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Taylor Wimpey

TW.L
48
Residential Construction · Consumer Cyclical
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Taylor Wimpey is one of the largest homebuilders in the United Kingdom. The company designs and builds new homes, ranging from starter apartments to larger family houses, and sells them directly to individual buyers. It also has a smaller operation in Spain, building homes in popular coastal and tourist areas.

The company makes money by selling completed homes, and it sometimes offers part-exchange deals or financial incentives to help buyers move in. Taylor Wimpey owns a large "land bank," meaning it has already secured planning permission on thousands of plots across the UK, which gives it a pipeline of future homes to build. The main risk the business faces is sensitivity to UK interest rates — when mortgage rates rise, fewer people can afford to buy, which slows sales and puts pressure on profit margins, as seen in recent years.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+240.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

£331M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Taylor Wimpey 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
15.1%
Thin — 15.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
7.3%
Modest — 7.3% 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
+9.5%
Steady sales growth (+9.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+193.7%
Earnings growing fast (+193.7% 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
78%
Modest — 78% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.9%
Thin free cash flow (4.9%)

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
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
31.07x
Comfortably covers interest (31.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.8x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.8

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
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
9.33%
no trend
Healthy income — 9.33% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-10.0%
no trend
Dividend cut (-10.0% YoY) — warning sign

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