B&M European Value Retail/£BME
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About B&M European Value Retail
- Ticker
- £BME
- Sector
- Consumer Essentials
- Primary listing
- LSE
- Employees
- 39,054
- Headquarters
- Saint Helier, Jersey
- Website
- www.bandmretail.com
BME Metrics
BasicAdvanced
£2.5B
15.01
£0.16
1.09
£0.10
3.92%
Price and volume
Market cap
£2.5B
Beta
1.09
52-week high
£2.50
52-week low
£1.40
Average daily volume
4.5M
Dividend rate
£0.10
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.424
Quick ratio
0.434
Long term debt to equity
2.784
Total debt to equity
3.065
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
81.10%
Interest coverage (TTM)
2.43%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
469
Gross margin (TTM)
36.45%
Net profit margin (TTM)
2.84%
Operating margin (TTM)
6.48%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
27.75%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
£150,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
5.86%
Return on equity (TTM)
21.16%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
15.006
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.426
Price to book
3.1
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-10.18
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
4.137
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
24.17%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
0.591
Dividend yield (TTM)
3.92%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
3.66%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-48.73%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.04%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
10.99%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-22.26%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
2.77%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
-13.04%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
7.18%
Bulls say / Bears say
Net debt (pre-IFRS 16) decreased 15.9% to £656m in FY26, bringing leverage back within the Group’s 1.0–1.5x target range. (Company Preliminary Results)
Post-tax free cash flow rose 3.0% to £321m in FY26, driven by working capital inflows from accelerated inventory clearance. (Company Preliminary Results)
B&M France delivered 14.6% revenue growth and 5.3% like-for-like sales in Q1 FY27, highlighting strong international expansion momentum. (LSE RNS)
Group adjusted EBITDA margin declined 317 basis points to 8.0% in FY26, driven by lower gross margins and operating cost inflation. (LSE RNS)
B&M UK like-for-like sales fell 2.3% in Q1 FY27, underscoring sluggish recovery in its core market. (LSE RNS)
Group adjusted profit before tax plunged 37.7% to £284m in FY26 compared to £455m a year earlier, reflecting significant profit deterioration. (Investing.com)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 27 Aug 2026.
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Funds containing BME
AllEURGBPUSD
Fund name | Fund size | £BME weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares STOXX Europe Select Dividend 30€EXSH | €1.4B | 4.45% |
iShares UK Dividend£IUKD | £1.3B | 0.76% |
iShares FTSE 250£MIDD | £661M | 0.76% |
Vanguard FTSE 250£VMID | £1.6B | 0.74% |
Xtrackers MSCI Europe Small Cap€DX2J | €3.2B | 0.20% |
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