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Trifast

LSE:TRI · GB0008883927
MachinerySmall

360

69
EV / EBIT61
Price / Owner Earnings1
Owner Earnings Yield43
Dividend Yield69
Price/Sales86
EV / Gross Profit54
Price/Book81
Return on Capital68
Cash Return on Capital43
Return on Equity46
EBIT Margin57
Gross Profitability57
Cash Conversion100
Accruals64
Owner Earnings Margin42
Sales growth6
Profit Growth27
Long-Term EPS Growth50
Owner Earnings Growth19
Reinvestment98
Price momentum53
Debt load31
Refinancing97
Debt Payback4
Liquidity24
Analyst ratings100
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside85
Market mood34
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Trifast clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUK
IndustryMachinery
SizeSmall
TypePublic Company
ExchangeLSE
Founded1985
Employees320
ISINGB0008883927
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Industrial AutomationPackaging ServicesIndustrialManufacturingMechanical Design

Description

Trifast plc (Trifast) manufactures and distributes industrial fasteners and category C components in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, North America, and Asia. Business Segments Trifast operates across several business segments, each tailored to…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Trifast plc sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 17242.1×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analysts lean positive.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
88
2023202420252026

All-time high

92

Mar 2026

All-time low

28

Jan 2024

Average rank

63

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
86
74
79
62
Price/Earnings
86
76
73
58
Price/Book
81
83
87
84
Dividend Yield
69
71
65
85
Value (overall)
93
86
86
81

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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