profit from every £100 of sales.
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Capita
£2.74-2.32% today
-12.6% in 1 year
1-year low £2.011-year high £4.08
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
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It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Capita sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £3.01 billion in 2022 to £2.31 billion in 2025, with -£164 million of profit last year.
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Capita vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capita | No profit yet | ||
 Cintas | 44.9× · Expensive | ||
 RELX | 25.8× · Fair price | ||
 Thomson Reuters | 31.5× · Expensive | ||
 Copart | 19.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Capita'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,015 | 2,815 | 2,422 | 2,312 | |
| 716 | 592 | 517 | 468 | |
| -80 | -52 | -10 | -130 | |
| 244 | 57 | 259 | -46 | |
| 75 | -178 | 77 | -164 | |
| 0.66 | -1.59 | 0.66 | -1.44 | |
| 23.8% | 21.0% | 21.3% | 20.2% | |
| -2.6% | -1.8% | -0.4% | -5.6% | |
| 2.5% | -6.3% | 3.2% | -7.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,553 | 1,998 | 1,839 | 1,744 |
| Cash | 397 | 155 | 254 | 264 |
| Total debt | 903 | 721 | 680 | 724 |
| Total liabilities | 2,200 | 1,883 | 1,643 | 1,702 |
| 330 | 113 | 200 | 47 | |
| 113 | 112 | 116 | 114 | |
| 6.4% | -4.6% | 14.4% | -11.9% | |
| 22.7% | -157.6% | 38.4% | -346.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | -40 | -25 | 5 | |
| 48 | 62 | 50 | 48 | |
| 24 | -102 | -75 | -43 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
Valuation
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- 8.7×
- 0.1×
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- -13.1%
- -50.1%
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Profitability
- 20.2%
- -5.6%
- -7.1%
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- -11.9%
- 1.1%
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Growth
- −8.5%
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- +0.1%
Financial health
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- 15.27
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- -2.5×
- 0.54
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How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 3%of 979
Bottom 4%of 984
Bottom 4%of 983
Bottom 3%of 987
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
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
7No pass
Benjamin Graham
0No pass
Philip Fisher
26No pass
Peter Lynch
0No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
11No pass
Terry Smith
6No pass
Questions about Capita
Is Capita a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 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 Capita AI analysis
What does Capita do?
Capita plc operates as an outsourcer that supports clients across the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom, India, South Africa, and the rest of Europe. It operates through two divisions: Capita Public Service and Capita Experience. It is in Specialty Business Services, based in London, United Kingdom, with 29,500 employees.
Is Capita stock halal?
No. Capita does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 221% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Capita stock done over the past year?
Down 12.6% over the past twelve months, to £2.74. It traded between £2.01 and £4.08 and is 32.9% below its high.
Who are Capita's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Cintas, RELX, Thomson Reuters and Copart. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Capita's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.