell)Bought at price 14.99 per share.D2022-03-282.67k
Carter (Ian Russell)Bought at price 15.02 per share.D2022-03-28600
Carter (Ian Russell)Bought at price 15.05 per share.D2022-03-281.67k
Carter (Ian Russell)Bought at price 14.97 per share.D2022-03-282.82k
Colaianni (Teresa)Bought at price 14.80 per share.D2022-03-258.82k
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.D2022-02-241.78M
Romberg (Anders)Sold at price 18.97 per share.D2021-12-15341.49k
Duffy (Hugh Brian)D2021-10-142.22M
Duffy (Hugh Brian)Sold at price 14.33 per share.D2021-10-141M
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2021-07-30
Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd.D2021-07-07
AEGON Asset Management UK p.l.c.D2021-07-07
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.D2021-07-07
BlackRock, Inc.D2021-07-07
Pelham Capital Ltd.D2021-07-07
Monckton (Rosa)D2021-06-30
Moorhead (Robert)D2021-06-30
Romberg (Anders)D2021-06-30
Carter (Ian Russell)D2021-06-30
Colaianni (Teresa)D2021-06-30
Duffy (Hugh Brian)D2021-06-30
Carter (Ian Russell)D2021-05-03
Colaianni (Teresa)D2021-05-03

Insider transaction explanations

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Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125. 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 WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125:

WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 183.69% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

183.69 %

Latent gain

5035.0 £

Invested capital

2741.0 £

Annualized return

71.2 %
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Momentum strategy results on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125. 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 WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125:

WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 183.74% of return on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125. That represents 6714.0£ of latent gain with 3654.0£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 247.83% of return on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125. That represents 4617.0£ of latent gain with 1863.0£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

183.74 %

Latent gain

6714.0 £

Invested capital

3654.0 £

Annualized return

0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

247.83 %

Latent gain

4617.0 £

Invested capital

1863.0 £

Annualized return

118.01 %

Momentum equity curve on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125:

WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 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 WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 since the beginning:

WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

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 WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

Buy the dip entry openings on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125, 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 WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125:

WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

Note: the dividends potentially given by WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 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 WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125:

WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

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 WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125.

Equity curve comparison on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

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

WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 investment comparison

Performance comparison on WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 183.69% 5035.0£ 2741.0£ 71.2%
Momentum 1 quarter 183.74% 6714.0£ 3654.0£ 78.52%
Momentum 2 quarters 247.83% 4617.0£ 1863.0£ 118.01%
Non-directional 0% 0.0£ 0.0£ 0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

71.2 %

Momentum 1Q

118.01 %

Momentum 2Q

118.01 %

Non-directional

0.0 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year

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  • Most correlated stocks last 3 months

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  • EVOLIS

  • Negative correlation

    Most negatively correlated stocks this year


    Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

  • Fleury Michon SA
  • Mr. Bricolage SA

  • Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


    Company information

    Company name WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125
    Country United Kingdom
    City Leicester
    Address Aurum House
    Phone
    Website www.thewosgroupplc.com
    FullTime employees 2486
    Industry Luxury Goods
    Sector Consumer Cyclical
    Exchange XLON
    Ticker WOSG.XLON
    Market www.londonstockexchange.com

    WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.0125 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