Hill & Smith Cancels Further Shares Under £100m Buyback Programme

Hill & Smith Holdings ( (GB:HILS) ) has issued an announcement.

Hill & Smith PLC has repurchased and cancelled 14,000 of its ordinary shares on 8 January 2026 as part of its previously announced £100m share buyback programme. The transaction, executed on the London Stock Exchange via Deutsche Bank AG’s London branch at a volume-weighted average price of 2,268.075 pence per share, reduces the company’s total shares in issue to 79,712,661, with 981,898 shares now bought back under the programme, incrementally enhancing earnings per share and signalling ongoing capital-return discipline to shareholders.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:HILS) stock is a Buy with a £2750.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Hill & Smith Holdings stock, see the GB:HILS Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on GB:HILS Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, GB:HILS is a Outperform.

Hill & Smith Holdings scores well due to its strong financial performance and positive corporate actions, such as the share buyback program. While technical indicators show bullish momentum, the high P/E ratio suggests potential overvaluation, which slightly tempers the overall score.

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More about Hill & Smith Holdings

Average Trading Volume: 130,312

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: £1.79B

See more data about HILS stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.