PZC.L
PZ Cussons plc

Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2026-05-31

Average Intrinsic Value

275.31M USD

Market Cap

535.14M USD

Margin of Safety

-94.4%

Intrinsic / Market Ratio

0.51×

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.

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.

EPV + Growth

174.29M USD

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

Profit

325.82M USD

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

FCFF

325.82M USD

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

Intrinsic Value

275.31M USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

275.31M USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

535.14M USD

the price on the date above times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.51×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -94.4% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 174.29M 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)69.94M USD
−②Net Debt Today51.01M USD
+③Growth Value155.35M USD
=Value174.29M USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

69.94M USD

Net debt today

-51.01M USD

Growth Value

+155.35M USD

Value

174.29M USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

69.94M USD

②Net Debt Today

51.01M USD

③Growth Value

155.35M USD

Market value

Market Cap535.14M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-207.0%

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): 325.82M 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.

The projection was not made (a profit at or below zero in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 325.82M USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

Not in the value

②Equity at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap535.14M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-64.2%

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): 325.82M 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 (an FCFF at or below zero in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 325.82M 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 Cap535.14M USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-64.2%

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: 7.12%
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.52×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 7.63%

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 65.94M USDPretax Income 104.16M USD= 63.31%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 120.31M USD−Pretax Income 104.16M USD= 16.15M USD

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

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 16.15M USDTotal Debt 120.85M USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 63.31%)= 4.90%

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

Debt Weight =Total Debt 120.85M USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 535.14M USD + 120.85M USD= 18.42%

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

WACC =Equity Weight 81.58%×Cost of Equity 7.63%+Debt Weight 18.42%×Cost of Debt 4.90%= 7.12%

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, 2026-05-31.

Total Assets 800.07M USD − Total Liabilities 474.26M USD = Book Value Today 325.82M USD

Total Debt 120.85M USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 69.85M USD = Net Debt Today 51.01M 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 − 10.3%at most 5%passes420,770,763 / 419,491,217
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets1.7%at least -10.0%passes(39.97M USD − 26.65M USD) ÷ 800.07M USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today1.64×at most 3×passes535.14M USD ÷ 325.82M USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue13.3%above 10.0%passes97.03M USD ÷ 728.61M USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 14.9%above 10.0%does not pass728.61M USD / 694.27M USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-9.5%above -30%passes(69.85M USD − 120.85M USD) ÷ 535.14M USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit32.9%above 25.0%passes97.03M USD ÷ 295.27M USD

Market Data

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

Share price

95.09 GBp

Enterprise value

446.51M GBP

the provider's own figure

EV / EBITDA

6.56×

Price / book

1.71×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

19.00×

Return on equity

12.5%

the provider's figure, not this page's

Profit margin

3.7%

Revenue growth

2.9%

Analyst target, mean

124.12 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

815.41M672.71M694.27M728.61M

Gross profit

319.68M167.06M279.44M295.27M

Operating income

74.67M-40.01M64.59M97.03M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

115.92M-70.47M47.70M137.14M

Pretax income

76.78M-122.21M8.78M104.16M

Net income

45.22M-72.64M-7.84M26.65M

Normalized income

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

51.38M-40.87M21.76M15.24M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

1.23B827.80M831.29M800.07M

Total liabilities

703.59M528.08M542.80M474.26M

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

491.50M308.77M296.87M315.18M

Total debt

328.25M227.72M232.41M120.85M

Cash and equivalents

318.56M65.37M60.94M69.85M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

99.89M67.54M77.02M74.69M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

348.50M43.20M5.27M-61.50M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

61.13M16.44M31.75M39.97M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-8.32M-7.77M-9.32M-8.21M

Depreciation and amortisation

23.73M22.05M16.35M16.82M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

52.80M8.67M22.43M31.76M