Galliford Try Holdings PLC (LSE:GFRD)
£ 5.4 -0.070 (-1.28%) Market Cap: 540.15 Mil Enterprise Value: 380.05 Mil PE Ratio: 15.65 PB Ratio: 4.57 GF Score: 75/100

Full Year 2025 Galliford Try Holdings PLC Earnings Call Transcript

Sep 26, 2025 / 09:00AM GMT
Release Date Price: £5.03 (+1.41%)

Key Points

Positve
  • Galliford Try Holdings PLC (STU:3WC) achieved a 3% operating margin target one year ahead of schedule, with aspirations to reach 4% by 2030.
  • The company reported a strong revenue growth of 6.3% to GBP1.9 billion, with a 29% increase in profit before tax.
  • Galliford Try Holdings PLC has a robust order book of GBP4.1 billion, with 92% of work secured for the current financial year and 75% for the next.
  • The company maintains a strong balance sheet with average cash up 15% to GBP179 million, supporting its strategic growth plans.
  • Galliford Try Holdings PLC is well-positioned in the water sector, with significant opportunities in AMP8, which is double the size of AMP7, and a strong presence in high-margin specialist markets.
Negative
  • The affordable homes market is at least a year behind expectations due to funding and regulatory challenges, impacting growth in this segment.
  • There are concerns about potential constraints in the supply chain and equipment manufacturers, which could limit growth despite strong market opportunities.
  • The transition from AMP7 to AMP8 is expected to result in a temporary flattening of revenues, which may affect short-term financial performance.
  • The company faces challenges in addressing skills shortages and retaining talent in specialist areas like water and defense.
  • Despite strong performance, the investments business remains lumpy, with no significant project completions contributing to profits this year.
Operator

Recorded presentation investors will be in less than only mode. (Operator Instructions)

Before we begin, I would like to submit the following poll, and I would now like to hand you over to CEO, Bill Hocking. Good morning to you.

Bill Hocking
Galliford Try Holdings PLC - Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

Morning, thanks, Alex, good morning, everybody. I'm a Bill Hocking, Chief Exec, and I've got Kris Hampson with me, CFO you can see on the side of the screen there. So we've had a really good year, everyone.

All of our metrics are heading in the right direction -- our metrics are heading in the right direction, and Kris will take you through those numbers in a bit. I was just planning to take you through a few of the headlines of sort of how we run the company and what we do, I suppose for those of you who don't know us in much detail, and then we'll go into the strategy a bit later on after Kris has done his numbers.

So here's the first slide which I think it's important that people understand. On the left-hand side there

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