Unite Group PLC
Unite Group PLC is the UK's largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) serving the country's world-leading higher education sector. Its property portfolio includes the Unite Students and Hello Student brands. Together, the Group provides homes for 72,000 stud…
Unite Group PLC is the UK's largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) serving the country's world-leading higher education sector. Its property portfolio includes the Unite Students and Hello Student brands. Together, the Group provides homes for 72,000 students across 207 properties in 29 leading university towns and cities. The firm currently partners with over 60 universities across the UK. The people are driven by a shared purpose, (to provide a home for success for the students who live with us). The firm's accommodation is safe, secure, high quality and affordable, with students living predominantly in en-suite study bedrooms. Rents are all inclusive, covering bills, insurance, 24 hour security and high speed Wi Fi. Unite Group are committed to raising standards across the student accommodation sector for their customers, investors and employees. Their Sustainability Strategy includes a commitment to become net zero carbon across our operations and developments by 2030. Unite Group PLC was incorporated in 1991 in United Kingdom.No valuation verdict yet
5-year outlook: Not shown because confidence is low: no second model to compare.
Why: Dividends are a large share of earnings, so the cash paid to shareholders is the best guide to value.
Details and the full model are below.
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FCFF (steady state) needs inputs this company does not have (for example positive earnings, free cash flow or EBITDA), so it gives no usable value.
Assumptions: growth 3.89%, discount rate 9%, terminal growth 2.30% (sector defaults). See a worked example.
Blended growth assumption: 3.9% (sector default 5.1%, own revenue history 5.7%, analyst revenue consensus 2.4%).
Analyst consensus expects revenue growth of 2.4% a year; the growth assumption used is 3.9%.
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Why this model: Dividends are a large share of earnings, so the cash paid to shareholders is the best guide to value.
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EPS-based Gordon proxy
— GBP 3.04 (-38.6%)
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)
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Not used: Cannot be computed: free cash flow is zero or negative.
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FCFF (steady state)
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Not used: Cannot be computed: free cash flow is zero or negative.
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EV/EBITDA (12x)
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Not used: Cannot be computed: EBITDA is missing, zero or negative.
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Fade DCF (10-year growth fade)
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Not used: Cannot be computed: free cash flow is zero or negative.
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EV/Sales (Rule of 40)
— GBP 2.95 (-40.4%)
Not used: Used only for technology and communication companies whose cash-flow value is far below the price.
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: 68 / 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 | 5 of 5 years profitable | 20 / 20 |
| Cash generation | free cash flow positive in 2 of 5 years | 8 / 20 |
| Growth | revenue +5.7% a year | 20 / 20 |
| Balance sheet | net debt 10.7x EBITDA | 0 / 20 |
| Margins | EBITDA margin 38% | 20 / 20 |
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| Peer median | 16.4 | 1.4 | ||||
Dividends
Paid in the last 12 months: GBP 0.00 per share · yield 0.08% at the current price.
| Year | Dividends per share |
|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 0.004 |
| 2025 | 0.004 |
| 2024 | 0.004 |
| 2023 | 0.003 |
| 2022 | 0.003 |
| 2021 | 0.002 |
Annual financial statement
Saved annual report · Fiscal year 2025 · EODHD annual statements · period ended 31 Dec 2025
| Revenue | GBP 332,800,000 |
|---|---|
| EBITDA | GBP 127,500,000 |
| EBIT | GBP 120,600,000 |
| Net income | GBP 97,600,000 |
| Free cash flow | GBP -92,100,000 |
| Capital expenditures | GBP 246,700,000 |
| Debt | GBP 1,399,000,000 |
| Cash | GBP 35,800,000 |
| Working capital | GBP -68,400,000 |
| Shares outstanding | 490,016,000 |
| Reported dividends per share | GBP 0.3137 |