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Yü Group

YU.L
65
Diversified Utilities · Utilities
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
65
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Yü Group is a UK-based energy supplier that sells gas and electricity directly to businesses. Its main customers are small and medium-sized companies across Britain that need to manage their energy costs. The company operates entirely in the UK and focuses on the commercial and industrial energy market rather than household consumers.

Yü Group makes money by buying energy in bulk and reselling it to business customers at a margin, earning revenue through fixed-term supply contracts. It has grown by targeting underserved smaller businesses that larger suppliers often overlook, which gives it a niche position in a competitive market. The key growth driver is winning more business customers as it scales up, but the main risk is energy price volatility — if wholesale prices move sharply, margins can be squeezed quickly, which is a real challenge for any independent energy reseller operating without its own generation assets.

Growth Profile

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

Revenue Growth

+116.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+105.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

61.4%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~4 years

£106M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

£106M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Yü Group grew revenue 116% 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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
14.6%
Thin — 14.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
9.3%
Modest — 9.3% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
61.3%
Exceptional — 61.3% 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
+36.4%
Fast-growing sales (+36.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+39.7%
Earnings growing fast (+39.7% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
75%
Modest — 75% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
3.2%
Thin free cash flow (3.2%)

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
0.11
Conservative — low debt load (0.11)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
110.44x
Comfortably covers interest (110.4x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
6.2x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 6.2

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