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SThree plc (STEM.L)

GBp195.80 +2.40 (+1.24%)
GB LSE Industrials Staffing & Employment Services
Address 75 King William Street EC4N 7BE
London, GB
CEO Timo Lehne
Website sthree.com
IPO 2005-11-11
ISIN GB00B0KM9T71

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Description

SThree plc is a global recruitment consultancy that delivers specialized permanent and contract staffing services for a wide array of sectors, including technology, engineering, life sciences, and banking and finance. The company's service offerings are extensive, covering permanent placements, contract roles, project-based assignments, retained searches, and executive recruitment, complemented by support and mobility services. It operates under several distinct brands, including Computer Futures, Progressive, Huxley Associates, Real Staffing Group, Global Enterprise Partners, JP Gray, Madison Black, and Newington International. Established in 1986 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, SThree plc boasts a significant international footprint with operations spanning the UK, Germany, the US, the Netherlands, Japan, Dubai, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and other global markets.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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GBp195.80 +2.40 (+1.24%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
398.8K
Beta
0.65
Float Shares
117.22M
Free Float %
94.9%
Price Performance
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-1.77% +8.31% -0.60% -4.58% +0.36% -12.67% -28.57% -55.28% -60.71% -49.07% -18.44%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
195.80
DCF (Unlevered) 610.69 +211.9%
DCF (Levered) 557.50 +184.7%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 75% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 3 0
Hold 1 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
7.98
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
6 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
2 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
A
Overall Score
4 / 5
High
DCF Score
5 / 5
High
ROE Score
3 / 5
Medium
ROA Score
4 / 5
High
D/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • ✗
    Revenue growth Staffing & Employment Services: +6.7%
    -12.8% Q4'25: -22.0% (vs Q4'23)
  • ✗
    EPS growth Staffing & Employment Services: +18.1%
    -62.2% Q4'25: -61.7% (vs Q4'23)
  • ✓
    FCF margin FCF growth · Staffing & Employment Services: +32.6%
    +4.1% ★ Q4'25: +6.5% (vs Q4'23)
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    EBIT margin Staffing & Employment Services: +5.7%
    +2.1% Q4'25: +2.6% (vs Q4'23)
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    ROIC Staffing & Employment Services: +12.1%
    +7.6% Q4'25: +18.4% (vs Q4'23)
  • ✓
    Share dilution Staffing & Employment Services: +0.4%
    -3.0% ★ Q4'25: -3.4% (vs Q4'23)
  • ✓
    Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Staffing & Employment Services: -1.18×
    1.87× Q4'25: 0.64× (vs Q4'23)
Valuation Multiples From To
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
Projection years:
Market assumptions
▶ WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.65) × ERP
WACC = 72% × Ke + 28% × Kd (4.1%) × (1−t)

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Intrinsic value (base): 610.69 Current price: 195.80
Enterprise Value: — Equity Value: — Terminal Value: — TV as % of EV: —

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Nov 2006
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actual 		Nov 2024
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actual 		Nov 2026
3 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana. 		Nov 2027
3 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana. 		Nov 2028
3 Rev. Ana.
3 EPS Ana.
Revenue
393.26M
est: 396.81M (-0.9%)
522.70M
est: 539.58M (-3.1%)
631.52M
est: 619.23M (+2.0%)
519.37M
est: 537.13M (-3.3%)
474.45M
est: 493.71M (-3.9%)
542.45M
est: 550.74M (-1.5%)
577.46M
est: 577.60M (0.0%)
634.30M
est: 613.78M (+3.3%)
746.92M
est: 734.97M (+1.6%)
848.84M
est: 842.37M (+0.8%)
959.86M
est: 840.46M (+14.2%)
1.11B
est: 1.12B (-0.1%)
1.26B
est: 1.26B (-0.5%)
1.32B
est: 1.36B (-2.4%)
1.20B
est: 1.23B (-1.9%)
1.33B
est: 1.35B (-1.6%)
1.64B
est: 1.57B (+4.3%)
1.66B
est: 1.46B (+13.9%)
1.49B
est: 1.50B (-0.3%)
1.30B
est: 1.30B (+0.1%)
1.26B
1.21B – 1.30B
-2.9% YoY
1.30B
1.25B – 1.32B
+2.5% YoY
1.36B
1.36B – 1.36B
+4.9% YoY
EBITDA
20.88M
est: 21.73M (-3.9%)
56.02M
est: 25.24M (+122.0%)
60.77M
est: 56.56M (+7.5%)
15.43M
est: 51.32M (-69.9%)
27.98M
est: 12.70M (+120.2%)
37.98M
est: 31.58M (+20.3%)
32.15M
est: 39.50M (-18.6%)
23.88M
est: 34.26M (-30.3%)
31.82M
est: 25.27M (+25.9%)
43.93M
est: 33.40M (+31.5%)
43.56M
est: 49.42M (-11.9%)
47.44M
est: 49.16M (-3.5%)
56.77M
est: 48.75M (+16.5%)
63.79M
est: 56.95M (+12.0%)
50.95M
est: 56.02M (-9.1%)
78.74M
est: 61.30M (+28.5%)
96.60M
est: 63.54M (+52.0%)
94.53M
est: 66.01M (+43.2%)
84.34M
est: 80.35M (+5.0%)
45.28M
est: 69.24M (-34.6%)
67.25M
64.58M – 68.95M
-2.9% YoY
68.96M
66.50M – 70.27M
+2.5% YoY
72.32M
72.32M – 72.32M
+4.9% YoY
EBIT
19.41M
est: 16.93M (+14.7%)
52.31M
est: 25.70M (+103.5%)
54.88M
est: 58.04M (-5.5%)
9.31M
est: 49.26M (-81.1%)
21.67M
est: 8.12M (+166.9%)
30.32M
est: 23.65M (+28.2%)
25.31M
est: 30.97M (-18.3%)
21.17M
est: 26.67M (-20.6%)
29.77M
est: 18.80M (+58.4%)
41.50M
est: 28.50M (+45.6%)
37.85M
est: 45.10M (-16.1%)
44.92M
est: 43.67M (+2.9%)
53.92M
est: 43.31M (+24.5%)
57.81M
est: 51.45M (+12.4%)
31.87M
est: 52.28M (-39.0%)
61.03M
est: 57.21M (+6.7%)
77.69M
est: 59.31M (+31.0%)
78.61M
est: 61.62M (+27.6%)
69.09M
est: 62.79M (+10.0%)
27.60M
est: 54.10M (-49.0%)
52.55M
50.46M – 53.88M
-2.9% YoY
53.88M
51.96M – 54.90M
+2.5% YoY
56.51M
56.51M – 56.51M
+4.9% YoY
Net Income
11.80M
est: 28.08M (-58.0%)
32.65M
est: 16.05M (+103.5%)
35.88M
est: 36.18M (-0.8%)
4.80M
est: 32.21M (-85.1%)
14.22M
est: 4.38M (+224.7%)
20.27M
est: 15.84M (+27.9%)
16.83M
est: 20.96M (-19.7%)
7.39M
est: 17.85M (-58.6%)
15.92M
est: 8.86M (+79.6%)
26.67M
est: 18.50M (+44.2%)
27.24M
est: 31.01M (-12.2%)
27.63M
est: 31.50M (-12.3%)
34.27M
est: 31.34M (+9.4%)
41.32M
est: 37.11M (+11.4%)
16.95M
est: 37.41M (-54.7%)
41.98M
est: 40.93M (+2.6%)
54.20M
est: 42.43M (+27.7%)
56.05M
est: 44.08M (+27.1%)
49.69M
est: 46.16M (+7.7%)
17.67M
est: 17.67M (+0.0%)
6.27M
6.23M – 6.31M
-64.5% YoY
17.08M
16.89M – 17.27M
+172.4% YoY
26.35M
24.86M – 27.85M
+54.3% YoY
SGA
94.49M
est: 79.21M (+19.3%)
130.41M
est: 126.32M (+3.2%)
162.13M
est: 140.51M (+15.4%)
153.16M
est: 145.44M (+5.3%)
22.42M
est: 139.72M (-84.0%)
25.60M
est: 161.97M (-84.2%)
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est: 170.97M (-100.0%)
172.84M
est: 191.49M (-9.7%)
183.25M
est: 213.86M (-14.3%)
189.12M
est: 219.29M (-13.8%)
211.71M
est: 229.48M (-7.7%)
237.01M
est: 248.85M (-4.8%)
261.31M
est: 268.83M (-2.8%)
274.63M
est: 282.93M (-2.9%)
251.64M
est: 250.12M (+0.6%)
273.25M
est: 273.71M (-0.2%)
327.70M
est: 283.72M (+15.5%)
318.12M
est: 294.77M (+7.9%)
287.09M
est: 302.58M (-5.1%)
278.11M
est: 260.74M (+6.7%)
253.24M
243.17M – 259.65M
-2.9% YoY
259.67M
250.39M – 264.60M
+2.5% YoY
272.32M
272.32M – 272.32M
+4.9% YoY
EPS
0.10
est: 0.21 (-54.6%)
0.25
est: 0.26 (-3.9%)
0.29
est: 0.29 (+1.3%)
0.04
est: 0.09 (-56.9%)
0.12
est: 0.11 (+5.1%)
0.17
est: 0.17 (+1.4%)
0.14
est: 0.14 (+0.6%)
0.06
est: 0.10 (-38.6%)
0.13
est: 0.15 (-15.8%)
0.21
est: 0.19 (+11.6%)
0.21
est: 0.21 (-1.3%)
0.21
est: 0.24 (-13.2%)
0.27
est: 0.29 (-5.6%)
0.32
est: 0.32 (+0.2%)
0.13
est: 0.14 (-7.0%)
0.32
est: 0.30 (+7.4%)
0.41
est: 0.40 (+3.3%)
0.42
est: 0.29 (+43.3%)
0.37
est: 0.35 (+4.3%)
0.14
est: 0.13 (+4.9%)
0.05
0.05 – 0.05
-63.9% YoY
0.13
0.13 – 0.13
+172.4% YoY
0.20
0.19 – 0.21
+54.7% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-29 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-28 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-27 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-26 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-22 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-21 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-20 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-19 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-18 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-15 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-14 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-13 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-12 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-11 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-08 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-07 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-06 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-05 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-01 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-30 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-29 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-28 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-27 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-24 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-23 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-22 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-21 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-20 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-17 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-16 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
77.80M
OE per share TTM
0.59
Owner's Yield
36.16%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
53.98%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
2.5%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
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Total invested
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Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 10 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values PLC FSV.L 0.36% 6.29M 0.27%
2 iShares International Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF ISCF 0.03% 188.1K 0.24%
3 Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF AVDV 0.02% 4.59M 0.36%
4 Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF AVGS.L 0.01% 161.8K 0.39%
5 Avantis International Small Cap Equity ETF AVDS 0.01% 28.2K 0.30%
6 State Street SPDR FTSE UK All Share UCITS ETF (Dist) FTAD.L 0.01% 51.0K 0.20%
7 State Street SPDR FTSE UK All Share UCITS ETF (Acc) FTAL.L 0.01% 51.0K 0.20%
8 Avantis International Equity ETF AVDE 0.00% 621.7K 0.23%
9 Avantis Responsible International Equity ETF AVSD 0.00% 10.1K 0.23%
10 Dimensional - International Small Cap ETF DFIS 0.00% 37.3K 0.39%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
10.1K
Shares Outstanding
123.48M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Timo Lehne Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director 806.4K male
Andrew William Beach Executive Officer 584.6K male
Damian Fehrenberg Interim Chief Financial Officer — —
Jelte Hacquebord Chief Commercial Officer — male
Kate Danson Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary — female
Margot van Soest Managing Director Netherlands & Spain — female
Matt McManus President of US — male
Nicholas Folkes Chief Operations Officer — male
Rakesh Patel Managing Director of UK, France and Belgium — male
Sarah Mason Chief People Officer — female
Cliff Sidhu Managing Director of DACH — male
ESG Score History

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