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Ibstock plc IBST.L
Ibstock plc (IBST.L) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 4.34% (safety: at-risk). FY2025 revenue was £372.1M at a 0.8% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Basic Materials · percentile among 111 companies
Percentile vs other Basic Materials companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.065 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 1.034 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.021 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.056 |
About Ibstock plc
Ibstock plc manufactures and sells clay and concrete building products and solutions to customers in the residential construction sector in the United Kingdom. It operates through Clay and Concrete segments. The company offers bricks and masonry, which includes facing and engineering bricks, brick slips, special shaped bricks, walling stone, cast stones, caps and copings, tile bricks, arches, architectural masonry, prefabricated components, eco-habitats, and padstones and lintels, as well as façade systems; and flooring and lintels, such as beam and block flooring, insulated flooring, and hollowcore screed rails. It also provides precast staircases and lift shafts; fencing and landscaping products, including fence posts, copings and cappings, gravel boards, bollards, balustrades, path edging, gully surrounds, eco-habitat range, and urban landscaping; and retaining walls, such as stepoc, slopeloc, and keystone. In addition, the company offers rail and infrastructure products, which includes rail troughs, platform copers, cable theft protection, signal bases, utility ducts, and inspection chambers; and design and technical support services. Further, it manufactures and supplies glass reinforced, precast, and prestressed concrete products. The company offers its products and services under the Forticrete, Supreme, Anderton, Longley, Coltman, Ibstock Brick, Ibstock Kevington, Generix, Ibstock Futures, and G-Tech brands. Ibstock plc was founded in 1825 and is headquartered in Ibstock, the United Kingdom.
FAQ
Is IBST.L financially healthy?
Ibstock plc's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does IBST.L pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Ibstock plc pays a dividend yielding about 4.34% with a 513.5% payout ratio, rated “at-risk” for safety.
How profitable is IBST.L?
In FY2025, Ibstock plc had a net margin of 0.8% and a return on equity of 0.8%.
Is IBST.L overvalued or undervalued?
Ibstock plc trades at about 11500.0× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 784.2×–15875.0×, median 4421.1×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for IBST.L?
The average Wall-Street price target for Ibstock plc is £122.90, about 33.6% above the recent price, from 10 analysts.
Is IBST.L a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Ibstock plc: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 118.2×, a dividend yield of 4.34%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · GB · as of 2025-12-31. Figures in GBP. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.