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Watkin Jones Plc (WJG.L)

GBp19.04 +0.32 (+1.71%)
GB LSE Consumer Cyclical Residential Construction
Address 7-9 Swallow Street W1B 4DE
London, GB
CEO Alex Pease
IPO 2016-03-23
ISIN GB00BD6RF223

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Description

Watkin Jones Plc, a company established in 1791, is headquartered in London, UK, and specializes in developing and managing residential properties across the United Kingdom. Its operations are divided into key segments: Student Accommodation, Build to Rent, Affordable Homes, and Accommodation Management. The company's core activities involve the construction of purpose-built student housing, build-to-rent developments, and general residential properties, alongside the ongoing management of its student and build-to-rent portfolios. The entity adopted its current name, Watkin Jones Plc, in March 2016, having previously operated as Watkin Jones Limited.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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GBp19.04 +0.32 (+1.71%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
751.0K
Beta
1.38
Float Shares
230.37M
Free Float %
89.7%
Price Performance
1D5D1M3M6M YTD1Y3Y5Y10YMax
-4.81% -8.03% -5.43% -36.77% -21.34% -26.02% -38.73% -68.52% -90.88% -80.79% -78.47%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
19.04
DCF (Unlevered) 66.65 +250.1%
DCF (Levered) 19.30 +1.4%

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) 100% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 2 0
Hold 0 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
2.69
Grey zone
Piotroski F-Score
3 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
3 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
C+
Overall Score
2 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
3 / 5
Medium
ROE Score
1 / 5
Low
ROA Score
1 / 5
Low
D/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Residential Construction: +5.7%
    -22.8% Q1'26: -42.8% (vs Q1'24)
  • EPS growth Residential Construction: +6.6%
    -549.3% Q1'26: -157.4% (vs Q1'24)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Residential Construction: +45.1%
    -3.4% Q1'26: -6.3% (vs Q1'24)
  • EBIT margin Residential Construction: +9.7%
    -1.6% Q1'26: -4.5% (vs Q1'24)
  • ROIC Residential Construction: +7.1%
    -5.0% Q1'26: -19.2% (vs Q1'24)
  • Share dilution Residential Construction: +1.6%
    -0.6% Q1'26: -1.7% (vs Q1'24)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Residential Construction: 0.67×
    15.90× Q1'26: -7.42× (vs Q1'24)
Valuation Multiples From To
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
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Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (1.36) × ERP
WACC = 56% × Ke + 44% × Kd (9.8%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 66.72 Current price: 19.04
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

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Consensus Estimates
Metric Sep 2016
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Sep 2017
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Sep 2018
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Sep 2019
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Sep 2020
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Sep 2021
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Sep 2022
actual
Sep 2023
actual
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Sep 2026
3 Rev. Ana.
3 EPS Ana.
Sep 2027
2 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Sep 2028
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
266.98M
est: 265.80M (+0.4%)
301.91M
est: 282.20M (+7.0%)
363.05M
est: 340.20M (+6.7%)
374.79M
est: 379.05M (-1.1%)
354.12M
est: 350.00M (+1.2%)
430.21M
est: 445.61M (-3.5%)
407.08M
est: 440.49M (-7.6%)
413.24M
est: 434.48M (-4.9%)
362.37M
est: 351.03M (+3.2%)
279.84M
est: 300.19M (-6.8%)
292.45M
269.44M – 314.12M
-2.6% YoY
373.60M
365.16M – 382.04M
+27.7% YoY
439.00M
421.00M – 457.00M
+17.5% YoY
EBITDA
38.55M
est: 16.02M (+140.6%)
43.76M
est: 15.98M (+173.9%)
50.90M
est: 53.43M (-4.7%)
62.61M
est: 63.27M (-1.0%)
40.90M
est: 55.71M (-26.6%)
66.03M
est: 67.14M (-1.6%)
32.80M
est: 73.29M (-55.2%)
-32.28M
est: 17.00M (-289.8%)
10.83M
est: 13.34M (-18.8%)
2.74M
est: 11.75M (-76.7%)
11.44M
10.54M – 12.29M
-2.6% YoY
14.62M
14.29M – 14.95M
+27.7% YoY
17.18M
16.47M – 17.88M
+17.5% YoY
EBIT
13.32M
est: 10.53M (+26.5%)
43.67M
est: 12.04M (+262.8%)
54.40M
est: 52.51M (+3.6%)
53.07M
est: 60.78M (-12.7%)
30.42M
est: 55.08M (-44.8%)
57.26M
est: 66.38M (-13.7%)
22.87M
est: 72.46M (-68.4%)
-39.22M
est: 8.12M (-583.2%)
3.93M
est: 6.37M (-38.3%)
-4.40M
est: 5.61M (-178.5%)
5.46M
5.03M – 5.87M
-2.6% YoY
6.98M
6.82M – 7.14M
+27.7% YoY
8.20M
7.87M – 8.54M
+17.5% YoY
Net Income
4.21M
est: 31.44M (-86.6%)
35.80M
est: 4.47M (+700.5%)
44.21M
est: 43.10M (+2.6%)
40.30M
est: 49.74M (-19.0%)
21.09M
est: 40.66M (-48.1%)
41.93M
est: 49.00M (-14.4%)
13.41M
est: 26.15M (-48.7%)
-32.55M
est: -30.37M (-7.2%)
1.90M
est: 3.60M (-47.4%)
-8.41M
est: 1.05M (-900.6%)
5.32M
3.84M – 6.80M
+406.7% YoY
12.06M
9.21M – 14.92M
+126.7% YoY
17.94M
16.84M – 19.04M
+48.7% YoY
SGA
15.93M
est: 20.17M (-21.0%)
20.85M
est: 16.93M (+23.1%)
22.82M
est: 25.10M (-9.1%)
24.43M
est: 25.68M (-4.8%)
24.27M
est: 25.73M (-5.7%)
27.44M
est: 31.01M (-11.5%)
33.30M
est: 33.85M (-1.6%)
34.69M
est: 35.81M (-3.1%)
29.50M
est: 28.10M (+5.0%)
28.30M
est: 24.74M (+14.4%)
24.10M
22.20M – 25.89M
-2.6% YoY
30.79M
30.09M – 31.48M
+27.7% YoY
36.18M
34.69M – 37.66M
+17.5% YoY
EPS
0.03
est: 0.12 (-74.5%)
0.14
est: 0.14 (+1.4%)
0.17
est: 0.15 (+13.1%)
0.15
est: 0.16 (-8.0%)
0.08
est: 0.15 (-43.3%)
0.16
est: 0.16 (+3.1%)
0.05
est: 0.15 (-64.8%)
-0.13
est: -0.12 (-9.8%)
0.01
est: 0.01 (-47.4%)
-0.03
est: 0.01 (-414.7%)
0.02
0.01 – 0.03
+106.3% YoY
0.05
0.04 – 0.06
+118.6% YoY
0.07
0.07 – 0.07
+48.9% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-27 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-26 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-22 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-21 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-20 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-19 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-18 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-15 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-14 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-13 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-12 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-11 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-08 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-07 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-06 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-05 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 5/5
2026-05-01 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-30 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-29 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-28 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 5/5
2026-04-27 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-24 C+ 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-23 C 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-22 C 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-21 C 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-20 C 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-17 C 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-16 C 2/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-6.85M
OE per share TTM
-0.03
Owner's Yield
-12.27%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
6.3%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
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 5 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values PLC FSV.L 0.16% 2.84M 0.27%
2 Avantis International Small Cap Equity ETF AVDS 0.00% 2.5K 0.30%
3 Dimensional - International Small Cap ETF DFIS 0.00% 27.8K 0.39%
4 Avantis International Equity ETF AVDE 0.00% 79.2K 0.23%
5 Avantis Responsible International Equity ETF AVSD 0.00% 668.77 0.23%

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
-7.3K
Shares Outstanding
256.88M

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
Alex Pease CEO, Board of Directors & Executive Director 911.0K male
Simon David Ainslie Jones CFO, Board of Directors & Director 768.4K male
George Dyer Group Investment Director male
Gwyn Pritchard Managing Director of Construction male
Michael Bunyan Head of Project Services male
Sam Scott Managing Director of Fresh male
ESG Score History

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House Trading Activity

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