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HFD Halfords Group Plc

141.60
-0.60 (-0.42%)
31 Jan 2025 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Halfords Group Plc LSE:HFD London Ordinary Share GB00B012TP20 ORD 1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -0.60 -0.42% 141.60 1,067,113 16:35:13
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
140.80 141.40 143.20 141.00 143.00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Misc Retail Stores, Nec 1.71B 16.9M 0.0772 18.32 311.32M
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
16:54:57 O 63,666 142.1577 GBX

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01/2/202518:41HFD4,653
28/1/202509:34Halfords thread with charts730
23/2/201709:26Halfords - good value - possible bid??47
31/12/201300:19Hedge Fund - Technical Strategy19
31/12/201300:15HALFORDS: AUTO PARTS better by HALF248

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Posted at 01/2/2025 08:20 by Halfords Daily Update
Halfords Group Plc is listed in the Misc Retail Stores, Nec sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker HFD. The last closing price for Halfords was 142.20p.
Halfords currently has 218,928,736 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Halfords is £309,565,233.
Halfords has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 18.32.
This morning HFD shares opened at 143p
Posted at 29/1/2025 17:12 by sphere25
Sell to Hold:

"Liberum has upgraded Halfords (HFD) after a better-than-expected trading update. However, it is still cautious about the overall outlook.

Analyst Ben Hunt moved his recommendation from ‘sell’ to ‘hold’ and increased the target price from 100p to 144p on the bicycle and car accessories retailer. Halfords jumped 14% to 143p on Tuesday after it reported better-than-expected trading over the peak period, coupled with an improved cost outlook.

These factors led to sizeable consensus forecast upgrades this year, although Hunt only upgraded his forecasts to the ‘lower end of the new guided range’.

‘We expect a flat profit profile going forward given the tough economic backdrop,’ he said.

‘Earnings momentum has clearly turned here and comparatives remain soft, but we are not convinced Halfords is entering into a new upgrade cycle.’"


Sort of sums up the market.

We get the relief bounces when trading is in line or better than expected (when the market is pricing in worse), but then the market wonders if the spikes are sustainable, on the back of the economy we have.

Sometimes the bounces are exacerbated by shorts (GLG cut their short position from 1.28% to 1.06% yesterday) getting caught off guard as well, but we don't see that real follow through conviction to turn these charts around and form bullish trends.

The momentum often gets exhausted. In the grand scheme of things statements like this from HFD are just less garbage than the garbage the market was expecting, so it pops.

A crude way to put it, but that is the ugly environment we are in.

That is our market.

Hip Hip...

All imo
DYOR
Posted at 28/1/2025 14:54 by schofi2
Expecting a few re-ratings here. There's been to much gloom around and HFD to me looks more like a growth stock with a good divi thrown in.
Posted at 28/1/2025 14:46 by yump
Re: the NI costs etc. As they have moved towards non-discretionary sales, presumably price-sensitivity is less of an issue - especially with must-have auto work, so a bit added to prices might not be very important.

Still think its not that well run. You only have to visit in the week to see the waste of shop space, whatever other activities are thriving. I don’t know the answer but they don’t seem to be trying anything new.

At least the website isn’t stuck in the previous decade now.

Looks like about 16p earnings for the year, so perhaps a fair price around 150p-160p.
Posted at 28/1/2025 09:34 by navigo
some of us had long term faith in this despite being a few percent down til the surprise update today,

as a poster said in the last month we did a "curry" and the price goes up in a hurry

well done hamx3
Posted at 09/1/2025 13:07 by pojscott
Seems to be more buyers than sellers so why the drop in share price?
Posted at 29/11/2024 11:59 by schofi2
Simply Wall St. - Daily update:

First half dividend of UK£0.03 announced
Shareholders will receive a dividend of UK£0.03.
Ex-date: 12th December 2024
Payment date: 17th January 2025
Dividend yield will be 5.4%, which is higher than the industry average of 3.7%.
Sustainability & Growth

Dividend is covered by both earnings (68% earnings payout ratio) and cash flows (10% cash payout ratio).
The dividend has decreased over the past 10 years, indicating a lack of growth and stability in payments.
EPS is expected to grow by 48% over the next 3 years, which should provide support to the dividend and adequate earnings cover.

They previously stated the obvious about being a very volatile stock.
That makes HFD a brilliant stock to monitor. Buy low sell high or take profits when sensible. Made lots with HFD over the years doing this and if as stated EPS is expected to grow 48% over 3 years, that is rocket fuel for the share price
Posted at 21/11/2024 18:10 by adam
The share price fell precipitously after the budget. So what is the quantum of the damage? Min wage for under 21s is up 16%. So how many under 21s does Halfords have? Minimum wage up 6.7% for over 21s. I estimate the NI bill increases by £8.5m based on 10,500 employees earning an average £25k. But would welcome other views.
Posted at 08/11/2024 15:18 by danvandan
Does anyone here know what's going on with HFD today? This is a huge fall on no news as far as I can see. Shorts on HFD are actually reducing. Volume today is not high - interested to see any sensible thoughts. Either this is an opportunity or something calamitous is on the horizon; which is it?
Posted at 18/10/2024 11:56 by itisonlymoney
From the preliminary results announcement in the summer:


Next company update

Given the material shift in the business model towards Services, B2B and Motoring, an update on trading after the summer and festive periods is less relevant for the Group than it once was. We will therefore cease our 20-week and Q3 trading updates held in September and January, and replace these with business updates in mid-October and mid-April shortly after our half year and full year period ends.


Well Halfords, mid-October was this week. Next week is late October. The week after is the end of October. Do what you say you're going to do. I hope this isn't because bad numbers take longer to add up.

The share price has been flat - an update is needed.
Posted at 24/8/2024 14:57 by itisonlymoney
there's a lot to be said for going to a shop with a tape measure, looking at the the thing you want to buy, checking its dimensions before paying for it, and taking it home yourself. often quicker than 'click and collect'. i call it, 'look and collect'. sometimes, online is not the way.

incidentally, I bought a large car battery from amazon a few years ago. I was expecting the transaction to go wrong, given the weight and nature of the product, and was pleasantly surprised when it all worked out. as far as i can tell, no one in the chain of people handling the battery seems to have dropped it on the floor (causing it to break). Given that delivery people are often on minimum wage and don't enjoy climbing three flights of stairs with something the weight of a small farmyard animal, i felt it was a risky method of purchase and counted myself lucky that I didn't have to send it back. I don't think I'd do it again though.

I think you're possibly right about HFD's online offering. It's had a poor reputation for years. I bought a trolley jack recently from them online and they delivered it efficiently. But if I was buying a bicycle, I'd definitely go to a store and do the transaction face to face.

I reckon the basic issue is that they probably don't really see themselves as an online retailer. the heavy/large/high-cost nature of their products and services encourages in-person transactions. People buy small stuff from amazon. A bit of a deficit in this day and age, but given that their target is the automotive market, maybe not a disaster. They could probably do better though. The share price definitely agrees with you.
Halfords share price data is direct from the London Stock Exchange

Halfords Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the current Halfords share price?
The current share price of Halfords is 141.60p
How many Halfords shares are in issue?
Halfords has 218,928,736 shares in issue
What is the market cap of Halfords?
The market capitalisation of Halfords is GBP 311.32M
What is the 1 year trading range for Halfords share price?
Halfords has traded in the range of 120.40p to 212.00p during the past year
What is the PE ratio of Halfords?
The price to earnings ratio of Halfords is 18.32
What is the cash to sales ratio of Halfords?
The cash to sales ratio of Halfords is 0.18
What is the reporting currency for Halfords?
Halfords reports financial results in GBP
What is the latest annual turnover for Halfords?
The latest annual turnover of Halfords is GBP 1.71B
What is the latest annual profit for Halfords?
The latest annual profit of Halfords is GBP 16.9M
What is the registered address of Halfords?
The registered address for Halfords is ICKNIELD STREET DRIVE, REDDITCH, WORCESTERSHIRE, B98 0DE
What is the Halfords website address?
The website address for Halfords is www.halfordscompany.com
Which industry sector does Halfords operate in?
Halfords operates in the AUTO PARTS DEALERS sector

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