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May. 20	Next 15 Group plc Auditor Raises 'Going Concern' Doubt	CI
May. 07	Next 15 Group plc Reports Earnings Results for the Full Year Ended January 31, 2026	CI

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Published financial data: NEXT 15 GROUP PLC

Annual

Quarterly

Halfyear

YTD

LTM

Fiscal Period: January	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	470M	720M	735M	730M	617M
Total Revenues	470M	720M	735M	730M	617M
Cost of Goods Sold, Total	366M	547M	553M	556M	492M
Gross Profit	105M	174M	182M	174M	125M
Depreciation & Amortization - (IS)	9.44M	12.19M	12.26M	12.15M	9.38M
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (IS)	19.32M	25.05M	24.36M	21.95M	17.07M
Other Operating Expenses	33.93M	62.03M	55.98M	66.51M	85.6M
Other Operating Expenses, Total	62.69M	99.27M	92.6M	101M	112M
Operating Income	41.87M	74.28M	89.45M	73.48M	12.78M
Interest Expense, Total	-1.47M	-3.16M	-5.37M	-7.57M	-5.56M
Interest And Investment Income	134K	163K	1.13M	689K	719K
Net Interest Expenses	-1.33M	-3M	-4.24M	-6.88M	-4.84M
Income (Loss) On Equity Invest.	211K	-	-	-	-
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	-12.2M	-19.1M	-24.32M	12.7M	-
EBT, Excl. Unusual Items	28.55M	52.19M	60.89M	79.3M	7.94M
Restructuring Charges	-	-960K	-5.15M	-16.07M	-10.48M
Merger & Related Restructuring Charges	-486K	-5.52M	-671K	-600K	-1.94M
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Investments	-	-	-	-	-8.43M
Other Unusual Items	-108M	-35.6M	25.28M	-175K	-470K
EBT, Incl. Unusual Items	-80.14M	10.11M	80.35M	62.45M	-13.38M
Income Tax Expense	-14.48M	7.12M	26.4M	21.48M	1.49M
Earnings From Continuing Operations	-65.66M	2.99M	53.94M	40.97M	-14.87M
Earnings Of Discontinued Operations	-	-	-	-	-14.92M
Net Income to Company	-65.66M	2.99M	53.94M	40.97M	-29.79M
Minority Interest	-3.56M	-1.36M	-1.04M	-1.5M	-457K
Net Income - (IS)	-69.22M	1.62M	52.91M	39.46M	-30.24M
Net Income to Common Incl Extra Items	-69.22M	1.62M	52.91M	39.46M	-30.24M
Net Income to Common Excl. Extra Items	-69.22M	1.62M	52.91M	39.46M	-15.32M
Per Share Items
Net EPS - Basic	-0.75	0.02	0.53	0.39	-0.3
Basic EPS - Continuing Operations	-0.75	0.02	0.53	0.39	-0.15
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	92.4M	97.64M	99.25M	100M	101M
Net EPS - Diluted	-0.75	0.01	0.5	0.38	-0.3
Diluted EPS - Continuing Operations	-0.75	0.01	0.5	0.38	-0.15
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	92.4M	106M	105M	104M	101M
Normalized Basic EPS	0.15	0.32	0.37	0.48	0.04
Normalized Diluted EPS	0.15	0.3	0.35	0.46	0.04
Dividend Per Share	0.12	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Payout Ratio	-14.2	781.21	27.9	39.17	-51.22
American Depositary Receipts Ratio (ADR)	1	1	1	1	1
Supplemental Items
EBITDA	62.36M	102M	116M	97.35M	30.29M
EBITA	59.06M	97.2M	111M	92.87M	26.67M
EBIT	41.87M	74.28M	89.45M	73.48M	12.78M
EBITDAR	62.78M	103M	117M	98.32M	30.88M
Effective Tax Rate - (Ratio)	18.06	70.46	32.86	34.4	-11.11
Total Current Taxes	16.8M	23.63M	26.26M	16.56M	12.68M
Total Deferred Taxes	-31.27M	-16.5M	144K	4.92M	-11.19M
Normalized Net Income	14.29M	31.25M	37.02M	48.06M	4.5M
Interest on Long-Term Debt	1.04M	3.16M	5.35M	7.37M	563K
Supplemental Operating Expense Items
Net Rental Expense, Total	418K	874K	932K	974K	587K
Imputed Operating Lease Interest Expense	88.36K	373K	569K	429K	181K
Imputed Operating Lease Depreciation	330K	501K	363K	545K	406K
Stock-Based Comp., COGS (Total)	24.63M	6.71M	4.97M	584K	-
Stock-Based Comp., Other (Total)	-	-	6.5M	175K	1.15M
Total Stock-Based Compensation	24.63M	6.71M	11.48M	759K	1.15M

Fiscal Period: January	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Assets
Cash And Equivalents	58.22M	47.32M	42.87M	89.43M	88.35M
Total Cash And Short Term Investments	58.22M	47.32M	42.87M	89.43M	88.35M
Accounts Receivable, Total	97.77M	134M	136M	130M	110M
Other Receivables	17.22M	23.06M	26.78M	29.19M	27.04M
Total Receivables	115M	157M	163M	159M	137M
Prepaid Expenses	5.38M	8.44M	7.88M	8.02M	7.67M
Total Current Assets	179M	212M	214M	257M	233M
Gross Property Plant And Equipment	72.52M	102M	101M	77.72M	66.71M
Accumulated Depreciation	-45.06M	-62.14M	-66.28M	-53.98M	-51.16M
Net Property Plant And Equipment	27.45M	39.56M	34.78M	23.75M	15.55M
Long-term Investments	8.48M	590K	581K	861K	2.48M
Goodwill	131M	187M	196M	197M	162M
Other Intangibles, Total	52.17M	87.51M	83.12M	73.85M	53.28M
Deferred Tax Assets Long-Term	46.35M	67.06M	62.09M	52.75M	54.9M
Other Long-Term Assets, Total	821K	830K	1.04M	544K	518K
Total Assets	445M	594M	592M	605M	521M
Liabilities
Accounts Payable, Total	23.25M	28.48M	30.6M	36.7M	45.58M
Accrued Expenses, Total	39.86M	57.73M	51.05M	44.61M	52.21M
Short-term Borrowings	-	-	-	61.86M	66.73M
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-
Current Portion of Leases	10.7M	12.29M	10.12M	9.2M	7.48M
Current Income Taxes Payable	3.28M	8.16M	6.84M	4.19M	1.23M
Unearned Revenue Current, Total	46.29M	63.06M	59.09M	49.77M	51.16M
Other Current Liabilities	56.87M	69.31M	80.7M	72.07M	83.78M
Total Current Liabilities	180M	239M	238M	278M	308M
Long-Term Debt	22.48M	21.25M	44.23M	65.94M	57.25M
Long-Term Leases	22.28M	29.48M	23.31M	13.96M	6.79M
Deferred Tax Liability Non Current	3.19M	14.15M	15.94M	15.43M	10.92M
Other Non Current Liabilities	155M	176M	114M	50.04M	6.2M
Total Liabilities	383M	480M	435M	424M	389M
Common Stock, Total	2.32M	2.46M	2.49M	2.52M	2.53M
Additional Paid In Capital	105M	166M	175M	193M	298K
Retained Earnings	-50.43M	-56.5M	-22.9M	-15.63M	126M
Comprehensive Income and Other	3.14M	1.82M	1.25M	2.13M	3.25M
Total Common Equity	59.83M	114M	156M	182M	132M
Minority Interest	1.63M	452K	241K	-479K	-
Total Equity	61.46M	114M	156M	181M	132M
Total Liabilities And Equity	445M	594M	592M	605M	521M
Supplemental Items
ECS Total Shares Outstanding on Filing Date	92.81M	98.5M	99.46M	101M	101M
ECS Total Common Shares Outstanding	92.81M	98.5M	99.46M	101M	101M
Book Value / Share	0.64	1.16	1.57	1.8	1.31
Tangible Book Value	-123M	-160M	-123M	-88.83M	-83.25M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	-1.33	-1.63	-1.24	-0.88	-0.82
Total Debt	55.46M	63.02M	77.66M	151M	138M
Net Debt	-2.76M	15.7M	34.78M	61.52M	49.9M
Debt Equivalent Oper. Leases	3.34M	6.99M	7.46M	7.79M	4.7M
Minority Interest, Total (Incl. Fin. Div)	1.63M	452K	241K	-479K	-
Equity Method Investments, Total	-	-	-	-	-
Account Code - Inventory Valuation	3	-	-	3	3
Machinery, Total	12.12M	14.92M	16.01M	15.76M	11.05M
Full Time Employees	2.98K	4.08K	4.34K	3.99K	3.35K
Accumulated Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Supple)	591K	1.28M	1.02M	792K	1.22M

Fiscal Period: January	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Income	-69.22M	1.62M	52.91M	39.46M	-30.24M
Depreciation & Amortization - CF	9.44M	12.19M	12.26M	12.15M	9.38M
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (CF)	17.2M	22.92M	21.76M	19.39M	13.89M
Depreciation & Amortization, Total	26.64M	35.1M	34.02M	31.55M	23.27M
Amortization of Deferred Charges, Total - (CF)	2.12M	2.14M	2.6M	2.56M	3.18M
(Gain) Loss From Sale Of Asset	-189K	68K	125K	409K	3.22M
(Gain) Loss on Sale of Investments - (CF)	-455K	-	-	-	-
Asset Writedown & Restructuring Costs	1.38M	1.17M	-	4.41M	16.3M
(Income) Loss On Equity Investments - (CF)	-211K	-	-	-	-
Stock-Based Compensation (CF)	9.46M	5.74M	8.88M	-924K	1.15M
Net Cash From Discontinued Operations	-	-	-	-	-9.29M
Other Operating Activities, Total	109M	53.42M	-8.22M	4.97M	-505K
Change In Accounts Receivable	-26.84M	-17M	837K	10.06M	15.76M
Change In Accounts Payable	27.01M	-7.31M	-12.34M	-16.56M	27.01M
Change in Other Net Operating Assets	4K	-52K	821K	-464K	1.02M
Cash from Operations	78.75M	74.9M	79.63M	75.47M	50.88M
Capital Expenditure	-3.11M	-3.48M	-3.71M	-2.2M	-1.76M
Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment	20K	2K	8K	29K	-
Cash Acquisitions	-28.08M	-70.27M	-13.01M	-6.88M	-
Divestitures	-	-	-	-	1.12M
Sale (Purchase) of Intangible assets	-2.69M	-3.49M	-3.44M	-5.02M	-7.08M
Investment in Marketable and Equity Securities, Total	-60K	7.45M	-	-144K	-364K
Other Investing Activities, Total	1.76M	2.33M	2.26M	1.92M	2.11M
Cash from Investing	-32.16M	-67.46M	-17.88M	-12.29M	-5.97M
Long-Term Debt Issued, Total	32.09M	100M	196M	184M	174M
Total Debt Issued	32.09M	100M	196M	184M	174M
Long-Term Debt Repaid, Total	-34.51M	-118M	-186M	-174M	-188M
Total Debt Repaid	-34.51M	-118M	-186M	-174M	-188M
Issuance of Common Stock	-	50.01M	-	-	-
Repurchase of Common Stock	-	-	-4.48M	-5.34M	-
Common Dividends Paid	-9.83M	-12.68M	-14.76M	-15.46M	-15.49M
Common & Preferred Stock Dividends Paid	-9.83M	-12.68M	-14.76M	-15.46M	-15.49M
Other Financing Activities, Total	-2.96M	-40.48M	-54.64M	-67.58M	-19.57M
Cash from Financing	-15.21M	-21.18M	-64.38M	-78.45M	-49.68M
Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustments	7K	2.84M	-1.82M	-22K	-1.18M
Net Change in Cash	31.38M	-10.9M	-4.45M	-15.3M	-5.96M
Supplemental Items
Cash Interest Paid	424K	1.79M	4.27M	6.69M	5M
Cash Income Tax Paid (Refund)	14.11M	20.3M	25.41M	20.67M	12.39M
Levered Free Cash Flow	105M	94M	89.13M	51.68M	72.74M
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	106M	95.97M	92.49M	56.41M	76.22M
Change In Net Working Capital	-32.17M	-12.57M	4.36M	17.16M	-49.46M
Net Debt Issued / Repaid	-2.42M	-18.02M	9.5M	9.93M	-14.62M

Fiscal Period: January	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Profitability
Return on Assets	6.83	8.94	9.43	7.39	1.42
Return on Total Capital	18.08	31.55	27.18	15	2.65
Return On Equity %	-73.64	3.4	39.87	24.28	-9.5
Return on Common Equity	-78.31	1.87	39.2	23.38	-9.77
Margin Analysis
Gross Profit Margin %	22.24	24.09	24.78	23.85	20.22
EBITDA Margin %	13.27	14.11	15.77	13.34	4.91
EBITA Margin %	12.56	13.49	15.14	12.72	4.32
EBIT Margin %	8.91	10.31	12.17	10.07	2.07
Income From Continuing Operations Margin %	-13.97	0.41	7.34	5.61	-2.41
Net Income Margin %	-14.73	0.23	7.2	5.41	-4.9
Net Avail. For Common Margin %	-14.73	0.23	7.2	5.41	-2.48
Normalized Net Income Margin	3.04	4.34	5.04	6.58	0.73
Levered Free Cash Flow Margin	22.34	13.05	12.13	7.08	11.78
Unlevered Free Cash Flow Margin	22.53	13.32	12.59	7.73	12.35
Asset Turnover
Asset Turnover	1.23	1.39	1.24	1.17	1.1
Fixed Assets Turnover	15.07	21.5	19.76	24.94	31.41
Receivables Turnover (Average Receivables)	5.86	6.23	5.45	5.48	5.16
Short Term Liquidity
Current Ratio	0.99	0.89	0.9	0.92	0.75
Quick Ratio	0.96	0.85	0.86	0.89	0.73
Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities	0.44	0.31	0.33	0.27	0.17
Days Sales Outstanding (Average Receivables)	62.26	58.58	67.01	66.74	70.8
Average Days Payable Outstanding	18.58	17.26	19.51	22.16	30.49
Long Term Solvency
Total Debt/Equity	90.24	55.09	49.71	83.31	104.82
Total Debt / Total Capital	47.43	35.52	33.2	45.45	51.18
LT Debt/Equity	72.83	44.35	43.23	44.1	48.56
Long-Term Debt / Total Capital	38.29	28.59	28.88	24.06	23.71
Total Liabilities / Total Assets	86.18	80.75	73.59	70.05	74.7
EBIT / Interest Expense	28.54	23.52	16.65	9.71	2.3
EBITDA / Interest Expense	46.7	34.63	22.98	13.88	6.48
(EBITDA - Capex) / Interest Expense	44.58	33.52	22.29	13.59	6.16
Total Debt / EBITDA	0.81	0.58	0.63	1.44	3.83
Net Debt / EBITDA	-0.04	0.14	0.28	0.59	1.38
Total Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	0.85	0.6	0.65	1.47	4.03
Net Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	-0.04	0.15	0.29	0.6	1.45
Growth Over Prior Year
Total Revenues, 1 Yr. Growth %	45.23	53.28	1.97	-0.66	-3.44
Gross Profit, 1 Yr. Growth %	33.33	57.14	4.89	-4.43	-3.78
EBITDA, 1 Yr. Growth %	84.98	48.92	13.97	-16.03	-52.64
EBITA, 1 Yr. Growth %	97.99	49.65	14.41	-16.57	-55.43
EBIT, 1 Yr. Growth %	176.88	55.54	20.41	-17.95	-68.4
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	1.56K	-104.55	1.71K	-24.05	-167.22
Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	1.3K	-102.34	3.16K	-25.41	-176.63
Normalized Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	489.69	73.92	18.44	-15.61	-76.91
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 1 Yr. Growth %	1.26K	-102	3.25K	-24.65	-176.77
Accounts Receivable, 1 Yr. Growth %	56.21	36.54	2.06	-4.66	-15.65
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 1 Yr. Growth %	-21.36	44.08	-12.06	-31.73	-34.52
Total Assets, 1 Yr. Growth %	38.27	33.65	-0.47	-5.15	-13.84
Tangible Book Value, 1 Yr. Growth %	163.18	29.94	-22.96	-27.99	-6.29
Common Equity, 1 Yr. Growth %	-48.85	90.46	36.89	16.47	-27.4
Cash From Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	22.08	0.34	6.31	-5.23	-32.59
Capital Expenditures, 1 Yr. Growth %	55.51	12.17	6.48	-40.8	-20.12
Levered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	110.53	4.88	-4.57	-42.07	147.82
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	106.45	6	-3.02	-39.06	123.83
Dividend Per Share, 1 Yr. Growth %	71.43	21.67	5.14	0	0
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Two Years
Total Revenues, 2 Yr. CAGR %	25.03	49.2	25.02	0.64	-8.34
Gross Profit, 2 Yr. CAGR %	14.2	48.77	28.39	0.15	-17.22
EBITDA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	25.61	73.63	30.28	-2.13	-48.89
EBITA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	29.87	80.51	30.85	-2.25	-51.05
EBIT, 2 Yr. CAGR %	34.23	121.64	36.85	-0.55	-62.22
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	380.93	-13.04	-9.36	270.41	-47.5
Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	453.18	-42.67	-12.57	393.11	-24.39
Normalized Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	25.02	259.16	43.53	24	-71.87
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 2 Yr. CAGR %	447.43	-47.89	-18.06	402.68	-45.03
Accounts Receivable, 2 Yr. CAGR %	35.71	46.05	18.05	-1.36	-10.32
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 2 Yr. CAGR %	-29.91	6.44	12.56	-22.52	-33.14
Total Assets, 2 Yr. CAGR %	17.16	35.94	15.33	0.88	-9.6
Tangible Book Value, 2 Yr. CAGR %	71.06	84.93	0.06	-25.52	-17.85
Common Equity, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-27.33	-1.29	61.46	26.27	-8.04
Cash From Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	34.54	7.76	3.28	0.37	-20.07
Capital Expenditures, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-5.24	32.07	9.29	-20.6	-31.23
Levered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	51.71	37.28	-0.27	-25.62	-9.7
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	49.75	36.77	1.07	-23.1	-9.25
Dividend Per Share, 2 Yr. CAGR %	119.09	44.42	13.1	2.54	0
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Three Years
Total Revenues, 3 Yr. CAGR %	19.94	33.81	31.42	15.79	-5.02
Gross Profit, 3 Yr. CAGR %	11.44	29.36	32.41	16.38	-10.4
EBITDA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	16.74	37	50.9	12.57	-33.2
EBITA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	19.06	40.54	55.06	12.66	-35.02
EBIT, 3 Yr. CAGR %	17.29	47.31	80.85	15.44	-44.38
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	65.35	1.7	139.05	-14.55	70.75
Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	70.82	-10.48	120.46	-17.08	165.12
Normalized Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	2.7	50.65	148.14	38.81	-47.57
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 3 Yr. CAGR %	66.26	-15.66	108.81	-20.32	116.4
Accounts Receivable, 3 Yr. CAGR %	26.4	35.99	29.6	9.94	-6.37
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 3 Yr. CAGR %	20.04	-10.88	-0.12	-4.72	-26.74
Total Assets, 3 Yr. CAGR %	22.41	22.42	22.52	10.8	-4.29
Tangible Book Value, 3 Yr. CAGR %	108.37	56.08	38.12	-10.33	-19.59
Common Equity, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-18.99	0.19	10.07	44.81	5
Cash From Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	34.81	19.85	7.27	0.36	-12.1
Capital Expenditures, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-18.06	0.24	22.92	-10.91	-20.44
Levered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	70.55	27.25	21.35	-16.77	-8
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	69	26.66	21.71	-14.59	-7.2
Dividend Per Share, 3 Yr. CAGR %	16.65	80.08	29.92	8.55	1.68
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Five Years
Total Revenues, 5 Yr. CAGR %	22.41	25.23	21.95	19.4	13.78
Gross Profit, 5 Yr. CAGR %	13.56	21.76	19.23	16.78	9.74
EBITDA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	17.73	25.72	24.2	19.76	-2.12
EBITA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	19.64	27.92	26.02	21.54	-2.21
EBIT, 5 Yr. CAGR %	16.65	27.43	28.08	25.89	-3.3
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	108.46	-20.32	30.01	70.55	30.36
Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	127.41	-28.41	30.67	77.15	43.69
Normalized Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	8.61	22.32	22.92	39.37	13.21
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 5 Yr. CAGR %	118.62	-32.24	25.28	72.24	22.44
Accounts Receivable, 5 Yr. CAGR %	25.95	30.57	22.99	19.6	11.85
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 5 Yr. CAGR %	11.73	23.86	16.99	-15.73	-14.93
Total Assets, 5 Yr. CAGR %	20.89	25.01	19.53	13.3	10.14
Tangible Book Value, 5 Yr. CAGR %	58.27	55.03	55.38	16.1	12.2
Common Equity, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-2.4	8.16	6.75	9.9	2.43
Cash From Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	20.6	24.96	19.89	11.64	-4.64
Capital Expenditures, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-17.81	3.22	-8.06	-8.68	-2.56
Levered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	27.69	27.85	33.31	2.52	7.84
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	27.55	27.9	33.34	3.61	8.24
Dividend Per Share, 5 Yr. CAGR %	17.98	18.3	15.22	43.76	17