Wickes Group

WIX.L

Home Improvement · Consumer Cyclical

Exchange

London Stock Exchange

Winston Score

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

Good

Cash Flow

Strong

Stability

Weak

Valuation

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Wickes Group plc is a UK home improvement retailer that sells building materials, tools, kitchens, bathrooms, and garden products. Its customers are mainly everyday homeowners doing DIY projects and smaller trade professionals like builders and plumbers. Wickes operates around 230 stores across Great Britain and is one of the country's well-known names in the home improvement space.

The company makes money through in-store and online product sales, plus a growing installation business where it designs and fits kitchens and bathrooms for customers. It operates entirely in the UK, giving it a focused but geographically limited footprint, with a market cap of roughly £0.4 billion. Its trade customer base and installation services provide some loyalty, but the business is sensitive to the UK housing market — when people stop moving homes or cutting spending, demand for home improvement projects tends to fall, which is the key risk it faces today.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

>+1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

4.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£95M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Wickes Group is growing revenue at 7% 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.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

37.4%

Modest — 37.4% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

4.3%

Thin — 4.3% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

54.1%

Exceptional — 54.1% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+6.3%

Slow sales growth (+6.3% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+125.2%

Earnings growing fast (+125.2% 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

512%

Turns 512% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

10.6%

Modest free cash flow (10.6%)

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

N/A

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

2.20x

Tight — interest eats into profit (2.2x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

11.7x

no trend

Attractive valuation — P/E 11.7

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

Not applicable for this business.

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