Ricardo (RCDO)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

235.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -2.00p
  • 52 Week High: 532.00
  • 52 Week Low: 213.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 62.22m
  • Volume: 41,296
  • Market Cap: £146.21m
  • RiskGrade: 242

Ricardo Overview

We are a global strategic engineering and environmental consultancy that specialises in the transport, energy and scarce resources sectors. Our work extends across a range of market sectors – including passenger cars, commercial vehicles, rail, defence, motorsport, energy and environment – and we are proud to possess a client list that includes transport operators, manufacturers, energy companies, financial institutions and government agencies.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.4% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.8 2.7
Op Mrgn 2.7% 5.7%
ROCE 7.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 6.5 14.8
PEG 0.9 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.3 0.4
Pr/Book 0.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 6.6% -21.4%
PBT n/a 398.2%
EPS 7.5% -56.2%
DPS 6.2% -54.1%

Ricardo Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-20 352.00 (5.30) 21.30p 19.7 n/a -60% 6.24p 1.5%
30-Jun-21 343.70 2.00 22.40p 18.3 3.7 +5% 6.86p 1.7%
30-Jun-22 380.20 12.40 31.20p 11.6 0.3 +39% 10.40p 2.9%
30-Jun-23 445.20 (8.00) 33.40p 17.1 2.4 +7% 11.96p 2.1%
30-Jun-24 474.70 4.30 35.90p 13.6 1.7 +8% 12.70p 2.6%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Ricardo Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-25 373.26 21.42 15.74p 14.9 n/a -56% 5.83p 0.0%
30-Jun-26 418.19 24.32 19.58p 12.0 0.5 +24% 7.33p 0.0%
30-Jun-27 437.22 29.87 26.20p 9.0 0.3 +34% 9.59p 0.0%

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Ricardo Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 23-Apr-2025 08:00 RNS
Business and Strategy Update 22-Apr-2025 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 15-Apr-2025 09:12 RNS

Ricardo ShareCast News

Ricardo set to end year in line with expectations 22-Apr-2025 ShareCast
Science Group further increases stake in Ricardo 04-Apr-2025 ShareCast
Ricardo reiterates opposition to Science Group, ... 28-Mar-2025 ShareCast

Ricardo Top Newspaper Links

Engineering group Ricardo hits top speed as prof... 27-Sep-2011 Daily Mail
RICARDO’S ANNUAL SALES RACE AHEAD TO £196M 27-Sep-2011 Express & Star
Fine tuning 18-Sep-2007 The Scotsman

Latest Ricardo Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
11-Apr-25 Buy Dividends Harpreet Sagoo 227.90p 1 £2.28
11-Apr-25 Buy Dividends Judith Cottrell 227.90p 4 £9.12
09-Apr-25 Buy Judith Cottrell 239.00p 63 £150.57

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Ricardo Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 235.00p
Change Today -2.00p
% Change -0.84 %
52 Week High 532.00
52 Week Low 213.00
Volume 41,296
Shares Issued 62.22m
Market Cap £146.21m
RiskGrade 242

Ricardo Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
41.99% below the market average41.99% below the market average41.99% below the market average41.99% below the market average41.99% below the market average
15.56% below the sector average15.56% below the sector average15.56% below the sector average15.56% below the sector average15.56% below the sector average
Price Trend
79.95% below the market average79.95% below the market average79.95% below the market average79.95% below the market average79.95% below the market average
85.57% below the sector average85.57% below the sector average85.57% below the sector average85.57% below the sector average85.57% below the sector average
Income
10.23% above the market average10.23% above the market average10.23% above the market average10.23% above the market average10.23% above the market average
11.86% below the sector average11.86% below the sector average11.86% below the sector average11.86% below the sector average11.86% below the sector average
Growth
35.74% above the market average35.74% above the market average35.74% above the market average35.74% above the market average35.74% above the market average
39.13% above the sector average39.13% above the sector average39.13% above the sector average39.13% above the sector average39.13% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 1
Neutral 5
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 9
buy
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Ricardo Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 13-Mar-25 31-Oct-24
Paid 11-Apr-25 22-Nov-24
Amount 1.70p 8.90p

Trades for 25-Apr-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 19,277 @ 235.00p
16:35 678 @ 235.00p
16:35 267 @ 235.00p
16:35 53 @ 235.00p
16:35 115 @ 235.00p

Ricardo Key Personnel

CEO Graham Ritchie

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