Business description: Next plc

Next plc specializes in the design and distribution of ready-to-wear clothing (for women, men, children), accessories, costume jewelry and home products. Net sales break down by activity as follows:

- ready-to-wear clothing distribution (69.5%): mail order (57.9% of net sales; telephone orders, on-line sales) and sales generated by Next stores in the United Kingdom (42.1%; over 800 stores);

- international distribution (14.7%): operation of over 200 franchised stores;

- credit allocation (4.7%);

- other (11.1%).

Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (81.6%), Europe (10.9%), Middle East (4.8%), Asia (0.8%) and other (1.9%).

Number of employees: 32,931

Sales by Activity: Next plc

Fiscal Period: January 2021 (GBP) 2022 (GBP) 2023 (GBP) 2024 (GBP) 2025 (GBP)

Next Online

2.28B 2.87B 2.74B 2.91B 3.2B

Retail stores

952M 1.43B 1.85B 1.84B 1.82B

Next International Retail

33.2M 49.2M - - -

Next Sourcing

401M 496M - - -

Other Business Activities

- - - - 801M

Property Management

201M 180M 175M 192M -

Total Platform (incl. Joules, Reiss & FatFace)

- - - 364M 690M

next Finance

250M 249M 274M 293M 301M

Franchise, Sourcing and Other

- - 602M 544M -

Lipsy

79.3M 134M - - -

Joules

- - 32.8M - -

Total Platform

- - 42.9M - -

NENA

700K 1M - - -

Eliminations

-663M -784M -687M -658M -698M

Geographical breakdown of sales: Next plc

Fiscal Period: January 2021 (GBP) 2022 (GBP) 2023 (GBP) 2024 (GBP) 2025 (GBP)

United Kingdom

2.93B 3.84B 4.29B 4.6B 5B

Rest of Europe

312M 447M 415M 522M 664M

Middle East

216M 247M 236M 255M 296M

Rest of World

32.2M 41.4M 43.9M 71.6M 117M

Asia

43.3M 53M 48.5M 41.9M 46.8M

Executive Committee: Next plc

Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 58 31/12/2000
Director of Finance/CFO 61 25/07/2024
Chief Operating Officer 59 13/05/2018
Human Resources Officer 63 31/12/1984
Corporate Officer/Principal 52 31/03/2014

Composition of the Board of Directors: Next plc

Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 63 30/06/2013
Chairman 58 10/10/2016
Director/Board Member - 02/10/2016
Chairman 72 31/07/2017
Director/Board Member 59 13/05/2018
Director/Board Member 53 24/09/2018
Director/Board Member 59 12/07/2020
Director/Board Member 49 31/08/2021
Director/Board Member - 02/04/2023
Director/Board Member 57 30/06/2020

Shareholders: Next plc

NameEquities%Valuation
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.
5.982 %
7,323,701 5.982 % 1 333 M p
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC
5.128 %
6,278,493 5.128 % 1 143 M p
Computershare Ltd. (United Kingdom)
4.963 %
6,076,337 4.963 % 1 106 M p
Capital International Ltd.
3.761 %
4,604,522 3.761 % 838 M p
Norges Bank Investment Management
3.154 %
3,862,059 3.154 % 703 M p
NameEquities%Valuation
Invesco Asset Management Ltd.
0.000219 %
536 0.000219 % 48 784 p

Company details: Next plc

Next Plc

Desford Road

LE19 4AT, Leicester

+44 33 3777 4577

https://www.nextplc.co.uk
address Next plc(NXT)

Group companies: Next plc

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Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
+0.24%-0.43%+27.65%+89.11% 20.14B
+0.77%+1.20%+5.91%+103.98% 211B
-0.31%+7.86%+39.47%+153.90% 137B
+1.14%+2.77%+39.36%+66.53% 62.28B
+0.21%+8.11%+5.97%-50.49% 40.69B
+1.18%+1.08%+24.52%+46.07% 33.4B
+1.66%+9.89%+84.84%+248.05% 31.32B
-1.28%-1.94%+18.74%+30.46% 19.02B
+0.14%+1.56%+18.41%+111.79% 10.88B
+0.42%0.00%+25.39%+105.39% 10.21B
Average +0.47%+3.68%+29.02%+90.48% 57.57B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.49%+4.38%+24.66%+102.60%
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
20
Last Close Price
127.25GBP
Average target price
147.44GBP
Spread / Average Target
+15.87%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise