discoverIE Group PLC (CHIX:DSCVl)

Full Year 2026 discoverIE Group plc Earnings Call Transcript

Jun 3, 2026 / 08:30 AM GMT

Release Date Price: £7.84 (+1.03%)

Transcript

Key Points

Positve

discoverIE Group PLC (STU:9A5) reported a strong exit for the year with organic orders up 14% in Q4 and sales up 5%, indicating robust trading momentum.
The company has made strategic acquisitions, including 3G Metalworks, Trival, and KEMAT, focusing on high-margin, high-growth businesses in the defense and aerospace markets.
discoverIE Group PLC (STU:9A5) has maintained a strong cash flow with a 92% conversion rate, supporting self-funded acquisitions and investments.
The company has a clear long-term growth strategy, focusing on markets with structural growth drivers and targeting design opportunities with high barriers to entry.
The order book has shown consistent growth, with a positive book-to-bill ratio and a strong pipeline of design wins and acquisition opportunities for the future.

Negative

The adjusted operating margin decreased by 40 basis points to 13.8%, partly due to investments in growth initiatives.
The controls division experienced destocking, which impacted growth, although it has now returned to growth in the final quarter.
Operating expenses increased by 4.4 million, with half allocated to growth investments, impacting short-term margins.
The company's return on capital employed (ROCE) has decreased slightly due to recent growth investments, although it remains above the 15% target.
The balance sheet shows an increase in net debt to 81 million, with gearing expected to rise to 2.2 following recent acquisitions, although it is projected to reduce over the financial year.

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E D I T E D V E R S I O N

DSCV.L - Discoverie Group PLC
Full Year 2026 discoverIE Group plc Earnings Call
Jun 03, 2026 / 08:30AM GMT

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Okay, good morning everybody.

Nice to see you.

Thank you all for coming. A few new faces in the audience, so I shall do a quick few introductions. I'm Nick Jefferies, joined here by Bruce Thompson, our Chairman, Simon Gibbons, our Finance Director and Lily, I've lost her again, Lily Huang, our Head of IR. So, look forward to talking to you individually as well. So, these are the results for the.

Year ended March 26, I'll start off by taking us through a quick sort of highlights of what's been going on. Simon will then take us through the numbers and then I'll come back to an operational review and the outlook. So, the key point is we've seen increasing trading momentum through the year, which

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