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Just Group

JUST.L
26
Insurance - Specialty · Financial Services
Price
219.00 GBp
+0.50 (+0.23%)
Market Cap
£2.31B
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
26
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Just Group plc is a UK-based financial services company that helps older people turn their savings and property wealth into guaranteed income for retirement. Its main products are lifetime mortgages, which let homeowners borrow against their home without selling it, and annuities, which pay retirees a fixed income for life. The company focuses almost entirely on the UK retirement market.

Just Group makes money by collecting premiums from annuity customers and charging interest on lifetime mortgages, then investing those funds to generate returns over the long term. It operates solely in the United Kingdom and serves individual retirees as well as pension schemes looking to offload retirement income obligations. The company's main competitive edge is its focus on customers with complex health conditions, who can qualify for higher annuity payments — a niche that larger insurers often avoid. The key growth driver is the UK's aging population, though rising interest rates and property value swings remain meaningful risks to its mortgage and investment portfolios.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+140.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-881.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

£0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

12.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~7 years

£38.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

£38.2B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Just Group grew revenue 140% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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.

Share count broadly stable

+0.8% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.03B (2021) → 1.04B (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
100.0%
Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-17.2%
Losing money on operations — -17.2%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
0.2%
Weak — 0.2% 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
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-262.8%
Earnings shrinking (-262.8% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-14.3%
Burning cash (-14.3%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
3.93
Heavy debt load (3.93)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.05x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.0x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.21%
Small dividend — 1.21% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+46.2%
Dividend growing fast (46.2% YoY)

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