3i Group plc stock analysis
3i Group plc (IGQ5) Stock Price & Analysis
IGQ5 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 31.04 - EUR 31.04
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 23.54 - EUR 49.20
- Previous Close
- EUR 30.58
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 169
- Market Cap
- EUR 31.08B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 25.24B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 635.00M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 1.26B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 4.8
- Beta
- 0.82
- Next Earnings
- May 13, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 3.22
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 3.07%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Resilient Investment Portfolio
Broad earnings growth across the private equity portfolio and the absence of material write-downs indicate resilient underlying businesses rather than performance driven by a single holding. This supports 3i’s ability to preserve portfolio value and compound returns over the next several quarters.
Action Growth And Strong Unit Economics
Action combines strong sales and EBITDA growth with rapid store paybacks and high contribution margins, supporting continued reinvestment and portfolio value creation. Its expanding footprint and customer reach provide a durable earnings engine for 3i over the medium term.
Conservative Balance Sheet
Low gearing, substantial liquidity and extensive portfolio hedging give 3i financial flexibility while reducing sensitivity to rising interest rates. This balance-sheet resilience supports new investments, portfolio funding and shareholder distributions through varying market conditions.
Bears Say
Lumpy Reported Earnings
Large swings in reported revenue and irregular margins make 3i’s earnings trajectory difficult to assess and increase dependence on investment marks and realizations. This volatility can reduce the predictability of results and complicate capital planning over the next several quarters.
Uneven Cash Realization
The sharp recent decline in operating and free cash flow shows that accounting profitability does not consistently convert into cash at the same pace. Uneven realization may constrain internally funded investment and distributions if weaker conversion persists.
Foreign-exchange Sensitivity
3i’s international portfolio exposes reported returns to currency movements, which can materially reduce results even when underlying companies perform well. Persistent FX sensitivity adds uncertainty to NAV progression, earnings comparisons and the timing of shareholder returns.
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Company Description
3i Group plc
3i Group plc is a private equity firm specializing in mature companies, growth capital, middle markets, infrastructure, and management leveraged buyouts and buy-ins. The firm also provides infrastructure financing and debt management. For debt management, it invests in senior and mezzanine corporate debt in typically large and private companies in United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and North America. It makes private equity investments in business and technology services, financial services, consumer and private label, software and service, healthcare, consumption and distribution, media and telecom, renewable energy, wind, and industrial technology sector. Within business and technology services, the firm seeks to invest in sub sectors such as testing, inspection and certification; intelligent outsourcing, BPO and consultancy; human capital including staffing, governance, risk and compliance, services to pharmaceutical companies, vertical application software, education and training businesses; facilities management; support services to industrial sectors such as oil and gas and utilities; human resources outsourcing and advising; recruitment; logistics and infrastructure support services including distribution, waste, and rental. In the consumer sector, it focuses on, multi-unit roll out, omni-channel propositions, niche branded consumer goods, polarization, health and wellness, ageing population, millennials, consumer goods; e-commerce; retail; food and drinks; private label CMO and leisure. In the healthcare sector, the firm focuses on outsourced medical device manufacturing & services, outsourced pharmaceutical manufacturing & services, bioprocessing supply chain, life science tools and diagnostics, wellness & consumer health products, personalized medicine, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology including specialty pharma, generics or OTC, drug delivery, and animal health; healthcare services including activities such as elderly and specialty care, including caring for people in their own homes, in hospital and in community facilities, as well as operational services such as outsourced support, clinical services and B2B contract services; medical devices and technology including devices, medical equipment and consumables, diagnostics, and healthcare IT. In services and software, it focuses on IT services including cloud and IT infrastructure managed services providers, software vendor integration and support services or application, and software development or DevOps; tech-enabled outsourcing services including testing, inspection and certification, human capital management or business information, and data & analytics; mature software including horizontal software, vertical software, office of the CFO, supply chain, ERP, human capital and life sciences. In the industrial sector, it focuses on automotive, chemicals, safety and security, construction, building products and materials, energy, electronics and electrical components, flow control and filtration, mobility, packaging, industrial CMO, B2B distribution, safety & security, industrial services including industrial software, oil, gas, and power. Through 3i BIFM Limited and 3i Infrastructure plc the firm makes infrastructure investments where it focuses principally on the utilities including energy transmission and storage, electricity and gas distribution, water, power generation, and communication network; transportation including airports, ports, ferries, toll roads, and rail; and social infrastructure sector including primary and secondary PFI, public private partnerships, healthcare, education, and government accommodation. In infrastructure it invests primarily in utilities, transportation and social infrastructure in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Europe, and Ireland. The firm prefers to invest in companies across Europe, France, United States, South America, and Asia. It seeks to make new investments in Northern Europe and North America. The firm typically invests in companies with enterprise value between €100 million ($108.48 million) and €500 million ($543.42 million). It seeks to make investments of £150 million ($186.53 million) and £300million ($373.05 million) in companies, taking control positions, and target mid-teen investment returns in infrastructure sector. It seeks to take either majority or minority stakes. It seeks to take a board seat in its portfolio companies with regards to infrastructure investments. The firm invests through a combination of third-party and proprietary capital. It invests through its personal capital. 3i Group plc was founded in 1945 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices across North America, Asia and Europe.
- Sector
- Financial
- Industry
- Asset Management
- CEO
- Simon Alexander Borrows
- Employees
- 223
- Website
- www.3i.com
- Address
- 1 Knightsbridge, London, GL, SW1X 7LX, GB
3i Group plc (IGQ5) Earnings & Revenues
IGQ5 Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive overall. 3i reported a 5% total return, resilient private equity and infrastructure performance, robust Action sales and cash generation, successful store expansion, a conservative balance sheet, and a further GBP 750 million buyback. The main negatives were FX losses, macroeconomic and energy-price pressures, temporary Action margin challenges, and a thin European transaction market, but management expressed confidence in the second half and in Action's full-year guidance.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 10 | 0 | 2 |
