profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Irish Continental Group
£6.58+0.38% today
+27.2% in 1 year
1-year low £4.941-year high £6.95
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.
0%20% a year
You pay £15.61 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 Irish Continental Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €585 million in 2022 to €667 million in 2025, with €74.9 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Irish Continental Group handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks €98M€26M
Free cash flow 2025€48M
Bought back its own shares€98M
Paid as dividends€26M
Cash vs. debt€37M vs. €293M
Irish Continental Group vs. similar companies
Irish Continental Group grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Continental Group | 15.6× · Fair price | ||
 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone | 34.2× · Expensive | ||
 A.P. Møller - Mærsk | 16.0× · Fair price | ||
 Cosco Shipping | 7.1× · Cheap | ||
 Hapag-Lloyd | 24.8× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Irish Continental Group'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 EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 585 | 572 | 604 | 667 | |
| 444 | 422 | 449 | 505 | |
| 67 | 68 | 69 | 86 | |
| 127 | 134 | 135 | 153 | |
| 60 | 62 | 60 | 75 | |
| 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.46 | |
| 75.9% | 73.8% | 74.4% | 75.8% | |
| 11.4% | 12.0% | 11.4% | 12.8% | |
| 10.2% | 10.8% | 9.9% | 11.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 574 | 573 | 639 | 715 |
| Cash | 39 | 47 | 41 | 37 |
| Total debt | 210 | 191 | 204 | 293 |
| Total liabilities | 313 | 291 | 317 | 431 |
| 261 | 282 | 322 | 284 | |
| 180 | 173 | 168 | 164 | |
| 10.6% | 11.1% | 10.1% | 11.4% | |
| 22.9% | 21.8% | 18.6% | 26.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 129 | 132 | 150 | |
| 76 | 51 | 30 | 102 | |
| 51 | 77 | 102 | 48 | |
| Dividends paid | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 49 | 21 | 9 | 98 | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Valuation
- 15.6×
- –
- 1.38
- 2.8×
- 1.8×
- 24.4×
- 9.3×
- 4.1%
- 6.4%
- 2.2%
Profitability
- 75.8%
- 12.8%
- 11.2%
- –
- 11.4%
- 10.8%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +4.5%
- +11.3%
- –
- –
- −3.2%
Financial health
- 1.7×
- 1.03
- –
- 8.6×
- 0.59
- –
- –
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 29%of 982
Top 27%of 991
Top 29%of 876
Bottom 39%of 989
Top 47%of 988
2.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$22a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
34.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 53.2%
News
Trump to lift 10% tariff on Irish whiskeySeeking Alpha · Sep 14, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 14, 2026.
Insider trades
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
1/7Passes 1 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
57No pass
Benjamin Graham
51No pass
Philip Fisher
66Pass
Peter Lynch
52No pass
Joel Greenblatt
38No pass
Charlie Munger
52No pass
Terry Smith
40No pass
Questions about Irish Continental Group
Is Irish Continental Group a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 1 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 Irish Continental Group AI analysis
What does Irish Continental Group do?
Irish Continental Group plc operates as a maritime transport company in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Continental Europe. It operates through two segments, Ferries, and Container and Terminal. It is in Marine Shipping, based in Dublin, Ireland, with 285 employees.
Does Irish Continental Group pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.2% a year, about 34% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out £25.5 million in dividends.
Is Irish Continental Group stock halal?
Yes. Irish Continental Group passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 25% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Irish Continental Group stock done over the past year?
Up 27.2% over the past twelve months, to £6.58. It traded between £4.94 and £6.95 and is 5.4% below its high.
Who are Irish Continental Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, A.P. Møller - Mærsk, Cosco Shipping and Hapag-Lloyd. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Irish Continental Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.