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Genuit Group plc (GEN.L)

Industrials Out of favour

Genuit Group makes the plastic pipes, ventilation systems, and water management products hidden inside and beneath modern buildings.

£2.71

Is Genuit Group plc a good stock for a UK beginner?

The honest version: Genuit Group makes the plastic pipes, ventilation systems, and water management products hidden inside and beneath modern buildings.

No rating · no target price · nothing for sale here
Price-47.0%
52-week range-32% past year
£2.71
Low £2.41High £4.02
Where today's price sits versus its past year - context, not a signal.
If you had put £1,000 into Genuit Group plc
£530-47%

Over about 2 years to 2026-07-31. This is the share price only - reinvesting the dividends would add to it. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.

Market cap: The company's total value on the stock market - share price times the number of shares. Big = 'large-cap', small = 'small-cap'.
£683.63M
Avg volume: How many shares change hands on a typical day. Higher means it's easy to buy or exit without moving the price.
1.37M
Day range: The lowest and highest price the shares traded at during the latest day.
£2.71 – £2.83
52-week range: The lowest and highest the shares have traded over the past year - a sense of how wide the swings have been.
£2.41 – £4.02
P/E ratio: Price-to-earnings: the share price divided by yearly profit per share. Lower can mean cheaper; higher often means investors expect fast growth.
15.1
Dividend yield: The yearly dividend as a percentage of the share price - roughly the income you'd earn from dividends alone.
4.7%
Beta: How bumpy the share price is versus the whole market. Above 1 swings more than the market; below 1 is calmer. It's about the ride, not whether it goes up or down.
1.46
How bumpy is it?Beta: How bumpy the share price is versus the whole market. Above 1 swings more than the market; below 1 is calmer. It's about the ride, not whether it goes up or down. 1.46
Calm
Wild
Bumpier than the market

Based on beta - how much the price swings versus the whole market. Bumpier isn't bad; it just means a rougher ride, which matters more the sooner you might need the money.

Why has it been moving?▲ +1% past week · ▼ -32% past year

Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.

The bull case

Sustainable building rules become mandatory, cementing market leadership.

The bear case

A prolonged structural decline in UK construction leaves factories underused.

What does Genuit Group plc do?

When builders put up new houses or commercial sites, they need reliable ways to handle rainwater, plumbing, and airflow. Genuit supplies these essential plastic piping and climate systems, making its money by selling bulk materials to the construction and plumbing trades. A key thing to watch here is how the wider housing market behaves, because fewer new homes being built naturally means fewer plastic pipes being sold.

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Factor profile

On our factor screen it looks strongest on value and income, and weakest on momentum.

Value: How cheap the stock looks versus profits, sales and assets (higher = cheaper). 66Quality: How profitable and financially healthy the company is (higher = stronger). 49Growth: How fast revenue and earnings are growing (higher = faster). 36Momentum: How the share price has been trending recently (higher = stronger recent run). 15Income: The dividend income on offer and how sustainable it looks (higher = more/steadier). 57
Quick checks
What's strong
  • Solid gross margins showing healthy pricing power on physical products
  • Essential role in UK infrastructure and housebuilding supply chains
  • Attractive dividend income relative to the broader market
What to watch
  • Momentum screens low (15/100)
  • A prolonged downturn in new home construction
  • Fluctuating costs for raw plastic materials
  • Economic pressures dampening commercial building projects

What do Genuit Group plc's numbers mean?

P/E
15.1
This compares the current share price to past profits, showing roughly how many pounds investors are paying for every pound of historical earnings.
Gross margin
44.0%
For every pound of pipe and ventilation sold, this is what is left after covering the direct cost of making the products.
Dividend yield
4.7%
This shows the yearly cash payout paid back to shareholders as a percentage of the current share price.
Beta
1.5
A measure of how jumpy the share price is compared to the wider stock market; higher numbers mean bigger swings.

Does Genuit Group plc pay a dividend?

Yes - Genuit Group plc currently pays a dividend of about 4.7% a year (the yearly payout as a share of the price). A dividend is a slice of profit handed to shareholders; the yield moves as the price moves, and a company can cut or stop it.

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What are the scenarios for Genuit Group plc?

An illustrative range for the year ahead, with the assumption behind each case — not a prediction or a price target.

£4£3£2today · £3▲ Bull · £3• Base · £3▼ Bear · £2in 1 yearILLUSTRATIVE · NOT A PREDICTION OR PRICE TARGET
Bull
+10% to +20%Construction activity picks up faster than expected across the UK.
Base
-5% to +5%The property market bumps along steadily with no major surprises.
Bear
-15% to -25%Supply chain hiccups or a sudden slowdown in new building projects hit sales.

What are the pros and cons of Genuit Group plc?

4bull points
6bear points

How many points the write-up makes each way — a balance check, not a score or verdict.

The bull case4
  • Solid gross margins showing healthy pricing power on physical products
  • Essential role in UK infrastructure and housebuilding supply chains
  • Attractive dividend income relative to the broader market
  • Trading near asset value with a price-to-book ratio of one
The catch3
  • Recent earnings have dipped compared to previous periods
  • Highly dependent on the cyclical fortunes of the UK construction sector
  • Higher than average share price volatility compared to the wider market
Key risks3
  • A prolonged downturn in new home construction
  • Fluctuating costs for raw plastic materials
  • Economic pressures dampening commercial building projects
What would flip the thesis

The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.

Confidence: medium · data: GBP · flags: none · Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-01 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.

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