Vertu Motors (VTU)

Company name:	Vertu Motors Plc
EPIC:	VTU	Trading Currency:	GBX
Market Sector:	ASM6	ISIN:	GB00B1GK4645
Market Segment:	AMSM	Share Type:	DE
WWW Address:	http://www.vertumotors.com/	Description:	ORD 10P
Industry Sector:	GENERAL RETAILERS

Price	Price Change [%]	Bid	Offer	Open	High	Low	Volume
38.10	0.4 [1.06]	37.40	37.90	39.00	39.00	37.00	3,525,542
Market Cap. [m]	Shares In Issue [m]	Beta	EPS	DPS	PE Ratio	Yield	52-Wks-Range
143.16	375.74	0.01	0.81	0.60	47.04	1.57	41.40 - 16.80

Vertu Motors Key Figures

(at previous day's close)
Market Cap.	143.16	m
Shares In Issue	375.74	m
Prev. Close	37.70
PE Ratio	47.04
Dividend Yield	1.57	%
EPS - basic	0.81	p
Dividend PS	0.60	p
Dividend Cover	1.35
Cash Flow PS	6.15	p
Return On Equity (ROE)	1.13	%
Operating Margin	0.24	%
PEG Factor	-0.55
EPS Growth Rate	-85.14	%
Dividends PS Growth Rate	-62.50	%
Net Debt	874.40	m
Gross Gearing	77.65	%
Quick Assets	112.98	m
Net Working Capital	-17.64	m
Intangibles / Fixed Assets	44.19	%
Turnover PS	815.60	p
Pre-Tax Profit PS	1.95	p
Retained Profit PS	-0.83	p
Cash PS	10.87	p
Net Cash PS	-194.01	p
Net Tangible Asset Value PS *	19.94	p
Net Asset Value PS	70.09	p
Spread	0.50 (1.32%)
* Calculation based on Ordinary Capital figure as contained in last annual report, and the most recent shares in issue figure. Therefore the ratio might be exposed to inaccuracies.

Vertu Motors Balance Sheet

Share Price Performance

Sample Period ^†	High	Low
1 week	39.70	36.40
4 weeks	41.40	33.40
12 weeks	41.40	28.20
1 year	41.40	16.80

Share Price Chart (5 years)

Vertu Motors Historic Returns

Period ^†	Open	Change	%	Open Avg.	Avg. Daily Vol [m]	Total Vol [m]	VWAP
1 week	39.70	-1.60	-4.03	36.40	1.53		37.12
4 weeks	33.60	4.50	13.39	33.40	1.50		37.98
12 weeks	28.20	9.90	35.11	28.20	1.56		33.24
26 weeks	25.50	12.60	49.41	23.60	1.15		31.65
1 year	31.50	6.60	20.95	16.80	1.04		28.21
3 years	42.55	-4.45	-10.46	16.80	0.85		34.62
5 years	67.00	-28.90	-43.13	16.80	1.18		41.83
† periods calculated are whole weeks rather than calendar months

Vertu Motors Key Management Ratios

Vertu Motors Investment Ratios

(Market value analysis) at previous day's close
PQ Ratio	8.91
PE Ratio	47.04
Tobin's Q Ratio	0.13
Tobin's Q Ratio (excl. intangibles)	0.15
Dividend Yield	1.57	%
Market-to-Book Ratio	0.54
Price-to-Pre-Tax Profit PS	19.56
Price-to-Retained Profit PS	-45.66
Price-to-Cash Flow PS	6.20
Price-to-Sales PS	0.05
Price-to-Net Tangible Asset Value PS	1.91
Price-to-Cash PS	3.51
Net Working Capital PS	-4.70
Price Pct to Working Capital PS	-8.11	%
Earnings Yield	2.13	%
Average PE	14.31
Years in average	5
PE to PE average	328.71	%

Vertu Motors Financial Ratios

(Leverage Ratios)
Debt Ratio	35.58	%
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	0.55
Debt-to-Equity Ratio (excl. Intgbl)	1.94
Debt-to-Equity Market Value	1.02
Net Gearing	74.19	%
Net Gearing (excl. Intangibles)	88.31	%
Gross Gearing	77.65	%
Gross Gearing (excl. Intangibles)	92.43	%
Gearing Under 1 Year	65.31	%
Gearing Under 1 Year (excl. Intgbl)	77.74	%
Assets/Equity	4.48
Cash/Equity	15.51
(Liquidity Ratios)
Net Working Capital to Total Assets	-1.50	%
Current Ratio	0.98
Quick Ratio (Acid Test)	0.15
Liquidity Ratio	0.05
Cash & Equiv/Current Assets	5.43	%
(Solvency Ratios)
Enterprise Value	247.76	m
CFO/Sales	0.01
CFO/Attributable Profit	7.73
CFO/Assets	0.02
CFO/Debt	0.03
Total Debt/Equity Market Value	6.39
Total Debt/Sales	0.30
Total Debt/Pre-Tax Profit	125.08
Total Debt	915.24	m
Total Debt/Net Current Assets	-51.87	%
(Dodds - Graham Ratios)
3 yr Compound Earnings Growth	-	%
5 yr Compound Earnings Growth	-	%
10 yr Compound Earnings Growth	-	%
Earn drops > 5% in 10yrs	4

Beta (60-Mnth)	Beta (36-Mnth)
0.0115	0.0204

Vertu Motors Operating Ratios

(Profitability Ratios)
Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)	1.79	%
Return On Assets (ROA)	0.26	%
Net Profit Margin	0.10	%
Assets Turnover	2.70
Return On Equity (ROE)	1.13	%
Return On Investment (ROI)	0.80	%
Dividend Payout Ratio	74.07	%
Plowback Ratio	25.93	%
Growth from Plowback Ratio	0.29	%
Net Income Of Revenues	-0.10	%
(Asset Utilisation Multiples)
Shareholders Equity Turnover	11.35
Fixed Assets Turnover	7.93
Current Assets Turnover	4.08
Net Working Capital Turnover
Inventory Turnover	4.87
(Other Operating Ratios)
Total Assets-to-Sales	0.37
Debtors-to-Sales	2.20	%
Debt Collection Period	8.02	Days

Vertu Motors Dividends

Announcement Date	Type	Curr.	Dividend Amount	Period Start	Period End	Ex Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Total Dividend Amount
09 Oct 2019	Interim	GBX	0.60	01/03/2019	29/02/2020	05/12/2019	06/12/2019	17/01/2020	0.60
08 May 2019	Final	GBX	1.05	28/02/2018	28/02/2019	27/06/2019	28/06/2019	29/07/2019	1.60
10 Oct 2018	Interim	GBX	0.55	03/03/2018	31/08/2018	06/12/2018	07/12/2018	18/01/2019	-
09 May 2018	Final	GBX	0.95	28/02/2017	28/02/2018	21/06/2018	22/06/2018	30/07/2018	1.50
11 Oct 2017	Interim	GBX	0.55	03/03/2017	31/08/2017	07/12/2017	08/12/2017	19/01/2018	-
10 May 2017	Final	GBX	0.90	28/02/2016	28/02/2017	29/06/2017	30/06/2017	31/07/2017	1.40
12 Oct 2016	Interim	GBX	0.50	02/03/2016	31/08/2016	22/12/2016	23/12/2016	20/01/2017	-
11 May 2016	Final	GBX	0.85	01/03/2015	29/02/2016	23/06/2016	24/06/2016	26/07/2016	1.30
14 Oct 2015	Interim	GBX	0.45	03/03/2015	31/08/2015	24/12/2015	29/12/2015	22/01/2016	-
13 May 2015	Final	GBX	0.70	28/02/2014	28/02/2015	25/06/2015	26/06/2015	28/07/2015	1.05
15 Oct 2014	Interim	GBX	0.35	03/03/2014	31/08/2014	26/12/2014	30/12/2014	23/01/2015	-
07 May 2014	Final	GBX	0.50	28/02/2013	28/02/2014	25/06/2014	27/06/2014	29/07/2014	0.75
16 Oct 2013	Interim	GBX	0.25	03/03/2013	31/08/2013	23/12/2013	27/12/2013	24/01/2014	-
21 May 2013	Final	GBX	0.40	28/02/2012	28/02/2013	26/06/2013	28/06/2013	29/07/2013	0.65
17 Oct 2012	Interim	GBX	0.25	02/03/2012	31/08/2012	02/01/2013	04/01/2013	25/01/2013	-
18 May 2012	Final	GBX	0.40	01/03/2011	29/02/2012	13/06/2012	15/06/2012	27/07/2012	0.60
19 Oct 2011	Interim	GBX	0.20	01/03/2011	29/02/2012	04/01/2012	06/01/2012	27/01/2012	-
13 May 2011	Final	GBX	0.30	28/02/2010	28/02/2011	18/05/2011	20/05/2011	26/07/2011	0.50
18 Oct 2010	Interim	GBX	0.20	28/02/2010	28/02/2011	05/01/2011	07/01/2011	28/01/2011	-

Vertu Motors Fundamentals

	28 Feb 2017 (GBP)		28 Feb 2018 (GBP)		28 Feb 2019 (GBP)		29 Feb 2020 (GBP)
turnover	2,822.59	100.00%	2,796.07	100.00%	2,982.20	100.00%	3,064.53	100.00%	m
pre tax profit	29.82	1.06%	30.45	1.09%	25.33	0.85%	7.32	0.24%	m
attributable profit	24.02	0.85%	24.68	0.88%	20.54	0.69%	2.99	0.10%	m
retained profit	18.67	0.66%	19.00	0.68%	14.88	0.50%	-3.14	-0.10%	m
eps - basic (p)	6.14		6.31		5.45		0.81
eps - diluted (p)	6.20		6.21		5.37		0.80
dividends per share	1.40		1.50		1.60		0.60

Vertu Motors Balance Sheet

	28 Feb 2017 (GBP)		28 Feb 2018 (GBP)		28 Feb 2019 (GBP)		29 Feb 2020 (GBP)


	28 Feb 2017 (GBP)		28 Feb 2018 (GBP)		28 Feb 2019 (GBP)		29 Feb 2020 (GBP)
ASSETS
fixed assets	197.54	22.09%	198.00	20.43%	224.82	20.52%	229.15	19.44%	m
intangibles	96.11	10.75%	95.70	9.88%	114.78	10.48%	188.45	15.99%	m
fixed investments	1.88	0.21%	6.55	0.68%	6.47	0.59%	8.87	0.75%	m
current assets - other	-	-%	2.45	0.25%	1.32	0.12%	0.42	0.04%	m
stocks	506.47	56.63%	558.39	57.62%	618.68	56.47%	639.18	54.23%	m
debtors	52.55	5.87%	66.27	6.84%	62.94	5.75%	71.72	6.09%	m
cash & securities	39.85	4.45%	41.71	4.30%	66.52	6.07%	40.84	3.46%	m

TOTAL	894.40	100%	969.07	100%	1,095.53	100%	1,178.62	100%	m

LIABILITIES
creditors - short	624.40	69.81%	679.52	70.12%	755.20	68.93%	769.80	65.31%	m
creditors - long	23.57	2.64%	25.13	2.59%	63.69	5.81%	145.45	12.34%	m
creditors - other	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	m
subordinated loans	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	m
insurance funds	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	m

TOTAL	647.97	72.45%	704.65	72.71%	818.89	74.75%	915.24	77.65%	m

EQUITY
ord cap, reserves	246.43	27.55%	264.42	27.29%	276.64	25.25%	263.37	22.35%	m
prefs, minorities	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	-	-%	m

TOTAL	246.43	27.55%	264.42	27.29%	276.64	25.25%	263.37	22.35%	m

OTHER
NAV Basic	-		-		-		-
NAV Diluted	-		-		-		-

Vertu Motors Cash Flow Statement

	28 Feb 2017 (GBP)	28 Feb 2018 (GBP)	28 Feb 2019 (GBP)	29 Feb 2020 (GBP)
Operating CF	49.97	18.85	50.97	23.10	m
Pre-Financing CF	-28.18	8.96	-10.42	-1.80	m
Retained CF	-4.07	1.86	24.81	-25.68	m

Vertu Motors Brokers

Name	Activity	Type	Mnemonic	Code
Arden Partners Plc	Market Maker(MMF)	Broker/Dealer	ARDA	ARRRGB2100A
Commerzbank AG	Market Maker(MMF)	Broker/Dealer	KLWT	DRESGB2LPST
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited	Market Maker(MMF)	Broker/Dealer	PMUR	PMURGB2L
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Ltd	Market Maker(MMF)	Broker/Dealer	SCAP	SHOCGB21
Winterflood Securities Ltd	Market Maker(MMF)	Broker/Dealer	WINS	WNTSGB2LBIC