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Springfield Properties

SPR.L
51
Residential Construction · Consumer Cyclical
Price
113.00 GBp
+6.00 (+5.61%)
Market Cap
£134.9M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
51
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Nov 30, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Weak

Share count rising — dilution

+23.4% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 101.2M (2021) → 124.9M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Springfield Properties is a Scottish homebuilder that constructs and sells new residential homes across Scotland. It builds a range of property types, from affordable starter homes to larger private housing, and also develops homes for housing associations and local councils under government-backed affordable housing programs. The company is one of Scotland's larger dedicated homebuilders, focused entirely on the Scottish market.

Springfield earns revenue by selling completed homes directly to private buyers and by contracting with public sector clients to deliver affordable housing. It operates solely in Scotland, which gives it deep regional knowledge but also concentrates its risk in one geography. The company's main growth lever is Scotland's persistent housing shortage and government targets to increase affordable housing supply, but its key risks include rising construction costs, higher mortgage rates that reduce buyer demand, and its relatively small scale leaving it vulnerable to any slowdown in the Scottish housing market.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+2.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+5.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

£0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

39.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~4 months

£22M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Springfield Properties has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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
15.8%
Thin — 15.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.1%
Thin — 5.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
10.4%
Below par — 10.4% 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
+12.9%
Fast-growing sales (+12.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+57.0%
Earnings growing fast (+57.0% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
194%
Turns 194% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
9.7%
Modest free cash flow (9.7%)

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
0.32
Conservative — low debt load (0.32)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.90x
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)
9.4x
Attractive valuation — P/E 9.4

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-4.7
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.77%
Small dividend — 1.77% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-9.5%
Dividend cut (-9.5% YoY) — warning sign

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