Vp, the specialist equipment rental business, today released ‘in line’ final FY’23 results & a positive outlook - despite experiencing softer conditions in some of its end markets (e.g. commercial real estate, HS2, rail strikes and new build housing).
Indeed impressively, FY’23 revenues, adjusted PBTA, EPS & ROCE came in at £371.5m (+6% vs LY), £40.5m (+4%), 79p (+11%) & 14.4% respectively. This reflects solid performances in UK infrastructure (e.g. energy, rail & water) and RMI, augmented by a bounce back in International (AirPac & TR), where EBIT margins expanded to 8.1% (+4.9%) on sales up 23.9% to £38.1m.
This puts the stock (at 650p) on attractive trailing EV/EBITDA, EV/EBIT & PE multiples of 4.3x, 8.6x and 8.2x – whilst similarly paying a generous 4.2% dividend yield. We believe this is simply too cheap for a best-in-class, GDP resilient business with a proven track record.
