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Breedon Group

BREE.L
51
Construction Materials · Basic Materials
Price
360.20 GBp
+6.20 (+1.75%)
Market Cap
£1.25B
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
51
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Strong

Share count rising — dilution

+1.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 339.7M (2021) → 346.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Breedon Group is a construction materials company based in the UK. It quarries rock and processes it into aggregates, cement, asphalt, and ready-mixed concrete — the basic building blocks used in roads, houses, and infrastructure projects. Its main customers are construction contractors, housebuilders, and local governments across Great Britain and Ireland.

Breedon makes money by selling these materials directly to construction projects, with pricing tied closely to volumes of work in the market. The company operates a network of quarries, cement plants, and asphalt facilities, giving it a geographic moat — customers typically buy from the nearest supplier because shipping heavy materials long distances is expensive. With a market cap around $1 billion, it is a mid-sized player in a fragmented industry. The key risk is that a slowdown in UK construction activity, particularly in housebuilding or government infrastructure spending, would directly reduce demand for its products and pressure margins.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-7.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

£0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

26.7%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~13 months

£98M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Growth context

Breedon Group is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
55.4%
Premium pricing power — 55.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.0%
Thin — 5.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
6.3%
Weak — 6.3% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+7.9%
Steady sales growth (+7.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-10.1%
Earnings shrinking (-10.1% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
1/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
297%
Turns 297% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
7.1%
Modest free cash flow (7.1%)

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
0.57
Conservative — low debt load (0.57)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
3.93x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.9x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
15.4x
Fair value — P/E 15.4

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+5.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (15.4 → 9.6)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.78%
Moderate income — 2.78% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+55.4%
Dividend growing fast (55.4% YoY)

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