profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Mitchells & Butlers
£3.16+1.12% today
+27.7% in 1 year
1-year low £2.281-year high £3.31
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 £10.45 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 Mitchells & Butlers sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £2.21 billion in 2022 to £2.71 billion in 2025, with £177 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Mitchells & Butlers handed back 3% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks £5M
Free cash flow 2025£187M
Bought back its own shares£5M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt£216M vs. £1.5B
Mitchells & Butlers vs. similar companies
Mitchells & Butlers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchells & Butlers | 10.5× · Cheap | ||
 McDonald's | 23.3× · Fair price | ||
 Starbucks | 67.5× · Very expensive | ||
 Compass Group | 30.1× · Expensive | ||
 Chipotle Mexican Grill | 29.6× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Mitchells & Butlers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,205 | 2,503 | 2,610 | 2,711 | |
| 894 | 954 | 996 | 1,006 | |
| 239 | 225 | 312 | 330 | |
| 256 | 236 | 438 | 473 | |
| 13 | -4 | 149 | 177 | |
| 0.02 | -0.01 | 0.25 | 0.30 | |
| 40.5% | 38.1% | 38.2% | 37.1% | |
| 10.8% | 9.0% | 12.0% | 12.2% | |
| 0.6% | -0.2% | 5.7% | 6.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,951 | 4,802 | 5,245 | 5,393 |
| Cash | 207 | 126 | 176 | 216 |
| Total debt | 1,945 | 1,793 | 1,631 | 1,508 |
| Total liabilities | 2,808 | 2,672 | 2,679 | 2,577 |
| 2,143 | 2,130 | 2,566 | 2,816 | |
| 596 | 595 | 600 | 601 | |
| 2.3% | 2.0% | 5.5% | 5.9% | |
| 0.6% | -0.2% | 5.8% | 6.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 238 | 248 | 386 | 368 | |
| 122 | 157 | 154 | 181 | |
| 116 | 91 | 232 | 187 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
Valuation
- 10.5×
- –
- 0.08
- 0.7×
- 0.7×
- 10.0×
- 6.7×
- 10.1%
- 9.6%
- –
Profitability
- 37.1%
- 12.2%
- 6.5%
- –
- 5.9%
- 3.9%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +7.1%
- +138.1%
- –
- –
- +0.3%
Financial health
- 2.7×
- 0.54
- –
- 3.4×
- 0.47
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 36%of 976
Top 31%of 991
Top 17%of 856
Bottom 47%of 992
Top 20%of 979
News
No recent news on file.
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
3/7Passes 3 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
64Pass
Philip Fisher
60Pass
Peter Lynch
82Pass
Joel Greenblatt
46No pass
Charlie Munger
36No pass
Terry Smith
37No pass
Questions about Mitchells & Butlers
Is Mitchells & Butlers a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 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 Mitchells & Butlers AI analysis
What does Mitchells & Butlers do?
Mitchells & Butlers plc operates and manages restaurants, pubs, and bars in the United Kingdom and Germany. It is in Restaurants, based in Birmingham, United Kingdom, with 50,000 employees.
Is Mitchells & Butlers stock halal?
No. Mitchells & Butlers does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 81% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Mitchells & Butlers stock done over the past year?
Up 27.7% over the past twelve months, to £3.16. It traded between £2.28 and £3.31 and is 4.5% below its high.
Who are Mitchells & Butlers's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are McDonald's, Starbucks, Compass Group and Chipotle Mexican Grill. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Mitchells & Butlers's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.