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Fuller, Smith & Turner

FSTA.L
43
Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
43
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Mixed

Winston Score History

The full picture

Fuller, Smith & Turner is a British pub and hotel company based in London. It owns and operates a chain of pubs, restaurants, and inns, mostly in and around London and southern England. The company is known for its premium "Fuller's" brand pubs and also brews Fuller's London Pride, one of the most recognized ales in the UK.

The company makes money by selling food, drinks, and hotel rooms directly to customers in its managed pubs and hotels. It operates almost entirely in the UK, with a portfolio of several hundred properties, giving it a strong regional brand presence in London and the South East. Fuller's sold its brewing and beer brands business to Asahi in 2019, so it now focuses purely on running pubs and hotels. The main risk the business faces is consumer spending pressure, since people cut back on eating and drinking out when household budgets get tight.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+10.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

Insider Activity

12.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£10M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Fuller, Smith & Turner is growing revenue at 4% 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
9.2%
Thin — 9.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
9.2%
Modest — 9.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
8.1%
Below par — 8.1% 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
+5.7%
Slow sales growth (+5.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-17.0%
Earnings shrinking (-17.0% 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
339%
Turns 339% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
8.1%
Modest free cash flow (8.1%)

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
0.37
Conservative — low debt load (0.37)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.06x
Adequate interest coverage (4.1x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
19.0x
no trend
Fair value — P/E 19.0

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
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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