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The Alumasc Group

ALU.L
53
Construction Materials · Basic Materials
Price
230.00 GBp
-5.00 (-2.13%)
Market Cap
£82.7M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Strong

Share count rising — dilution

+1.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 36.4M (2021) → 36.8M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Alumasc Group is a UK-based building products company that makes specialist materials used in construction. Its core products include roofing systems, drainage solutions, and building envelope products — things that keep water out of buildings and manage rainwater runoff. Its main customers are contractors, housebuilders, and commercial property developers across the UK.

The company earns money by selling these physical products, often alongside technical support and specification services that help architects and engineers choose the right system for a project. Alumasc operates almost entirely in the UK, making it a small, focused business with a market cap around £100 million. Its competitive edge comes from having established, trusted product brands and deep relationships with specifiers — the professionals who decide which products get used on a project. The main risk is that its revenue is closely tied to UK construction activity, which tends to slow sharply during economic downturns or when interest rates make building projects less viable.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
35.7%
Modest — 35.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
8.5%
Modest — 8.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
19.4%
Strong — 19.4% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-3.5%
Shrinking sales (-3.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-21.0%
Earnings shrinking (-21.0% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

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
90%
Modest — 90% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.8%
Thin free cash flow (4.8%)

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
0.30
Conservative — low debt load (0.30)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
8.21x
Comfortably covers interest (8.2x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.2x
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.2

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
+2.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
4.90%
Healthy income — 4.90% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+7.4%
Dividend growing modestly (7.4% YoY)

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