profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
B&M European Value Retail
£3.51+4.03% today
+95.4% in 1 year
1-year low £1.551-year high £3.51
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay £11.07 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What B&M European Value Retail sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £4.67 billion in 2022 to £5.57 billion in 2025, with £319 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
B&M European Value Retail handed back 55% of the cash it generated last year.
£300M
Free cash flow 2025£542M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends£300M
Cash vs. debt£217M vs. £2.6B
B&M European Value Retail vs. similar companies
B&M European Value Retail grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| B&M European Value Retail | 11.1× · Cheap | ||
 Walmart | 46.4× · Expensive | ||
 Costco | 53.1× · Expensive | ||
 Target | 19.8× · Fair price | ||
 Wal-Mart de México, S.A.B. de C.V. | 18.9× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads B&M European Value Retail's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,673 | 4,983 | 5,484 | 5,571 | |
| 1,752 | 1,801 | 2,035 | 2,092 | |
| 610 | 536 | 608 | 566 | |
| 838 | 777 | 872 | 844 | |
| 422 | 348 | 367 | 319 | |
| 0.42 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.32 | |
| 37.5% | 36.1% | 37.1% | 37.6% | |
| 13.1% | 10.8% | 11.1% | 10.2% | |
| 9.0% | 7.0% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,638 | 3,561 | 3,625 | 4,007 |
| Cash | 173 | 237 | 182 | 217 |
| Total debt | 2,266 | 2,255 | 2,267 | 2,567 |
| Total liabilities | 2,892 | 2,841 | 2,891 | 3,255 |
| 746 | 720 | 734 | 752 | |
| 1,003 | 1,003 | 1,005 | 1,005 | |
| 15.2% | 13.5% | 15.3% | 12.9% | |
| 56.6% | 48.3% | 50.0% | 42.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 491 | 782 | 746 | 675 | |
| 100 | 98 | 126 | 133 | |
| 391 | 684 | 620 | 542 | |
| Dividends paid | 430 | 366 | 348 | 300 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Valuation
- 11.1×
- –
- –
- 3.5×
- 0.6×
- 6.5×
- 7.0×
- 15.4%
- 9.0%
- 8.5%
Profitability
- 37.6%
- 10.2%
- 5.7%
- –
- 8.7%
- 12.6%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +6.0%
- −8.9%
- –
- –
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 3.1×
- 3.07
- –
- 2.5×
- 1.42
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 43%of 669
Top 50%of 672
Top 19%of 623
Top 45%of 671
Top 9%of 666
8.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$85a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
94.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 55.4%
News
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
49No pass
Benjamin Graham
47No pass
Philip Fisher
39No pass
Peter Lynch
12No pass
Joel Greenblatt
47No pass
Charlie Munger
35No pass
Terry Smith
35No pass
Questions about B&M European Value Retail
Is B&M European Value Retail a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the B&M European Value Retail AI analysis
What does B&M European Value Retail do?
B&M European Value Retail plc operates as a European variety discount retailer in the United Kingdom and France. The company operates through three segments: B&M UK, Heron Foods, and B&M France. It is in Discount Stores, based in Munsbach, Luxembourg, with 40,000 employees.
Does B&M European Value Retail pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 8.5% a year, about 94% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out £300 million in dividends.
Is B&M European Value Retail stock halal?
No. B&M European Value Retail does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 73% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has B&M European Value Retail stock done over the past year?
Up 95.4% over the past twelve months, to £3.51. It traded between £1.55 and £3.51, close to its high.
Who are B&M European Value Retail's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Walmart, Costco, Target and Wal-Mart de México, S.A.B. de C.V.. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with B&M European Value Retail's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.