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Billington Holdings

BILN.L
41
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Price
410.00 GBp
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
52.4M GBp
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
41
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 30, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Strong

Share count rising — dilution

+10.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 12.1M (2021) → 13.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Billington Holdings is a UK-based company that makes and installs structural steel for buildings and infrastructure projects. Its customers include construction firms, property developers, and public-sector bodies building things like warehouses, schools, stadiums, and bridges. It is one of the larger independent structural steelwork contractors in the United Kingdom.

The company earns revenue by fabricating steel components in its own factories and then erecting them on-site, essentially a project-based contracting model. It operates primarily across England from multiple fabrication facilities and also offers safety netting and fall-protection services. With a market cap around £80 million, it is a small-cap business where long-standing client relationships and in-house manufacturing capacity provide a modest competitive edge. Key risks include exposure to cyclical UK construction demand, volatile steel prices that pressure its thin margins, and reliance on winning a steady pipeline of new contracts.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
7.2%
Thin — 7.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
1.8%
Thin — 1.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
4.7%
Weak — 4.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-15.4%
Shrinking sales (-15.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-84.6%
Earnings shrinking (-84.6% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
357%
Turns 357% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
1.7%
Thin free cash flow (1.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
20.86x
Comfortably covers interest (20.9x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
40.4x
Pricey — P/E 40.4

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+31.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (40.4 → 9.1)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.68%
Moderate income — 2.68% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+166.1%
Dividend growing fast (166.1% YoY)

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