Defence Holdings PLC

0.55pAs of Sun 8 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC

LSE:ALRTIndustrials

Ctry United Kingdom

PE (Fwd) •••

TSR 6Y CAGR (32.57%)

Div yield —

ROE (416.46%)

Aerospace & Defense

Beta (5Y) 4.37

PE TTM —

TSR TTM (75.45%)

Mkt cap £15.80M

ROIC (266.72%)

SE Grade™

Value

Quality

Moat

Consensus

Reference

0.667p

21.28%

(36.05%)

Hold 2|1|10|11|10

TTM

FYE 31 Mar GBP

FY2017

FY2018

FY2019

FY2020

FY2021

FY2022

FY2023

FY2024

FY2025

FY2026

FY2027E

Trend

5Y

10Y

Peers

2.744

Revenue£M

1.817

1.993

2.158

2.370

2.513

2.754

2.953

3.209

3.529

3.821

2.856

8.75%

8.45%

39

12.89

Revenue growth%

25.64

23.34

24.98

24.76

23.11

23.94

26.38

26.72

26.53

27.50

14.13

26.53

25.31

51

12.46

Gross margin%

9.53

10.75

13.13

14.92

15.94

13.10

15.12

14.80

16.68

18.34

19.02

15.12

14.86

79

17.81

Operating margin%

21.78

23.30

25.68

23.89

26.35

23.37

22.20

21.31

18.86

19.18

20.00

21.31

22.75

29

6.78

Net margin%

15.09

12.98

12.91

15.65

13.84

16.71

17.45

17.63

16.26

18.84

6.60

17.45

15.96

90

28.39

P/E ratio (avg)x

9.542

9.813

10.18

11.01

9.984

10.66

10.75

9.542

10.30

9.156

12.67

10.30

10.08

11

6.605

EV/EBITx

5.944

6.010

5.266

5.097

5.295

5.607

5.196

4.855

4.453

4.902

7.889

4.902

5.231

53

19.04

FCF yield (avg)%

28.16

28.44

26.87

25.82

26.79

25.54

23.95

22.10

22.42

23.66

4.18

23.66

25.68

25

11.65

FCF margin%

27.38

24.93

26.61

26.84

28.01

29.06

28.45

29.66

32.30

29.76

19.38

29.66

28.23

55

1.771

FCF / Net incomex

0.359

0.360

0.406

0.415

0.437

0.510

0.556

0.552

0.620

0.686

1.208

0.556

0.473

76

3.10

ROIC%

8.47

6.17

6.60

7.43

7.66

10.21

12.81

14.85

15.23

15.72

16.99

14.85

9.34

14

14.73

Return on equity%

3.71

3.59

3.17

0.54

0.40

0.40

0.40

0.40

0.40

1.22

17.77

0.40

0.47

68

19.08

Return on assets%

10.30

13.22

13.99

14.59

12.87

11.33

9.16

7.30

6.59

9.34

24.34

9.16

10.81

12

—

EPS£

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

3.35%

4.65%

—

16.25

EPS growth%

9.24

7.93

7.81

7.69

4.98

7.65

4.71

2.13

3.70

1.96

20.14

3.70

6.31

28

—

Bookvalue per sh£

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1.02%

0.74%

—

—

FCF per share£

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

8.26%

8.32%

—

—

Dividend per sh£

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

0.41%

(0.90%)

—

22.32

Div yield (avg)%

20.00

20.92

18.07

16.33

18.55

15.98

17.12

16.23

14.55

15.93

27.65

15.98

16.73

30

27.94

Payout ratio%

24.55

26.40

26.98

26.64

29.22

30.98

30.05

27.61

25.03

23.53

7.98

27.61

26.81

92

2.933

Shares (diluted)B

2.729

2.664

2.690

2.417

2.365

2.143

2.288

2.192

2.394

2.651

2.945

2.31%

0.04%

82

29.90

Buyback yield%

24.31

23.26

22.59

22.78

23.70

26.23

25.24

27.26

25.96

23.25

18.08

25.96

24.01

28

1.353

D/E ratiox

2.210

2.372

2.746

2.604

2.891

2.894

2.957

3.277

3.335

3.563

0.212

3.277

2.892

5

2.948

Enterprise value£M

3.098

3.309

3.385

3.579

3.676

3.794

3.764

4.006

3.913

4.208

1.957

2.74%

2.89%

71

2.310

LT debt£M

4.606

4.704

5.036

5.783

5.847

6.983

8.339

8.955

9.893

11.77

0.787

15.01%

11.24%

80

Peers (US$21.27M)

Cap (US$)

PE

Vertical Aerospace Ltd.

69.48M

—

Velocity Composites plc

10.30M

—

Image Scan Holdings Plc

6.160M

22.30x

KebNi AB (publ)

21.14M

—

Capital

TTM

5Y

10Y

Leveragex

17.96

0.273

0.221

EBIT/Intx

9.278

0.499

0.382

Own earn%

(11.05)

(134.76)

(108.55)

Sh yield%

52.22

42.22

42.23

Owners

Insiders/Inst%

0.72

49.07

Short interest%

5.06

SBC / revenue%

1.64

Record

10Y

Profitable years

10/10

Revenue growth years

10/10

EPS growth years

10/10

Dividend streakyrs

3

Op margin range%

19–26

$1 testx

0.0

Incr. ROIC%

4

Growth vs revenue

Latest

Trend

10Y CAGR

Rel growth

Revenue

£3.821M

8.45%

1.00×

Cost of revenue

£2.639M

8.43%

1.00×

Operating expenses

£0.756M

8.21%

0.98×