Savills (LON:SVS) Announces Earnings Results

Savills (LON:SVS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported GBX 77.20 earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Savills had a net margin of 2.21% and a return on equity of 7.56%.

Here are the key takeaways from Savills’ conference call:

• The group beat expectations with profit overtaking pre-COVID 2019 levels, reporting ~6% (nearly 8% cc) revenue growth, double-digit underlying EBITDA and PBT growth, and a 12% proposed dividend increase.
• Savills is acquiring Eastdil Secured for GBP 685m (60% cash / 40% equity), which immediately boosts Savills into a top global position on large deals and brings leading U.S. capital markets, debt-placement and financing capabilities.
• The deal is funded partly with debt (an arranged $800m facility) leaving pro forma leverage of ~1.8x
• Management highlights strong cultural fit, no planned redundancies, equity lock-ups for Eastdil senior staff and conservative synergy guidance (>£60m revenue synergies, >£15m EBITDA), supporting low- to mid-teens% EPS accretion next year.
• Material risks remain from transactional volatility and regional exposures — notably China and parts of continental Europe and APAC — plus the potential macro/geopolitical impact of the Middle East conflict and ~£30m of past restructuring costs (with a small trailing charge into H1).

Savills Stock Performance

Shares of Savills stock opened at GBX 909 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 1,031.15 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 993.86. The stock has a market cap of £1.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a quick ratio of 1.22, a current ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.42. Savills has a twelve month low of GBX 858.89 and a twelve month high of GBX 1,126.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Savills in a research note on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 1,180.

About Savills

Founded in the UK in 1855, Savills is one of the world’s leading property agents. Our experience and expertise spans the globe, with 600 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.

Our scale gives us wide-ranging specialist and local knowledge, and we take pride in providing best-in-class advice as we help individuals, businesses and institutions make better property decisions.

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