profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
James Halstead
£1.28-5.60% today
-10.2% in 1 year
1-year low £1.161-year high £1.44
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, 2021 to 2024.
0%20% a year
You pay £12.84 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What James Halstead sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £266 million in 2021 to £275 million in 2024, with £41.5 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
James Halstead handed back 75% of the cash it generated last year.
£34M
Free cash flow 2024£46M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends£34M
Cash vs. debt£74M vs. £6M
James Halstead vs. similar companies
James Halstead 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Halstead | 12.8× · Cheap | ||
 Trane Technologies | 31.8× · Expensive | ||
 Johnson Controls International | 26.2× · Fair price | ||
 Carrier Global | 30.0× · Fair price | ||
 Compagnie de Saint-Gobain | 12.8× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads James Halstead'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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266 | 292 | 304 | 275 | |
| 112 | 114 | 115 | 121 | |
| 52 | 52 | 52 | 54 | |
| 58 | 59 | 59 | 64 | |
| 40 | 40 | 42 | 42 | |
| – | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |
| 41.9% | 38.9% | 38.0% | 44.1% | |
| 19.4% | 17.9% | 17.0% | 19.6% | |
| 15.0% | 13.8% | 14.0% | 15.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 234 | 270 | 246 | 247 |
| Cash | 83 | 52 | 63 | 74 |
| Total debt | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Total liabilities | 78 | 96 | 71 | 66 |
| 156 | 173 | 174 | 181 | |
| – | 417 | 417 | 417 | |
| 23.9% | 21.9% | 21.6% | 22.6% | |
| 25.5% | 23.3% | 24.3% | 22.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 7 | 49 | 49 | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 53 | 3 | 46 | 46 | |
| Dividends paid | 34 | 32 | 32 | 34 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Valuation
- 12.8×
- –
- –
- 2.9×
- 1.9×
- 11.6×
- 7.3×
- 8.6%
- 7.8%
- 6.5%
Profitability
- 44.1%
- 19.6%
- 15.1%
- –
- 22.6%
- 22.5%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +1.1%
- –
- –
- –
- −0.0%
Financial health
- -1.1×
- 0.04
- –
- 180.1×
- 3.34
- –
- –
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 5%of 987
Top 12%of 988
Top 20%of 865
Bottom 23%of 986
Top 21%of 990
6.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$65a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
82.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 74.7%
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
6/7Passes 6 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
90Pass
Benjamin Graham
77Pass
Philip Fisher
67Pass
Peter Lynch
59No pass
Joel Greenblatt
67Pass
Charlie Munger
86Pass
Terry Smith
76Pass
Questions about James Halstead
Is James Halstead a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 6 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 James Halstead AI analysis
What does James Halstead do?
James Halstead plc manufactures and supplies flooring products for commercial and domestic uses in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Scandinavia, Australasia, Asia, and internationally. It is in Building Products & Equipment, based in Manchester, United Kingdom, with 834 employees.
Does James Halstead pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 6.5% a year, about 83% of its yearly profit. In 2024 it paid out £34.4 million in dividends.
Is James Halstead stock halal?
Yes. James Halstead passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 1% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has James Halstead stock done over the past year?
Down 10.2% over the past twelve months, to £1.28. It traded between £1.16 and £1.44 and is 11.2% below its high.
Who are James Halstead's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Trane Technologies, Johnson Controls International, Carrier Global and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with James Halstead's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.