Stock Research: Speedy Hire

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Speedy Hire

LSE:SDY GB0000163088
71
  • Value
    100
  • Growth
    33
  • Safety
    Safety
    6
  • Combined
    44
  • Sentiment
    91
  • 360° View
    360° View
    71
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Company Description

Speedy Hire Plc is a UK-based provider of tools and equipment hire services. The company operates in the construction, infrastructure, industrial, and support services markets. It operates in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Kazakhstan. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $179 million, profits of $305 million, and revenue of $538 million.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 71 (better than 71% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Speedy Hire are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Speedy Hire. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 100, which means that the share price of Speedy Hire is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 100% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 91, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 91% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 33, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 6, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 94 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
100 96 97 67
Growth
33 14 19 7
Safety
Safety
6 4 8 27
Sentiment
91 31 16 100
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71 9 10 37
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
100 100 72 87
Opinions Change
4 2 1 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 18 9 93
Market Pulse
66 53 77 89
Sentiment
91 31 16 100
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
100 96 97 67
Growth
33 14 19 7
Safety Safety
6 4 8 27
Combined
44 23 20 13
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
97 89 78 50
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
89 85 95 69
Price vs. Book (P/B)
89 91 80 67
Dividend Yield
95 100 98 89
Value
100 96 97 67
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
66 45 71 25
Profit Growth
26 22 30 31
Capital Growth
5 33 17 13
Stock Returns
77 14 17 27
Growth
33 14 19 7
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
11 13 16 56
Refinancing
11 4 13 9
Liquidity
14 13 23 53
Safety Safety
6 4 8 27

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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