# Animalcare Group plc (ANCR.L) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. LSE, United Kingdom. Sector: Healthcare / Health Care Equipment & Supplies. Price 335p, market value 231 millionp.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 47.9×** (5-yr avg 4833.1×, 3-yr avg 4097.9×). Animalcare Group plc trades at 47.9× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 4833.1×: cheap by its own standards. The Healthcare median in the September 2026 study was 28.5×. Forward P/E is 21.3×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 2.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 2.6×.
- **Price / book: 201.9×**. The shares trade at 201.9× book value; most of the value is in earnings power and intangibles rather than the balance sheet.
- **EV / EBITDA: 14.6×**. Enterprise value is 14.6× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 4.6%** (5-yr avg 0.1%). Free cash flow equals 4.6% of the market value, above its five-year average of 0.1%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been.
- **Earnings yield: 2.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 47.3%**. Animalcare Group plc keeps 47.3% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: 8.3%**. 8.3% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 5.7%**. 5.7% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 4.4%**. 4.4% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 4.7%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 4.7%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 3.2%**. Each dollar of assets produces 3.2% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 20.0%** (3-yr 7.6%/yr, 5-yr 4.8%/yr). Revenue grew 20.0% over the last year, against 4.8% a year compounded over five years: growth is accelerating.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -85.9%** (3-yr 31.3%/yr, 5-yr 79.7%/yr). Earnings per share fell 85.9%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 18.2%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 18.2% a year over three years, lagging earnings: check whether profits are turning into cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.13**. Debt is 0.13 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 0.7×**. It would take 0.7 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Interest coverage: 3.1×**. Operating profit covers interest 3.1× over, a safe margin.
- **Current ratio: 1.61** (quick 0.99). Current assets cover the next year's liabilities 1.61 times.
- **Altman Z-score: 5.02**. A Z-score of 5.02 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 6/9**. 6 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.55%** (0p per share, trailing). Animalcare Group plc yields 1.55%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 71%** (34% of free cash flow). 71% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 5**. 5 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 21.1%/yr** (1-yr 4.0%). The dividend has compounded at 21.1% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 3 years at that pace.
- **Shareholder yield: 1.6%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 1.6% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **From 52-week high: -1.5%** (55.1% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 78**. An RSI of 78 is in overbought territory; short-term pullbacks are common from here.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.36** (volatility 43%). Beta of 0.36 against the FTSE All-Share: the shares move much less than the market.

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