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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR filings and third-party price providers. Scores, valuations, and metrics are algorithmic estimates. This is not investment advice. See our Terms and Methodology.
RM plc supplies products, services, and solutions to educational markets in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East, and internationally. The company operates through RM TTS, RM Assessment, and RM Technology segments. It designs and owns proprietary products for schools; and offers platform delivery of digital assessment and exam marking solutions for accreditors, educators, and learners. The company also provides technical teaching solutions that collaborates with teachers and educational experts to create learning resources; and IT managed services and value-added IT reseller solutions to schools, authorities, and trusts. In addition, it offers managed, IP, and digital platforms services. RM plc was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.
£0.95
+£0.00 (+0.42%)
EOD Jul 3, 2026
Operating margin is thin at 6.92%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue declined 2.5% YoY. The question is whether this is cyclical or a structural shift.
Free cash flow declined 162% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened. Negative free cash flow of -£2M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
9.3x earnings. The multiple is below average. Either the market is pricing in deterioration you should investigate, or there's genuine value here.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
£162M
▼ -2.5% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
£2M
▲ +146.3% YoY
Op. Margin
6.92%
▲ +2.0pp YoY
ROIC
7.86%
▲ +0.6pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-£2M
▼ -161.8% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
£8M
▲ +100.0% YoY
Net Debt
£66M
Cash & Equiv.
£6M
3Y CAGR: -8.9%
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At a P/E of 9.3, RM (RM.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, RM scores 28/100 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.
RM scores 28 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 6.9% operating margin and a 7.9% 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 RM.XLON's valuation and scores 28/100 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.