profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Pets at Home Group
£2.71+0.07% today
+26.4% in 1 year
1-year low £1.711-year high £2.72
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, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay £18.63 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 Pets at Home Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £1.40 billion in 2023 to £1.47 billion in 2026, with £62.5 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Pets at Home Group handed back 60% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks £30M£59M
Free cash flow 2026£148M
Bought back its own shares£30M
Paid as dividends£59M
Cash vs. debt£40M vs. £397M
Pets at Home Group vs. similar companies
Pets at Home Group grows the slowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home Group | 18.6× · Fair price | ||
 Alimentation Couche-Tard | 17.0× · Fair price | ||
 Williams-Sonoma | 27.5× · Fair price | ||
 Ulta Beauty | 24.5× · Fair price | ||
 Coupang | 130.9× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Pets at Home 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 GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,404 | 1,480 | 1,482 | 1,470 | |
| 675 | 691 | 695 | 672 | |
| 137 | 133 | 134 | 92 | |
| 243 | 232 | 241 | 207 | |
| 101 | 79 | 88 | 63 | |
| 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.14 | |
| 48.0% | 46.7% | 46.9% | 45.7% | |
| 9.7% | 9.0% | 9.1% | 6.3% | |
| 7.2% | 5.4% | 6.0% | 4.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,849 | 1,684 | 1,657 | 1,655 |
| Cash | 178 | 57 | 40 | 40 |
| Total debt | 542 | 426 | 380 | 397 |
| Total liabilities | 824 | 695 | 664 | 682 |
| 1,025 | 989 | 993 | 973 | |
| 498 | 483 | 469 | 459 | |
| 6.7% | 6.5% | 7.6% | 5.7% | |
| 9.8% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 6.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | 210 | 218 | 191 | |
| 78 | 49 | 49 | 43 | |
| 174 | 162 | 169 | 148 | |
| Dividends paid | 59 | 61 | 60 | 59 |
| 64 | 61 | 29 | 30 | |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Valuation
- 18.6×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 0.8×
- 7.9×
- 7.3×
- 12.7%
- 5.4%
- 5.0%
Profitability
- 45.7%
- 6.3%
- 4.3%
- –
- 5.7%
- 6.6%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +1.5%
- −12.4%
- –
- –
- −2.7%
Financial health
- 1.7×
- 0.41
- –
- 5.8×
- 0.61
- –
- –
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 35%of 982
Bottom 38%of 994
Top 49%of 853
Bottom 23%of 993
Top 17%of 980
5.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$50a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
93.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 39.6%
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
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
56No pass
Benjamin Graham
69Pass
Philip Fisher
42No pass
Peter Lynch
20No pass
Joel Greenblatt
33No pass
Charlie Munger
37No pass
Terry Smith
36No pass
Questions about Pets at Home Group
Is Pets at Home Group a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers 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 Pets at Home Group AI analysis
What does Pets at Home Group do?
Pets at Home Group Plc engages in the omnichannel retailing of pet food, pet related products, and pet accessories in the United Kingdom. The company operates through four segments: Retail, Vet Group, Insurance, and Central. It is in Specialty Retail, based in Handforth, United Kingdom, with 11,040 employees.
Does Pets at Home Group pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 5.0% a year, about 94% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out £58.7 million in dividends.
Is Pets at Home Group stock halal?
No. Pets at Home Group does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 34% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Pets at Home Group stock done over the past year?
Up 26.4% over the past twelve months, to £2.71. It traded between £1.71 and £2.72, close to its high.
Who are Pets at Home Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Alimentation Couche-Tard, Williams-Sonoma, Ulta Beauty and Coupang. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Pets at Home Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.