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Xaar plc (XAR.L)

GBp115.00 -1.50 (-1.29%)
GB LSE Technology Computer Hardware
Address 3950 Cambridge Research Park CB25 9PE
Cambridge, GB
CEO Robert John Mills
Website xaar.com
IPO 1997-10-17
ISIN GB0001570810

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Also trades on London Stock Exchange · XAR.L (GBp) Other OTC · XAARF (USD)
Description

Xaar plc is a globally active enterprise involved in the design, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of innovative printheads and associated products, with operations spanning Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The company structures its business across three principal divisions: Printhead, Product Print Systems, and Digital Imaging. Its comprehensive range of offerings includes specialized printhead units; advanced digital imaging solutions such as digital inkjet label presses and pathology scanners; industrial-grade ink management and supply systems tailored for digital inkjet technology; industrial printing machinery; and essential system components. These components feature items like ink system test kits, print managers, Hydra and Midas ink supply systems, inkjet development platforms, and various iterations of Head Personality Cards (including versions 3, 6, and 2001+). Xaar's solutions are employed across a broad spectrum of industries and applications, from 3D printing, ceramic tile decoration, and coding and marking, to decorative laminates, direct-to-shape printing, functional fluid deposition, glass printing, graphics, primary labels, packaging, and general product printing. Founded in 1990, the company is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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GBp115.00 -1.50 (-1.29%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
193.1K
Beta
0.80
Float Shares
75.94M
Free Float %
96.5%
Price Performance
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+0.00% -6.09% -6.43% +10.55% +11.49% +23.58% +7.82% -25.78% -39.91% -72.99% +15.42%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
115.00
DCF (Levered) 194.90 +69.5%

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 -1
Hold 0 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
4.42
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
4 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
1 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
B-
Overall Score
2 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
4 / 5
High
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 Computer Hardware: +13.3%
    -2.2% Q4'25: -9.0% (vs Q4'23)
  • EPS growth Computer Hardware: +25.2%
    +69.4% Q4'25: +66.7% (vs Q4'23)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Computer Hardware: +24.2%
    -3.4% Q4'25: +4.6% (vs Q4'23)
  • EBIT margin Computer Hardware: +5.6%
    -4.9% Q4'25: +1.3% (vs Q4'23)
  • ROIC Computer Hardware: +5.3%
    -5.4% Q4'25: +1.8% (vs Q4'23)
  • Share dilution Computer Hardware: +0.0%
    -0.1% Q4'25: +2.1% (vs Q4'23)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Computer Hardware: -0.55×
    -1.82× Q4'25: 3.27× (vs Q4'23)
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
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WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.84) × ERP
WACC = 95% × Ke + 5% × Kd (8.6%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Current price: 115.00
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
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Dec 2026
2 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
2 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2029
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
15.06M
est: 13.50M (+11.6%)
22.75M
est: 23.34M (-2.6%)
23.98M
est: 22.22M (+7.9%)
30.87M
est: 29.49M (+4.7%)
34.81M
est: 35.62M (-2.3%)
42.77M
est: 43.02M (-0.6%)
42.21M
est: 42.70M (-1.2%)
47.85M
est: 48.60M (-1.5%)
42.02M
est: 42.50M (-1.1%)
41.50M
est: 43.14M (-3.8%)
54.68M
est: 51.76M (+5.6%)
68.71M
est: 69.25M (-0.8%)
86.30M
est: 85.02M (+1.5%)
137.13M
est: 137.04M (+0.1%)
109.15M
est: 108.94M (+0.2%)
93.47M
est: 92.97M (+0.5%)
96.18M
est: 96.07M (+0.1%)
100.14M
est: 89.10M (+12.4%)
63.53M
est: 64.25M (-1.1%)
49.40M
est: 46.85M (+5.4%)
47.98M
est: 47.90M (+0.2%)
59.25M
est: 59.00M (+0.4%)
72.78M
est: 73.47M (-0.9%)
70.61M
est: 64.74M (+9.1%)
61.41M
est: 62.68M (-2.0%)
60.06M
est: 60.30M (-0.4%)
70.95M
68.88M – 73.02M
+17.7% YoY
80.80M
72.59M – 89.01M
+13.9% YoY
114.00M
106.28M – 121.72M
+41.1% YoY
141.90M
132.29M – 151.51M
+24.5% YoY
EBITDA
2.12M
est: 446.0K (+376.0%)
4.39M
est: 756.2K (+479.9%)
3.42M
est: 4.46M (-23.4%)
2.62M
est: 3.37M (-22.2%)
7.73M
est: 4.07M (+89.8%)
12.42M
est: 9.94M (+24.9%)
9.81M
est: 11.75M (-16.5%)
11.66M
est: 11.37M (+2.5%)
8.10M
est: 10.34M (-21.7%)
4.14M
est: 9.20M (-55.0%)
10.39M
est: 5.60M (+85.4%)
15.16M
est: 13.53M (+12.1%)
23.12M
est: 18.64M (+24.1%)
47.11M
est: 37.55M (+25.5%)
34.31M
est: 38.48M (-10.8%)
30.25M
est: 29.65M (+2.0%)
27.25M
est: 25.56M (+6.6%)
23.61M
est: 25.32M (-6.7%)
3.98M
est: 15.58M (-74.5%)
-4.98M
est: -5.30M (+6.1%)
288.0K
est: -59.52M (+100.5%)
5.90M
est: -67.46M (+108.7%)
6.03M
est: -70.29M (+108.6%)
3.45M
est: 1.42M (+141.9%)
-4.42M
est: 1.38M (-420.7%)
-2.95M
est: 1.33M (-322.5%)
1.56M
1.52M – 1.61M
+17.7% YoY
1.78M
1.60M – 1.96M
+13.9% YoY
2.51M
2.34M – 2.68M
+41.1% YoY
3.12M
2.91M – 3.33M
+24.5% YoY
EBIT
598.0K
est: -702.8K (+185.1%)
2.76M
est: 518.8K (+431.4%)
643.0K
est: 2.38M (-73.0%)
1.06M
est: 398.2K (+166.2%)
5.57M
est: 480.8K (+1,057.4%)
11.06M
est: 7.13M (+55.1%)
7.03M
est: 10.42M (-32.6%)
7.44M
est: 7.51M (-1.0%)
4.41M
est: 6.12M (-28.0%)
-624.0K
est: 4.06M (-115.4%)
5.52M
est: -360.0K (+1,634.2%)
9.19M
est: 7.36M (+24.9%)
15.73M
est: 11.17M (+40.8%)
39.70M
est: 24.99M (+58.9%)
23.59M
est: 31.30M (-24.6%)
19.27M
est: 19.68M (-2.1%)
18.61M
est: 13.45M (+38.3%)
14.67M
est: 16.36M (-10.3%)
280.0K
est: 8.80M (-96.8%)
-10.84M
est: 75.1K (-14,538.5%)
-4.38M
est: -11.46M (+61.8%)
1.24M
est: -12.99M (+109.5%)
1.24M
est: -13.54M (+109.2%)
-2.04M
est: -2.82M (+27.8%)
-10.93M
est: -2.73M (-299.7%)
-2.95M
est: -2.63M (-12.2%)
-3.10M
-3.19M – -3.01M
-17.7% YoY
-3.53M
-3.88M – -3.17M
-13.9% YoY
-4.97M
-5.31M – -4.64M
-41.1% YoY
-6.19M
-6.61M – -5.77M
-24.5% YoY
Net Income
204.0K
est: -1.54M (+113.3%)
2.32M
est: 3.28M (-29.4%)
-363.0K
est: 2.19M (-116.6%)
1.01M
est: 1.48M (-31.8%)
4.61M
est: 5.47M (-15.7%)
7.05M
est: 5.19M (+35.7%)
4.84M
est: 6.95M (-30.3%)
5.40M
est: 5.46M (-1.1%)
3.43M
est: 4.72M (-27.3%)
58.0K
est: 3.45M (-98.3%)
3.99M
est: 480.0K (+731.0%)
7.68M
est: 5.35M (+43.4%)
12.63M
est: 9.45M (+33.6%)
31.86M
est: 20.31M (+56.8%)
18.69M
est: 25.15M (-25.7%)
12.53M
est: 16.19M (-22.6%)
14.80M
est: 12.82M (+15.4%)
10.93M
est: 13.91M (-21.4%)
-12.34M
est: 7.95M (-255.2%)
-71.89M
est: -8.46M (-749.7%)
-11.69M
est: -68.54M (+83.0%)
16.22M
est: -77.69M (+120.9%)
1.63M
est: -246.0K (+763.4%)
-2.17M
est: -3.44M (+36.9%)
-10.69M
est: 192.1K (-5,666.4%)
-3.39M
est: 852.4K (-497.8%)
1.54M
1.47M – 1.61M
+80.8% YoY
4.90M
4.44M – 5.36M
+217.9% YoY
8.69M
7.93M – 9.46M
+77.4% YoY
10.82M
9.87M – 11.78M
+24.5% YoY
SGA
est: 3.85M (-100.0%)
est: 6.53M (-100.0%)
est: 4.66M (-100.0%)
est: 6.77M (-100.0%)
10.59M
est: 8.17M (+29.6%)
12.13M
est: 11.47M (+5.7%)
12.42M
est: 9.13M (+36.0%)
12.98M
est: 12.41M (+4.6%)
13.21M
est: 6.03M (+118.9%)
6.60M
est: 16.95M (-61.1%)
7.50M
est: 21.00M (-64.3%)
9.46M
est: 24.35M (-61.2%)
17.37M
est: 19.28M (-9.9%)
18.51M
est: 28.05M (-34.0%)
13.45M
est: 14.59M (-7.8%)
14.69M
est: 11.65M (+26.1%)
14.45M
est: 14.69M (-1.6%)
20.49M
est: 12.93M (+58.5%)
16.58M
est: 14.88M (+11.4%)
17.10M
est: 10.32M (+65.7%)
13.99M
est: 16.40M (-14.7%)
16.41M
est: 18.59M (-11.7%)
20.72M
est: 19.37M (+7.0%)
21.83M
est: 19.45M (+12.3%)
16.29M
est: 18.83M (-13.5%)
21.97M
est: 18.11M (+21.3%)
21.31M
20.69M – 21.93M
+17.7% YoY
24.27M
21.81M – 26.74M
+13.9% YoY
34.25M
31.93M – 36.56M
+41.1% YoY
42.63M
39.74M – 45.51M
+24.5% YoY
EPS
0.00
est: -0.02 (+120.6%)
0.04
est: 0.04 (-2.6%)
-0.01
est: 0.05 (-113.1%)
0.02
est: 0.02 (-9.3%)
0.08
est: 0.07 (+11.4%)
0.12
est: 0.12 (-1.4%)
0.08
est: 0.08 (-2.3%)
0.09
est: 0.09 (-2.2%)
0.06
est: 0.05 (+6.6%)
0.00
est: 0.03 (-96.8%)
0.06
est: 0.06 (+7.8%)
0.11
est: 0.10 (+5.7%)
0.18
est: 0.17 (+3.5%)
0.43
est: 0.43 (-0.4%)
0.25
est: 0.25 (-1.7%)
0.17
est: 0.20 (-16.1%)
0.19
est: 0.19 (-2.1%)
0.14
est: 0.10 (+41.4%)
-0.16
est: -0.06 (-173.7%)
-0.20
est: -0.28 (+27.4%)
-0.15
est: -0.05 (-193.0%)
-0.02
est: -0.02 (-37.8%)
0.02
est: 0.02 (+16.7%)
-0.03
est: -0.04 (+36.7%)
-0.14
est: 0.00 (-5,858.9%)
-0.04
est: 0.01 (-636.3%)
0.02
0.02 – 0.02
+143.8% YoY
0.06
0.06 – 0.07
+217.9% YoY
0.11
0.10 – 0.12
+77.4% YoY
0.14
0.12 – 0.15
+24.5% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-29 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-28 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-27 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-26 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-22 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-21 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-20 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-19 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-18 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-15 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-14 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-13 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-12 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-11 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-08 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-07 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-06 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-05 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-01 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-30 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-29 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-28 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-27 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-24 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-23 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-22 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-21 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-20 B- 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-17 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-16 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-3.80M
OE per share TTM
-0.05
Owner's Yield
-3.62%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
35.6%

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 2 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 State Street SPDR FTSE UK All Share UCITS ETF (Dist) FTAD.L 0.00% 36.8K 0.20%
2 State Street SPDR FTSE UK All Share UCITS ETF (Acc) FTAL.L 0.00% 36.8K 0.20%

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
-8.9K
Shares Outstanding
78.71M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

No proxy statements available for this company yet.

Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

No SEC filings available for this company yet.

Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Robert John Mills Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director 722.0K
Paul Anthony James Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director 491.0K male
Graham Tweedale Chief Operating Officer male
Pheobe Greenwood Company Secretary
ESG Score History

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Senate Trading Activity

No Senate trading activity found for this company.

House Trading Activity

No House trading activity found for this company.

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