Discovering Goodwin And 2 Other Promising Small Caps In The UK Market

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In the last week, the United Kingdom market has remained flat, but it has shown a 10% rise over the past 12 months with earnings projected to grow by 14% annually. In such a climate, identifying promising small-cap stocks like Goodwin and others can offer unique opportunities for growth and diversification.

Top 10 Undiscovered Gems With Strong Fundamentals In The United Kingdom

Name

Debt To Equity

Revenue Growth

Earnings Growth

Health Rating

B.P. Marsh & Partners

NA

29.42%

31.34%

★★★★★★

Andrews Sykes Group

NA

2.15%

4.93%

★★★★★★

M&G Credit Income Investment Trust

NA

17.28%

15.80%

★★★★★★

London Security

0.22%

10.13%

7.75%

★★★★★★

Globaltrans Investment

15.40%

2.68%

16.51%

★★★★★★

Impellam Group

31.12%

-5.43%

-6.86%

★★★★★★

Kodal Minerals

NA

nan

72.74%

★★★★★★

VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities

NA

18.30%

20.03%

★★★★★★

BBGI Global Infrastructure

0.02%

3.08%

6.85%

★★★★★☆

Goodwin

52.21%

9.26%

13.12%

★★★★★☆

Click here to see the full list of 81 stocks from our UK Undiscovered Gems With Strong Fundamentals screener.

We're going to check out a few of the best picks from our screener tool.

Goodwin

Simply Wall St Value Rating: ★★★★★☆

Overview: Goodwin PLC, with a market cap of £510.65 million, offers mechanical and refractory engineering solutions across the UK, Europe, the United States, the Pacific Basin, and other international markets.

Operations: Goodwin PLC generates revenue from two primary segments: Mechanical Engineering (£156.94 million) and Refractory Engineering (£75.86 million).

Goodwin, a notable name in the UK market, has shown resilience with earnings growth of 6.3% over the past year, outpacing the Machinery industry's -4.7%. Despite an increase in debt to equity from 26.2% to 52.2% over five years, its interest payments are comfortably covered by EBIT at a ratio of 9.8 times. The net debt to equity ratio stands at a satisfactory 25.9%, indicating sound financial management amidst expansion efforts reflected by recent board changes like Christine McNamara's appointment as Non-Executive Director, bringing extensive energy sector experience to bolster strategic growth initiatives.

LSE:GDWN Earnings and Revenue Growth as at Oct 2024
LSE:GDWN Earnings and Revenue Growth as at Oct 2024

VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities

Simply Wall St Value Rating: ★★★★★★

Overview: VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities plc is a closed-ended investment company that invests in sustainable energy infrastructure assets across EU, OECD, OECD key partner, or OECD Accession countries and has a market cap of £287.93 million.