St. James's Place plc
St. James's Place plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm launches and manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. It invests in public equity and fixed income market across the globe. The firm was formerly known as St. James's Place Capital plc. St. James'…
St. James's Place plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm launches and manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. It invests in public equity and fixed income market across the globe. The firm was formerly known as St. James's Place Capital plc. St. James's Place plc was founded in 1991 and is based in Cirencester, United Kingdom.Priced within the modelled range
5-year outlook: Not shown because confidence is low: Dividend discount model disagrees strongly.
Other models: GBP 14.05–29.24 (median 27.80). The recommended value is in line with them.
Why: Dividends are small or missing, and cash-flow models do not suit financials, so value is based on reinvestment-adjusted earnings.
Details and the full model are below.
Market price within modeled range
Earnings-based DCF using Fiscal year 2025 net income, of which 70% is treated as distributable after reinvestment, with no extra debt or cash adjustment because net income is already after interest. Used because free cash flow or dividends do not give a usable base. Base assumptions are 9.73% growth, 2.4% terminal growth, and 9.6% discount; this illustrative range is not a statistical confidence interval or investment advice.
Assumptions: growth 9.73%, discount rate 9.60%, terminal growth 2.40% (sector defaults). See a worked example.
Blended growth assumption: 9.7% (sector default 5.4%, analyst revenue consensus 14.1%).
Analyst consensus expects revenue growth of 14.1% a year; the growth assumption used is 9.7%.
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Why this model: Dividends are small or missing, and cash-flow models do not suit financials, so value is based on reinvestment-adjusted earnings.
Compare models- Recommended: Earnings-based DCF — GBP 11.56 (+2.3%)
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EPS-based Gordon proxy
— GBP 14.05 (+24.3%)
Not used: Treats all earnings as if paid out and ignores the cash kept for reinvestment, so it overstates value for companies that retain most profit.
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DCF (trailing free cash flow)
— GBP 37.91 (+235.5%)
Not used: Cash-flow models do not suit banks and insurers, whose cash flow is mostly funding and deposits.
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FCFF (steady state)
— GBP 27.80 (+146.0%)
Not used: Cash-flow models do not suit banks and insurers, whose cash flow is mostly funding and deposits.
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EV/EBITDA (12x)
— GBP 29.24 (+158.8%)
Not used: Used only when free cash flow is far below earnings even after averaging three years; a fixed 12x multiple also ignores sector differences.
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Fade DCF (10-year growth fade)
— GBP 37.58 (+232.6%)
Not used: Cash-flow models do not suit banks and insurers, whose cash flow is mostly funding and deposits.
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EV/Sales (Rule of 40)
— GBP 158.14 (+1299.5%)
Not used: Used only for technology and communication companies whose cash-flow value is far below the price.
| Bear GBP 8.55 | -32.2% |
| Base GBP 11.56 | 2.3% |
| Bull GBP 16.97 | 33.4% |
Margin = (value − price) / value, so it is measured against the value and reads lower than the upside to value, which is measured against the price. Positive means the price is below that case.
At GBP 11.30 the market implies about this annual free-cash-flow growth for 5 years (terminal 2.4%, discount 9.6%).
Compare: the market implies 9.2% a year, this model assumes 9.7%. The model is more optimistic than the price, which is why it reads as undervalued.
How the Earnings-based DCF value changes with growth (rows) and discount rate (columns). Green cells are above the current price.
| Growth \ Discount | 7.6% | 8.6% | 9.6% | 10.6% | 11.6% |
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| 5.7% | 13.63 | 11.41 | 9.80 | 8.58 | 7.63 |
| 7.7% | 14.86 | 12.41 | 10.65 | 9.32 | 8.28 |
| 9.7% | 16.17 | 13.49 | 11.56 | 10.10 | 8.96 |
| 11.7% | 17.58 | 14.65 | 12.54 | 10.95 | 9.70 |
| 13.7% | 19.09 | 15.89 | 13.59 | 11.85 | 10.49 |
Track record: see the methodology page for how this model has performed historically, including its limits. Treat it as a screen, not a forecast.
Price history and fair value
No chartable saved daily price history is available for this range. The chart uses stored EODHD prices only and will appear after history is saved.
More detail: quality, peers, price history, dividends and financials
Quality score: 64 / 100
Five equal checks on reported history: profitability, cash generation, revenue growth, balance sheet and margins. It describes business quality, not whether the price is attractive.
| Profitability | 4 of 5 years profitable | 16 / 20 |
| Cash generation | free cash flow positive in 2 of 5 years | 8 / 20 |
| Growth | revenue +13.7% a year | 20 / 20 |
| Balance sheet | net debt 0.2x EBITDA | 20 / 20 |
| Margins | EBITDA margin 4% | 0 / 20 |
Peers in Financials
Same-sector companies with a valuation, most undervalued first. Compare the margin of safety, yield and quality score side by side.
| Company | Price | Margin of safety | P/E | P/B | Yield | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STJ.L (this company) | GBP 11.30 | 2.3% | 11.4 | 4.1 | 1.6% | 64 |
| PSH.L Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. | GBP 38.88 | 68.2% | 3.7 | 0.6 | 1.3% | 76 |
| LRE.L Lancashire Holdings Limited | GBP 6.89 | 45.5% | 7.1 | 1.6 | 3.3% | 76 |
| ACA.PA Credit Agricole S.A. | EUR 15.88 | 36.0% | 6.8 | 0.7 | 6.9% | 78 |
| PRU.L Prudential plc | GBP 9.29 | 34.0% | 8.0 | 1.6 | 1.9% | 78 |
| V Visa Inc. | USD 422.59 | 33.3% | 8.9 | – | 0.2% | 100 |
| AGS.BR ageas SA/NV | EUR 77.60 | 32.5% | 8.2 | 1.5 | 5.0% | 76 |
| SYF Synchrony Financial | USD 74.07 | 29.9% | 7.2 | 1.4 | 2.1% | 100 |
| NWG.L NatWest Group plc | GBP 5.92 | 29.6% | 8.3 | 1.3 | 4.9% | 88 |
| Peer median | 7.6 | 1.4 | ||||
Dividends
Paid in the last 12 months: GBP 0.00 per share · yield 0.02% at the current price.
| Year | Dividends per share |
|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 0.002 |
| 2025 | 0.002 |
| 2024 | 0.001 |
| 2023 | 0.005 |
| 2022 | 0.006 |
| 2021 | 0.006 |
Annual financial statement
Saved annual report · Fiscal year 2025 · EODHD annual statements · period ended 31 Dec 2025
| Revenue | GBP 30,162,400,000 |
|---|---|
| EBITDA | GBP 1,328,300,000 |
| EBIT | GBP 1,300,100,000 |
| Net income | GBP 531,100,000 |
| Free cash flow | GBP 1,066,099,999 |
| Capital expenditures | GBP 1,100,000 |
| Debt | GBP 543,100,000 |
| Cash | GBP 329,600,000 |
| Working capital | GBP 5,728,300,000 |
| Shares outstanding | 537,800,000 |
| Reported dividends per share | GBP 0.1791 |