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Pets at Home Group

PETS.L
47
Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical
Price
212.80 GBp
-3.00 (-1.39%)
Market Cap
£934.3M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
47
Winston is serious
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
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Mixed

Share count falling — buybacks

8.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 501.1M (2022) → 459.1M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Pets at Home is the largest pet care retailer in the United Kingdom. It sells pet food, toys, accessories, and medicines through its stores and website, serving everyday pet owners across the country. The company also runs veterinary clinics and grooming salons inside or alongside many of its retail locations, making it a one-stop shop for pet care.

The company earns money through product sales in its roughly 450 stores, fees from grooming services, and revenue from its network of vet practices, which operate under a joint venture model with practicing vets. It operates exclusively in the UK, giving it a dominant market position in British pet retail but also concentrating all of its risk in one economy. A key growth driver is the continued expansion of its veterinary services business, which tends to generate more recurring revenue than product sales alone, though rising cost pressures and competition from online pet retailers like Zooplus remain meaningful risks.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
46.0%
Healthy — 46.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
8.1%
Modest — 8.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
9.0%
Below par — 9.0% 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
-0.8%
Shrinking sales (-0.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-25.3%
Earnings shrinking (-25.3% 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
301%
Turns 301% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
10.0%
Modest free cash flow (10.0%)

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
0.06
Conservative — low debt load (0.06)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.86x
Adequate interest coverage (4.9x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
15.1x
Fair value — P/E 15.1

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
+4.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (15.1 → 10.6)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.48%
Moderate income — 3.48% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-20.3%
Dividend cut (-20.3% YoY) — warning sign

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