Financials Spirent Communications plc

Equities

SPT

GB0004726096

Communications & Networking

Market Closed - London S.E. 11:35:26 2024-04-26 am EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
194.7 GBX -0.15% Intraday chart for Spirent Communications plc +0.88% +57.91%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 1,536 1,609 1,680 1,579 701.9 1,114 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 1,380 1,437 1,547 1,409 616.3 1,026 973.7 949.8
P/E ratio 25.5 x 26.7 x 25 x 19.1 x 36.8 x 34.3 x 30.1 x -
Yield 1.82% 1.64% 1.87% 2.35% 1.77% 2.26% 2.56% 2.16%
Capitalization / Revenue 3.91 x 4.28 x 3.84 x 3.13 x 1.88 x 2.9 x 2.74 x 2.57 x
EV / Revenue 3.51 x 3.82 x 3.54 x 2.79 x 1.65 x 2.67 x 2.39 x 2.19 x
EV / EBITDA 16.4 x 16.1 x 14.7 x 11.5 x 12.5 x 17.8 x 15.1 x -
EV / FCF 16.2 x 18.1 x 21.9 x 16.8 x 32.8 x 29.6 x 26.1 x 15.6 x
FCF Yield 6.17% 5.54% 4.57% 5.95% 3.05% 3.38% 3.83% 6.43%
Price to Book 4.48 x 5.08 x 4.92 x 4.24 x 2.4 x 5.15 x 5.71 x -
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 610,642 609,642 608,342 606,742 569,246 571,990 - -
Reference price 2 2.515 2.640 2.762 2.602 1.233 1.947 1.947 1.947
Announcement Date 3/5/20 3/11/21 3/10/22 3/7/23 3/5/24 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 393.3 376.1 437.1 504.9 373.5 383.7 406.7 433.2
EBITDA 1 84.03 89.34 105.3 122.8 49.3 57.67 64.65 -
EBIT 1 72.55 74.51 89.93 107.6 35.6 42.03 51.06 67.72
Operating Margin 18.45% 19.81% 20.57% 21.32% 9.53% 10.95% 12.56% 15.63%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 69.97 68.97 78.62 95.25 18.04 37.1 47.74 61.26
Net income 1 60.91 60.76 67.92 83.03 19.85 30.98 38.12 51.78
Net margin 15.49% 16.16% 15.54% 16.44% 5.31% 8.07% 9.37% 11.95%
EPS 2 0.0986 0.0987 0.1103 0.1360 0.0336 0.0567 0.0646 -
Free Cash Flow 1 85.18 79.59 70.67 83.82 18.77 34.66 37.32 61.03
FCF margin 21.66% 21.16% 16.17% 16.6% 5.03% 9.03% 9.18% 14.09%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 101.38% 89.08% 67.09% 68.23% 38.07% 60.1% 57.72% -
FCF Conversion (Net income) 139.85% 130.99% 104.04% 100.94% 94.58% 111.87% 97.89% 117.84%
Dividend per Share 2 0.0459 0.0432 0.0515 0.0611 0.0219 0.0439 0.0498 0.0420
Announcement Date 3/5/20 3/11/21 3/10/22 3/7/23 3/5/24 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 S2 2020 S1 2020 S2 2021 S1 2021 S2 2022 S1 2022 S2 2023 S1
Net sales 1 223.5 177.8 207.8 183.5 243.5 230.7 272.1 175.7
EBITDA 1 62 34.84 53.42 36.61 66.71 47.2 - 15.3
EBIT 1 56.38 30.05 46.07 32.15 56.01 40.36 66.91 9.103
Operating Margin 25.23% 16.9% 22.17% 17.52% 23% 17.49% 24.59% 5.18%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) - - - - - - - -
Net income - - 37.58 - - - - -
Net margin - - 18.08% - - - - -
EPS 0.0776 0.0398 0.0610 0.0443 0.0636 0.0465 0.0890 -
Dividend per Share - 0.0165 - - - - - -
Announcement Date 3/5/20 8/6/20 3/11/21 8/5/21 3/10/22 8/4/22 3/7/23 8/2/23
1GBP in Million
Estimates

Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 - - - - - - - -
Net Cash position 1 156 173 133 169 85.6 87.8 140 164
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) - - - - - - - -
Free Cash Flow 1 85.2 79.6 70.7 83.8 18.8 34.7 37.3 61
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 20.6% 20% 20% 21.9% 10.5% 18.8% 23.5% -
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 14% 13.5% 13.3% 14.3% - - - -
Assets 1 436.3 451.6 510.6 580.4 - - - -
Book Value Per Share 2 0.5600 0.5200 0.5600 0.6100 0.5100 0.3800 0.3400 -
Cash Flow per Share 0.1600 0.1400 0.1300 0.1600 - - - -
Capex 1 11 7.16 7.78 6.78 5.15 5.7 7.75 5.02
Capex / Sales 2.79% 1.9% 1.78% 1.34% 1.38% 1.48% 1.91% 1.16%
Announcement Date 3/5/20 3/11/21 3/10/22 3/7/23 3/5/24 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
B+
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
3
Last Close Price
1.947 GBP
Average target price
2.195 GBP
Spread / Average Target
+12.74%
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