iomart Group (IOM) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

iomart Group plc engages in the provision of cloud hosting and managed services in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in two segments, Cloud Services and Easyspace. The Cloud Services segment offers managed cloud computing facilities and services, such as colocation data centre and disaster recovery services through a network of owned data centres, to the larger SME and corporate markets. The segment uses several routes to market including iomart Cloud, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Rapidswitch, Cristie Data, Sonassi, LDeX, Bytemark, Memset, ORIIUM, Pavilion IT, and P2. The Easyspace segment provides various shared hosting and domain registration services to micro and SME companies. It also offers data and application management solutions; hybrid and cloud infrastructure technology solutions; and managed Azure Cloud, Azure solution design and implementation, support and optimization, and licensing services. iomart Group Plc was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 97.60 to 111.20
• 50-Day Range: 73.20 to 118
• 52-Week Range: 73 to 166.20
• Volume: 173,245 shs
• Average Volume: 201,794 shs
• Market Capitalization: £119.15 million
• P/E Ratio: 1,766.67
• Dividend Yield: 4.72%
• Price Target: GBX 185
• Consensus Rating: Buy

iomart Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

iomart Group scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

iomart Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

iomart Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of iomart Group is 1,766.67, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 114.98.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of iomart Group is 1,766.67, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 234.97.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

iomart Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.96. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for IOM.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

iomart Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.67%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

iomart Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of iomart Group is 8,333.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for IOM.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.34

News Sentiment

iomart Group has a news sentiment score of 0.34. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for iomart Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, iomart Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

23.15% of the stock of iomart Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

60.71% of the stock of iomart Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

IOM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have IOM shares performed this year?

iomart Group's stock was trading at GBX 152.40 at the start of the year. Since then, IOM shares have decreased by 30.4% and is now trading at GBX 106.
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How do I buy shares of iomart Group?

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What other stocks do shareholders of iomart Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that iomart Group investors own include IQE (IQE), POET Technologies (POET), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Babcock International Group (BAB), The Berkeley Group (BKG), BP (BP) and James Fisher and Sons (FSJ).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 9/9 Dividend: 8/15/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/09/2024
• Today: 11/17/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Software - Infrastructure
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:IOM
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.iomart.com
• Phone: +44-141-9316400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 480
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 185
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 185
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 185
• Potential Upside/Downside: +74.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.06
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,766.67
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.23
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £6.44 million
• Net Margins: 5.07%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 5.28%
• Return on Assets: 3.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 47.08
• Current Ratio: 1.03
• Quick Ratio: 1.18

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £127.05 million
• Price / Sales: 0.94
• Cash Flow: GBX 13.89 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.63
• Book Value: GBX 110 per share
• Price / Book: 0.96

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 112,410,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £119.15 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.58