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Phoenix Group Holdings

PHNX.L
37
Insurance - Life · Financial Services
Price
743.80 GBp
+35.60 (+5.03%)
Market Cap
£7.45B
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
37
Historical score — this stock no longer trades, so the score is frozen at the last available data.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available
Dividends
Strong

Winston Score History

The full picture

Phoenix Group Holdings is a UK-based financial services company that specializes in managing life insurance and pension policies. It focuses on "closed" life insurance books — meaning it takes over old pension and insurance policies that other companies no longer want to run. Its main customers are ordinary people saving for retirement, and it also serves large employers and insurers looking to offload their pension obligations.

Phoenix makes money by collecting premiums and managing the investments tied to those policies, keeping the difference between what it earns and what it pays out. It operates almost entirely in the UK and Ireland, making it one of the largest life and pensions consolidators in the UK by assets under administration, with over £250 billion managed. Its competitive edge comes from scale and expertise in running complex, legacy policy books efficiently. The key growth driver is the large pipeline of UK pension schemes seeking to transfer risk, but rising interest rates and regulatory changes around capital requirements remain meaningful risks to profitability.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+191.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+35.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

£0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

15.1%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£320.9B cash & investments

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

Revenue accelerating

Phoenix Group Holdings grew revenue 192% 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

+0.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.00B (2021) → 1.00B (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
0.0%
Thin — 0.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
0.5%
Weak — 0.5% 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
+22.2%
Fast-growing sales (+22.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
18.4%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.4%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
15.33
Heavy debt load (15.33)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.08x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.1x)

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
7.45%
Healthy income — 7.45% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+5.8%
Dividend growing modestly (5.8% YoY)

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