Hostelworld Group

HSW · Main Market · Travel and Leisure · mcap £126m · 89.0p

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Financials · LTM to 30 Jun 26

Source: results 29 Jul 26 ↗

Revenue: £86.3m
Operating profit: £6.6m
Net income: £5.5m
Free cash flow: £11.5m
Net cash: £5.2m
Market cap: £110m
EV / EBIT: 15.8×
FCF yield: +10.4%
Price / book: 1.8×

Latest half-year · H1 26 vs H1 25 results 29 Jul 26 ↗

Revenue: £45.3m
Operating profit: £1.2m
Net income: £434k
Cash from operations: £10.6m

Extracted automatically from the company's results announcements; check the source before relying on a figure. Not investment advice.

Income statement Cash flow Balance sheet

Annual Half-yearly

Latest report: H1 26 (six months to 30 Jun 26), published 29 Jul 26 · read the results ↗

£m unless stated · newest first · italic = calculated (LTM, H2 = FY − H1) · hover a value for its source

	LTM Jun 26	FY 25	FY 24
Revenue	86.3	80.4	77.9
Adjusted EBITDA	17.9	17.0	18.5
Operating profit	6.6	7.2	9.6
Share-based payments	1.5	1.3	1.5
Finance costs	(0.3)	(0.1)	(0.3)
Profit before tax	6.4	7.2	9.4
Tax	(0.9)	(1.2)	(1.7)
Net income (owners)	5.5	6.0	7.7
EPS basic	4.5p	4.9p	603.7p
EPS diluted	4.4p	4.7p	581.3p

	H1 26	vs H1 25	H2 25	H1 25
Revenue	45.3	+15%	41.0	39.3
Adjusted EBITDA	7.1	+14%	10.8	6.2
Operating profit	1.2	−31%	5.4	1.8
Share-based payments	0.9	+29%	0.6	0.7
Finance costs	(0.3)	n/m	(0.1)	0.0
Profit before tax	1.0	−44%	5.3	1.9
Tax	(0.6)	−34%	(0.3)	(0.9)
Net income (owners)	0.4	−53%	5.1	0.9
EPS basic	0.4p	–	4.2p	0.8p
EPS diluted	0.4p	–	4.0p	0.7p
Dividend per share	0.7p	–	–	0.7p

	LTM Jun 26	FY 25	FY 24
Cash from operations	19.4	15.9	17.2
Tax paid	(0.3)	(0.3)	(0.1)
Capex (PP&E)	(0.2)	(0.2)	(0.1)
Capex (intangibles)	(7.5)	(6.5)	(4.7)
Lease principal paid	(0.3)	(0.4)	(0.4)
Dividends paid	(2.6)	(0.9)	0.0
Share buybacks	(4.6)	(3.9)	0.0

	H1 26	vs H1 25	H2 25	H1 25
Cash from operations	10.6	+48%	8.8	7.2
Tax paid	(0.2)	+3%	(0.1)	(0.2)
Capex (PP&E)	(0.1)	n/m	(0.1)	(0.1)
Capex (intangibles)	(4.0)	+32%	(3.5)	(3.0)
Lease principal paid	(0.1)	−66%	(0.2)	(0.3)
Dividends paid	(1.7)	n/m	(0.9)	0.0
Share buybacks	(1.1)	+235%	(3.5)	(0.3)

	Latest Jun 26	FY 25	FY 24
Other intangibles	61.2	62.4	–
Property, plant & equipment	0.9	1.0	0.4
Trade receivables	4.9	3.7	3.7
Cash	12.9	10.6	6.8
Current assets	–	14.4	10.5
Total assets	91.4	89.8	75.0
Borrowings, current	–	1.0	0.0
Lease liabilities, current	0.3	0.3	0.2
Current liabilities	–	15.8	14.0
Borrowings, non-current	7.8	8.0	0.0
Lease liabilities, non-current	0.3	0.4	0.0
Total liabilities	29.9	26.0	16.9
Total equity	61.5	63.8	58.1
Net cash / (debt) ex leases	2.2	(1.4)	–

	H1 26	H2 25	H1 25	H2 24
Other intangibles	61.2	62.4	53.7	–
Property, plant & equipment	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.4
Trade receivables	4.9	3.7	5.3	3.7
Cash	12.9	10.6	9.4	6.8
Current assets	–	14.4	–	10.5
Total assets	91.4	89.8	79.7	75.0
Borrowings, current	–	1.0	–	0.0
Lease liabilities, current	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2
Current liabilities	–	15.8	–	14.0
Borrowings, non-current	7.8	8.0	0.0	0.0
Lease liabilities, non-current	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0
Total liabilities	29.9	26.0	19.3	16.9
Total equity	61.5	63.8	60.4	58.1
Net cash / (debt) ex leases	2.2	(1.4)	–	–

Line items extracted automatically from each results announcement; when a later report restates a period, the later figure is shown. LTM and H2 are calculated from reported periods. Check the source before relying on a figure.

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