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Kingfisher

KFI1.DE
44
Home Improvement · Consumer Cyclical
Price
€3.76
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
€6.15B
Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Winston Score
44
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jan 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Good
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Share count falling — buybacks

−16.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.12B (2022) → 1.78B (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Kingfisher is a European home improvement retailer that sells tools, building materials, paint, kitchens, and garden products to everyday homeowners and tradespeople. It owns well-known store brands including B&Q in the UK, Castorama and Brico Dépôt in France and Poland, and Screwfix, a trade-focused supplier popular with professional contractors. It is one of the largest home improvement retailers in Europe.

Kingfisher makes money by selling products directly through its physical stores and online channels, earning a gross margin of around 38%, which reflects its growing range of own-brand products. The company operates roughly 1,800 stores across the UK, France, Poland, and several other European countries, generating annual revenues of approximately £13 billion. Its main competitive advantage is scale and its owned private-label brands, but the business is sensitive to housing market activity and consumer spending — a slowdown in home renovation demand across Europe remains the key near-term risk to revenue growth.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+115.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

£0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£567M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth context

Kingfisher is growing revenue at 2% 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
38.5%
Modest — 38.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
3.7%
Thin — 3.7% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
9.7%
Below par — 9.7% 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
+1.3%
Nearly flat sales (+1.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+34.7%
Earnings growing fast (+34.7% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
588%
Turns 588% 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
0.02
Conservative — low debt load (0.02)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.55x
Adequate interest coverage (4.5x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
27.9x
Growth-priced — P/E 27.9

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+16.7
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (27.9 → 11.2)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
5.35%
Healthy income — 5.35% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+1.9%
Dividend flat

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