Games Workshop is a leading international specialist designer, manufacturer and multi-channel retailer of miniatures, scenery, artwork and fiction for tabletop miniature games set in its fantasy Warhammer worlds.
Games Workshop Group is the global leader for tabletop miniature gaming, a market it created. Tabletop miniature gaming is the fastest-growing segment of the global non-digital games market, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9% between 2017 and 2023 and reach a value exceeding $12bn.
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John Brewis
Non-executive chairman
Kevin Rountree
CEO
Rachel Tongue
CFO
Forecast net debt (£m)
110.2
Forecast gearing ratio (%)
41
% | 1M | 3M | 12M |
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Actual | 6.3 | 6.6 | 10.1 |
Relative | 5.9 | 6.3 | 0.9 |
52 week high/low | 11130.0p/9125.0p |
Games Workshop Group (GAW) is the global leader for tabletop miniature gaming, which has enjoyed impressive growth, with core revenue and total operating profit CAGRs of 17% and 19%, respectively, since FY15. A combination of improved product innovation, engagement with customers, geographic expansion of its distribution and licensing its intellectual property (IP) to third parties have driven its growth. Its vertical integration and control of its IP contribute to enviable returns on capital of well over 100% in recent years. The company has a favourable distribution policy of returning truly surplus cash.
Y/E May | Revenue (£m) | EBITDA (£m) | PBT (£m) | EPS (fd) (p) | P/E (x) | P/CF (x) |
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2023A | 470.8 | 213.3 | 171.6 | 411.8 | 27.0 | 19.0 |
2024A | 525.7 | 243.4 | 204.2 | 460.9 | 24.1 | 18.7 |
2025E | 534.5 | 236.0 | 198.4 | 450.8 | 24.7 | 19.3 |
2026E | 555.9 | 247.8 | 206.4 | 468.4 | 23.8 | 18.8 |