AO World plc

AO.L · Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail · Valued as of 2026-11-03 · Statements 2026-03-31

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

What it is worth

EPV + Growth

410.98M USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

693.04M USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

327.69M USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Average Intrinsic Value

477.24M USD

The plain average of EPV, Profit and FCFF

Against the price

Market Cap

655.87M USD

the price on the date above times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.73×

the ratio the screener ranks by

Margin of Safety

-37.4%

1 − Market Cap / Average Intrinsic Value

Projections, not exact values. Intrinsic Values are projected from each company's past reports. They show which stocks look cheap compared with the others, not exactly what a stock is worth.

Earnings power value plus growth: 410.98M USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)312.97M USD
+②Net Cash Today21.76M USD
+③Growth Value76.25M USD
=Value410.98M USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

312.97M USD

Net cash today

+21.76M USD

Growth Value

+76.25M USD

Value

410.98M USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

312.97M USD

②Net Cash Today

21.76M USD

③Growth Value

76.25M USD

Market value

Market Cap655.87M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-59.6%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 693.04M USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE495.73M USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today197.31M USD
=Value693.04M USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment falling to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

495.73M USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

197.31M USD

Market value

Market Cap655.87M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety+5.4%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 327.69M USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF286.83M USD
+②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today19.10M USD
+③Net Cash Today21.76M USD
=Value327.69M USD
FCFF: the NOPAT left for the shareholders and the lenders once the business reinvests what next year's growth needsReinvestment: the part of the year's NOPAT put back into the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releasesPresent value of the FCFFColoured bars show the FCFF, grey bars the reinvestment. With a positive reinvestment the two stacked are the year's NOPAT; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the NOPAT is the FCFF plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth rising to its long-run rate and the ROIC on new investment falling to the WACC. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

286.83M USD

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

19.10M USD

③Net Cash Today

21.76M USD

Market value

Market Cap655.87M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-100.2%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 10.96%
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 1.22×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 11.84%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 19.25M USDPretax Income 66.59M USD= 28.91%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 71.60M USD−Pretax Income 66.59M USD= 5.01M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 5.01M USDTotal Debt 85.45M USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 28.91%)= 4.17%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 85.45M USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 655.87M USD + 85.45M USD= 11.53%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 88.47%×Cost of Equity 11.84%+Debt Weight 11.53%×Cost of Debt 4.17%= 10.96%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-03-31.

Total Assets 640.05M USD − Total Liabilities 408.63M USD = Book Value Today 231.41M USD

Total Debt 85.45M USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 107.20M USD = Net Debt Today -21.76M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-3.2%at most 5%passes559,515,012 / 577,781,870
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets12.3%at least -10.0%passes(126.19M USD − 47.34M USD) ÷ 640.05M USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today2.83×at most 3×passes655.87M USD ÷ 231.41M USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue3.9%above 10.0%does not pass65.01M USD ÷ 1.67B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 113.3%above 10.0%passes1.67B USD / 1.47B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap3.3%above -30%passes(107.20M USD − 85.45M USD) ÷ 655.87M USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit15.6%above 25.0%does not pass65.01M USD ÷ 416.81M USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Share price

88.49 GBp

Enterprise value

476.35M GBP

the provider's own figure

EV / EBITDA

7.83×

Price / book

2.82×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

14.73×

Return on equity

22.4%

the provider's figure, not this page's

Profit margin

2.8%

Revenue growth

8.9%

Analyst target, mean

146.90 GBp

Analysts

4

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The annual lines the screener holds, year by year, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.

USD2023202420252026
Income statement

Revenue

1.41B1.31B1.47B1.67B

Gross profit

295.36M307.50M357.45M416.81M

Operating income

15.50M44.99M52.45M65.01M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

53.44M80.00M66.44M110.37M

Pretax income

9.42M43.35M26.68M66.59M

Net income

-3.22M31.22M13.60M47.34M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

7.69M31.22M56.99M47.34M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

570.76M558.39M552.37M640.05M

Total liabilities

439.69M384.22M365.22M408.63M

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

131.06M174.16M187.15M231.41M

Total debt

118.17M89.61M81.98M85.45M

Cash and equivalents

23.68M50.68M35.49M107.20M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

111.72M96.43M101.93M109.18M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

-59.39M-11.50M-11.66M30.99M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

30.26M77.86M75.12M126.19M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-2.73M-10.49M-11.53M-7.91M

Depreciation and amortisation

35.96M30.71M35.10M38.77M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

27.53M67.37M63.59M118.28M