Empiric Student Property (ESP)

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83.10p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.90p
  • 52 Week High: 104.80
  • 52 Week Low: 79.60
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 664.19m
  • Volume: 2,060,626
  • Market Cap: £551.94m
  • RiskGrade: 140
  • Beta: 0.00

ESP Overview

Empiric Student Property plc (LSE: ESP), a UK REIT, is a leading provider and operator of modern, direct-let, nominated or leased student accommodation located in prime city centre locations in top university towns and cities in the UK. The Empiric Student Property plc management team has a long track record in the acquisition, development and management of student accommodation assets in the UK.Looking forward, once we achieve occupancy levels in line with those before the pandemic, we expect to deliver a Gross Margin above 70% and a total return in the 7% to 9% pa range.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.3% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.1 n/a
Op Mrgn 64.6% n/a
ROCE 8.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 20.8 n/a
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 6.6 n/a
Pr/Book 0.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 4.6% n/a
PBT -35.6% n/a
EPS -4.8% n/a
DPS 5.9% n/a

ESP Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-20 59.44 (23.97) 2.30p 32.6 n/a -48% n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-21 56.00 29.20 1.60p 53.7 n/a -30% 2.50p 2.9%
31-Dec-22 73.00 67.70 3.40p 24.8 0.2 +112% 2.50p 3.0%
31-Dec-23 80.50 53.40 4.20p 22.6 0.9 +24% 3.40p 3.6%
31-Dec-24 84.20 34.40 4.00p 20.9 n/a -5% 3.60p 4.3%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

ESP Company Announcements

Form 8.3 - Empiric Student Property plc 09-Oct-2025 15:20 RNS
Form 8.3 - Unite Group PLC 09-Oct-2025 15:10 RNS
Form 8.3 - Unite Group plc, The 09-Oct-2025 14:49 RNS

ESP ShareCast News

Empiric withdraws statements over potential Unit... 09-Jun-2025 ShareCast
Empiric Student Property in takeover talks with ... 05-Jun-2025 ShareCast
Empiric Student Property raises £56.1m to fund a... 17-Oct-2024 ShareCast

ESP Top Newspaper Links

MIDAS UPDATE: Second fundraising for luxury stud... 10-Nov-2014 Daily Mail

Latest ESP Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

ESP Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 83.10p
Change Today -0.90p
% Change -1.07 %
52 Week High 104.80
52 Week Low 79.60
Volume 2,060,626
Shares Issued 664.19m
Market Cap £551.94m
Beta 0.00
RiskGrade 140

ESP Star Ratings

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ESP Dividends

  Latest Previous
  2nd Interim 1st Interim
Ex-Div 04-Sep-25 12-Jun-25
Paid 19-Sep-25 27-Jun-25
Amount 0.93p 0.93p

Trades for 09-Oct-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 540,620 @ 83.10p
16:35 1 @ 83.10p
16:35 5,958 @ 83.10p
16:35 482 @ 83.10p
16:35 3,206 @ 83.10p

ESP Key Personnel

CEO Duncan Garrood

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