Galliford Try Holdings PLC
LSE:GFRD

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LSE:GFRD
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Price: 477.5 GBX -2.65% Market Closed
Market Cap: £476.2m

Galliford Try Holdings PLC
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Galliford Try Holdings Plc engages in construction business. The company is headquartered in Uxbridge, Middlesex and currently employs 2,416 full-time employees. The firm's segments include Building, Infrastructure, PPP Investments and Central. Its construction business operates with clients in the public and regulated sectors, such as health, education and defense markets within the Building segment and road, and water markets within the Infrastructure segment as well as private commercial clients. Its projects include the construction of assets with services, including design and build, construction only and refurbishment in addition to the maintenance, renewal, upgrading and managing of services across utility and infrastructure assets. The company has investments in various PPP Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), delivering building and infrastructure projects. The firm serves various industries, including education, defense, health, highways, environment, rail, aviation, custodial and judicial and commercial.

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Last Earnings Call
Fiscal Period
Q2 2026
Call Date
Mar 4, 2026
AI Summary
Q2 2026

Revenue: Group revenue of GBP 934.9 million, up GBP 12 million or 1.3% year‑on‑year, with management describing the first half as "strong" and broadly-based across Building and Infrastructure.

Margins: Divisional adjusted operating margin improved to 3.2% (up 50 bps YoY), driven by better delivery, framework terms and specialist activities; management reiterated the 2030 target of 4% operating margin.

Profitability: Adjusted profit before tax of GBP 24.7 million (up 20.5%) and adjusted basic EPS of 18.6p (up 18.5%); interim dividend increased to 6.5p (up 18.2%).

Cash & balance sheet: Period-end cash GBP 211.7 million, average month-end cash GBP 189.9 million, no bank debt, no pension liabilities and an undrawn revolving credit facility—management emphasised this as a competitive advantage.

Order book & visibility: Order book of GBP 4.1 billion (up GBP 200 million YoY); 98% of current year work secured and 80% of FY27 revenue already secured, giving long visibility into future work.

Specialist M&A: Acquired Nene Valley Fire for circa GBP 10 million to add scale in passive fire protection; management expects first‑year margin accretion and further bolt-on pipeline.

Outlook & guidance: Management expects further margin expansion in H2 and remains confident in the 2030 targets; provided revenue trajectory commentary suggesting overall revenue growth for the year could be around 3.5%–4.0% in total (management phrasing).

Key Financials
Revenue
GBP 934.9 million
Divisional adjusted operating margin
3.2%
Adjusted profit before tax
GBP 24.7 million
Earnings per share
18.6p
Interim dividend
6.5p
Period-end cash
GBP 211.7 million
Average month-end cash
GBP 189.9 million
Order book
GBP 4.1 billion
Building revenue
GBP 476.5 million
Building adjusted operating profit
GBP 14.9 million
Building margin
3.1%
Infrastructure revenue
GBP 454.2 million
Infrastructure adjusted operating profit
GBP 15.2 million
Infrastructure margin
3.3%
Investments adjusted operating result
loss of GBP 1.1 million
PPP assets value
GBP 38.5 million
PPP annuity income
GBP 1.8 million
Average supplier payment days
29 days
Nene Valley Fire acquisition price
circa GBP 10 million
Returns to shareholders (5 years)
GBP 114 million total (GBP 79.2 million dividends + GBP 35 million buybacks)
Other Earnings Calls
2026
2022

Management

Mr. Bill Hocking
Chairman of Executive Board, CEO, & Executive Director
No Bio Available
Mr. Jeffreys Kristen Hampson
CFO & Director
No Bio Available
Mr. Kevin S. Corbett CEng, MICE, MIStructE
General Counsel, Company Secretary & Member of Executive Board
No Bio Available
Mr. Ian Jubb
Divisional MD of Building & Member of Executive Board
No Bio Available
Mr. Mark Baxter
Divisional MD of Specialist Services & Member of the Executive Board
No Bio Available
Ms. Vikki Skene
Human Resources Director & Member of Executive Board
No Bio Available
Mr. David Lowery
Divisional MD of Environment & Infrastructure & Member of Executive Board
No Bio Available
Mr. Phil Harris
Managing Director of Investments
No Bio Available
Mr. Stuart Wallace
Head of Pre-Construction
No Bio Available
Ms. Ruth Stockdale
Head of Quality
No Bio Available

Contacts

Address
MIDDLESEX
Uxbridge
Cowley Business Park, Cowley
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