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Fair value pending

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Market cap

4.2B

London Stock Exchange

Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E13.9

P25 7.3P50 12.4P75 15.7

Trailing P/E15.6

P25 8.8P50 15.7P75 25.3

ROE51.6

P25 -5.7P50 6.8P75 17.4

ROIC48.4

P25 1.3P50 7.7P75 13.5

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Indicator catalog

All LON/AUTO market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

241

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Showing 241 of 241 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Country	United Kingdom
Country code	UK
Employees	1,249
Employees Change	-41%
Employees Change Percent	-3.18
Enterprise value	GBX 4.3B
Exchange	London Stock Exchange
Financial currency	GBP
First seen	2026-05-10
Industry	Internet Content & Information
Isin	GB00BVYVFW23
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	GBX 4.2B
Price	GBX 519
Price currency	GBX
Rev Per Employee	493,434.75x
Sector	Communication Services
Sic	7370
Symbol	lon/AUTO
Website	https://www.autotrader.co.uk

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	6.94%
EV Earnings	14.54x
EV/EBIT	11x
EV/EBITDA	10.49x
EV/FCF	14.06x
EV/Sales	6.93x
FCF yield	7.18%
Forward P/E	13.9x
P/B ratio	7.51x
P/E ratio	15.61x
P/S ratio	6.87x
PE Ratio10 Y	27.08x
PE Ratio3 Y	25.16x
PE Ratio5 Y	24.99x
PEG ratio	1.65x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	62.4%
EBITDA Margin	64.94%
FCF margin	49.31%
Gross margin	78.68%
Gross Profit	GBX 484.9M
Gross Profit Growth	2.15%
Gross Profit Growth Q	4.28%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	2.5%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	3.92%
Net Income	GBX 293.9M
Net Income Growth	5.08%
Net Income Growth Q	8.1%
Net Income Growth Quarters	5%
Net Income Growth Years	2%
Net Income Growth3 Y	4.59%
Net Income Growth5 Y	4.67%
Pretax Margin	62.88%
Profit Margin	47.69%
Profit Per Employee	GBX 235,308
Profitable Years	14
ROA	35.67
Roa5y	31.24
ROCE	60.9
ROE	51.58
Roe5y	47.98
ROIC	48.38
Roic5y	46.18

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	4.41%
Cagr1y	-39.1%
Cagr3y	-5.6%
Cagr5y	-0.72%
Div CAGR3	9.51%
Div CAGR5	16.87%
EPS Growth	7.62
EPS Growth Q	10.89
EPS Growth Quarters	5
EPS Growth Years	2
EPS Growth3 Y	5.8
EPS Growth5 Y	6.06
FCF Growth	2.12%
FCF Growth Q	2.19%
FCF Growth3 Y	2.3%
FCF Growth5 Y	2.82%
OCF Growth	6.37%
OCF Growth Q	9.45%
OCF Growth10 Y	7.25%
OCF Growth3 Y	3.52%
OCF Growth5 Y	3.62%
Revenue Growth	3.95x
Revenue Growth Q	5.03x
Revenue Growth Quarters	9x
Revenue Growth Years	4x
Revenue Growth3 Y	2.58x
Revenue Growth5 Y	4.26x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	GBX 0.91
Assets	GBX 697.8M
Cash	GBX 20.2M
Current Assets	GBX 117.6M
Current Liabilities	GBX 66.3M
Debt	GBX 59.1M
Debt EBITDA	GBX 0.15
Debt Equity	GBX 0.1
Debt FCF	GBX 0.19
Equity	GBX 564M
Interest Coverage	160.3
Liabilities	GBX 133.8M
Long Term Assets	GBX 580.2M
Long Term Liabilities	GBX 67.5M
Net Cash	GBX -38.9M
Net Cash By Market Cap	GBX -0.92
Net Debt EBITDA	GBX 0.1
Net Debt Equity	GBX 0.07
Net Debt FCF	GBX 0.13
Tangible Book Value	GBX 99.4M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	GBX 0.11
WACC	7.95

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.77
Inventory Turnover	39.82
Net Working Capital	GBX 36M
Quick ratio	1.55
Working Capital	GBX 51.3M
Working Capital Turnover	GBX 13.33

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	2.39%
Dividend Growth	10.1%
Dividend Growth Years	5%
Dividend per share	GBX 0.11
Dividend Years	11
Dividend Yield	2.1%
Ex Div Date	2026-01-02
Last Dividend	GBX 0.04
Payout Frequency	Semi-Annual
Payout Ratio	31.68%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	53.94%
1Y total return	-39.08%
200-day SMA	638.7
3Y total return	-15.89%
50-day SMA	486.8
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-3.53%
All Time High	920
All Time High Change	-43.59%
All Time High Date	2025-05-27
All Time Low	235
All Time Low Change	120.85%
All Time Low Date	2015-03-19
ATR	15.17
Beta	0.69
Beta1y	0.36
Beta2y	0.4
Ch YTD	-11.49
High	522.2
High52	920
High52 Date	2025-05-27
High52ch	-43.59%
Low	515.2
Low52	445.8
Low52 Date	2026-03-27
Low52ch	16.42%
Ma50ch	6.63%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-18.75%
RSI	61.91
RSI Monthly	34.25
RSI Weekly	41.8
Sharpe ratio	-1.92x
Sortino ratio	-2.14
Total Return	4.49%
Tr YTD	-10.92
Tr1m	10.64%
Tr1w	5.02%
Tr3m	6.83%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	GBX 384.6M
Operating Income Growth	3.05
Operating Income Growth Q	6.11
Operating Income Growth3 Y	2.51
Operating Income Growth5 Y	4.15
Operating margin	62.4

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	808,369,515%
Net Borrowing	12,500,000
Shares Insiders	0.44%
Shares Institutions	79.02%
Shares Out	815,951,117
Shares Qo Q	-1.62%
Shares Yo Y	-2.39%

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	GBX 293.7M
Average Volume	4,210,167.05x
Bv Per Share	0.65
CAPEX	GBX -15M
Ch10y	37.19
Ch1m	10.64
Ch1w	5.02
Ch1y	-40
Ch3m	6.83
Ch3y	-19.28
Ch5y	-9.74
Ch6m	-30.91
Change	-0.35%
Change From Open	0
Close	520.8
Days Gap	-0.35
Depreciation Amortization	15,600,000
Dollar Volume	1,739,485,590
Earnings Date	2026-05-21
EBIT	GBX 384.6M
EBITDA	GBX 400.2M
EPS	GBX 0.33
F Score	5
FCF	GBX 303.9M
FCF EV Yield	7.11x
FCF Per Share	GBX 0.37
Financing CF	-304,900,000
Fiscal Year End	March
Founded	1,977
Goodwill	427,600,000
Graham Number	236.683
Graham Upside	-54.4
Income Tax	GBX 93.6M
Investing CF	-8,900,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Last Earnings Date	2025-11-06
Last Report Date	2025-09-30
Lynch Fair Value	GBX 180
Lynch Upside	-65.3
Ma150	584
Ma150ch	-11.13%
Ma20	501.6
Ma20ch	3.48%
Net CF	5,100,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-05-21
Open	519
P FCF Ratio	13.93
P OCF Ratio	13.28
Payment Date	2026-01-26
Position In Range	54.29
Ppne	61,900,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	GBX 10.58
Ptbv Ratio	42.6
Relative Volume	0.83x
Revenue	616,300,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.66x
Share Based Comp	10,200,000
Tax By Revenue	15.19x
Tax Rate	24.15%
Tr6m	-30.46%
Volume	3,351,610
Z Score	37.63

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

LON/AUTO dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.1%

$0.11 annual per share

Payout ratio

+31.7%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+16.9%

5 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+4.5%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-01-02

Performance

LON/AUTO stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns LON/AUTO?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+79.0%

Share of float held by funds and institutions

Insider ownership

+0.4%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Short interest

n/a

Float sold short by bearish positioning

Y/Y dilution

-2.4%

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

LON/AUTO momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

61.9

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-18.7%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.69

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

-1.92

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

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