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Headlam Group plc is a leading British distributor of floor coverings, operating across Europe with a focus on carpets, residential vinyl, wood, laminate, luxury vinyl tile, and commercial flooring. Established through strategic acquisitions starting in 1992 from Hickson plc, the company has grown into Europe's largest floor covering distributor, supplying products like parquet, linoleum, and other coverings to independent retailers and professional customers in markets including the UK, Netherlands, France, and Switzerland. Headlam Group plc maintains an independent operating structure with over 50 businesses and a network of approximately 2,030 employees across 17 distribution centers, emphasizing nationwide service excellence and in-depth flooring expertise. Its purpose centers on creating great places for communities to live, work, and play through world-class, sustainable flooring solutions, guided by core values such as safety, teamwork, improvement, leadership, sustainability, and achievement. Headquartered in Birmingham, United Kingdom, Headlam Group plc plays a key role in the consumer cyclical sector, particularly furnishings, fixtures, and appliances, supporting local jobs and businesses while prioritizing environmentally responsible practices.
£0.21
+£0.01 (+2.49%)
EOD Jul 3, 2026
The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-7.30% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue declined 5.1% YoY. The question is whether this is cyclical or a structural shift.
ROIC dropped from -9.52% to -11.76%, capital efficiency is deteriorating. Negative free cash flow of -£50M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
£499M
▼ -5.1% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-£83M
▼ -223.5% YoY
Op. Margin
-7.30%
▼ -0.8pp YoY
ROIC
-11.76%
▼ -2.2pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-£50M
▼ -1560.0% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
-£35M
▼ -35400.0% YoY
Net Debt
£100M
Cash & Equiv.
£26M
3Y CAGR: -9.1%
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Headlam Group (HEAD.XLON)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Headlam Group scores 10/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full . This is analysis, not investment advice.
Headlam Group scores 10 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -7.3% operating margin and a -11.8% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh HEAD.XLON's valuation and scores 10/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.