Hercules Plc

HERC.L · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services · Valued as of 2026-11-03 · Statements 2025-09-30

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

12.34M USD

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

Profit

7.59M USD

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

FCFF

15.56M USD

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

Average Intrinsic Value

11.83M USD

The plain average of EPV, Profit and FCFF

Against the price

Market Cap

39.92M USD

the price on the date above times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.30×

the ratio the screener ranks by

Margin of Safety

-237.4%

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: 12.34M 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)32.12M USD
−②Net Debt Today19.78M USD
+③Growth Value0 USD
=Value12.34M USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

32.12M USD

Net debt today

-19.78M USD

Growth Value

0 USD

Value

12.34M USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

32.12M USD

②Net Debt Today

19.78M USD

③Growth Value

0 USD

Market value

Market Cap39.92M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-223.4%

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): 7.59M 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 FCFE3.65M USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today3.94M USD
=Value7.59M 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

3.65M USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

3.94M USD

Market value

Market Cap39.92M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-426.2%

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): 15.56M 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).

The projection was not made (a change in working capital above half the operating profit in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 15.56M USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

Not in the value

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

③Net Debt Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap39.92M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-156.5%

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: 8.69%
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.97×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 10.34%

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 345.68K USDPretax Income 1.15M USD= 30.16%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 3.11M USD−Pretax Income 1.15M USD= 1.96M USD

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

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 1.96M USDTotal Debt 23.34M USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 30.16%)= 5.87%

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

Debt Weight =Total Debt 23.34M USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 39.92M USD + 23.34M USD= 36.90%

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

WACC =Equity Weight 63.10%×Cost of Equity 10.34%+Debt Weight 36.90%×Cost of Debt 5.87%= 8.69%

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 65.40M USD − Total Liabilities 49.84M USD = Book Value Today 15.56M USD

Total Debt 23.34M USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 3.56M USD = Net Debt Today 19.78M 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 − 129.1%at most 5%does not pass80,585,543 / 62,427,984
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets16.9%at least -10.0%passes(10.96M USD − -90.12K USD) ÷ 65.40M USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today2.57×at most 3×passes39.92M USD ÷ 15.56M USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue1.5%above 10.0%does not pass2.48M USD ÷ 163.08M USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 119.4%above 10.0%passes163.08M USD / 136.56M USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-49.6%above -30%does not pass(3.56M USD − 23.34M USD) ÷ 39.92M USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit10.1%above 25.0%does not pass2.48M USD ÷ 24.49M USD

Market Data

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

Share price

37.04 GBp

Enterprise value

45.67M GBP

the provider's own figure

EV / EBITDA

35.45×

Price / book

2.53×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

—

Return on equity

-9.6%

the provider's figure, not this page's

Profit margin

-0.5%

Revenue growth

8.4%

Analyst target, mean

—

Analysts

—

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.

USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

55.40M97.46M136.56M163.08M

Gross profit

10.93M17.19M20.06M24.49M

Operating income

789.01K3.03M4.52M2.48M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

1.95M4.00M5.90M4.88M

Pretax income

179.66K1.88M3.01M1.15M

Net income

358.73K940.71K-2.24M-90.12K

Normalized income

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

358.11K2.04M2.19M516.64K

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

37.90M56.19M63.66M72.81M

Total liabilities

30.25M45.61M47.97M56.41M

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

7.65M10.58M15.68M16.40M

Total debt

21.76M32.92M16.97M23.04M

Cash and equivalents

1.35M5.07M8.56M9.75M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

16.37M25.41M9.95M10.13M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

3.76M1.85M10.45M5.93M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

-5.96M4.67M8.14M10.96M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-255.12K-76.97K-438.07K-316.09K

Depreciation and amortisation

1.16M971.25K1.30M1.77M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

-6.22M4.60M7.70M10.65M