Ibstock PLC (IBST) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 6, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Ibstock PLC stock £0.92, price £0.77, upside +19.8%, quality 49 out of 100. Rating: undervalued. Calculated from audited financials with 14 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Ibstock PLC
IBST · LSEThe stock costs 17% less than our calculation considers fair.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 7, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £0.7160 – £2.01 · fair‑value band £0.5200 – £1.24 · the £0.7680 price screens below the £0.9200 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). 1 fiscal year is left out: there the valuation rested on only a fraction of the usual models. As of Nov 7, 2026.
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Company profile
Ibstock plc manufactures and sells clay and concrete building products and solutions to customers in the residential construction sector in the United Kingdom. It operates through Clay and Concrete segments.
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The company offers bricks and masonry, which includes facing and engineering bricks, brick slips, special shaped bricks, walling stone, cast stones, caps and copings, tile bricks, arches, architectural masonry, prefabricated components, eco-habitats, and padstones and lintels, as well as façade systems; and flooring and lintels, such as beam and block flooring, insulated flooring, and hollowcore screed rails.
It also provides precast staircases and lift shafts; fencing and landscaping products, including fence posts, copings and cappings, gravel boards, bollards, balustrades, path edging, gully surrounds, eco-habitat range, and urban landscaping; and retaining walls, such as stepoc, slopeloc, and keystone.
In addition, the company offers rail and infrastructure products, which includes rail troughs, platform copers, cable theft protection, signal bases, utility ducts, and inspection chambers; and design and technical support services.
Further, it manufactures and supplies glass reinforced, precast, and prestressed concrete products. The company offers its products and services under the Forticrete, Supreme, Anderton, Longley, Coltman, Ibstock Brick, Ibstock Kevington, Generix, Ibstock Futures, and G-Tech brands.
Ibstock plc was founded in 1825 and is headquartered in Ibstock, the United Kingdom.
Stock analysis
Ibstock PLC (IBST) currently trades at £0.7680, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £0.9200, implying the stock looks roughly 17% undervalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Asset-Based group reads highest at a median of £0.5400 per share, and 2 of the 14 models we run sit above the £0.7680 price.
Bear case: the Growth Earnings group reads lowest at £0.1000, and 12 of the 14 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is low.
Scenario range: £0.5200 (bear) to £1.24 (bull), the price of £0.7680 sits inside it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 49/100 (below-average quality), in the Basic Materials sector.
Weak Growth: Revenue growth is inconsistent: the periods point in different directions, so there is no trend to rely on.
Ibstock PLC reported revenue of £372M in FY2025 versus £409M in FY2021, a compound −2.3%/yr. Reported net income was £3.1M in FY2025, compounding −44.2%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap £317M Small · P/S ratio 0.98 · EPS (TTM) £−0.0600 · Dividend yield 2.6% · Net margin −6.7% · Return on equity −6.1% · Return on assets (EBIT) 7.0% (5-year average) · Operating margin 1.7%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 18 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 45% below its 52-week high and 7% above its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Basic Materials peers we cover trades at −21% fair-value upside, at 20%, IBST screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
All 14 models by family
The fair value above starts from this blend and is adjusted for a cyclical trough year.
Quality Score breakdown
It rates the business: profits, how they develop, real cash, balance sheet, investing and share count.
Revenue & earnings trend
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| China Jushi Co 600176 | ¥27.45 | ¥28.04 | +2% | vs IBST |
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| Vulcan Materials Company VMC | $282.72 | $132.92 | −53% | vs IBST |
| Martin Marietta Materials, Inc MLM | $518.15 | $214.62 | −59% | vs IBST |
| Grasim Industries Limited GRASIM | ₹3,227 | ₹1,245 | −61% | vs IBST |
| UltraTech Cement Limited ULTRACEMCO | ₹12,450 | ₹4,721 | −62% | vs IBST |
| James Hardie Industries plc JHX | A$41.89 | A$10.28 | −75% | vs IBST |
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