Dividend compounder review

HERC

Hercules Plc · LSE · GB

Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services

Chart Factor Intelligence Back to Screener

Score45.70/100

Confidence96.00/100

DecisionReject

RatingAvoid

Scoring

Quality breakdown

Dividend Reliability 6.7 / 25 Payment history, cuts, growth, and regularity.

Dividend Sustainability 18.5 / 20 Payout, free cash flow, dividend cover, and debt.

Business Quality 11.5 / 25 Scale, cash generation, growth, margins, and returns.

Valuation Discipline 8.0 / 15 Yield, P/E, and price stretch versus long-term trend.

Long-Term Trend 1.0 / 15 Trend line, long return history, and drawdown control.

Metrics

Dividend Years4

Dividend Yield5.93%

Payout Ratio2.3%

Dividend Cut 5YYes

Net Income£-67,000

Free Cash Flow£7.9M

FCF Covers DividendYes

Debt / Equity1.50

P/E-

Revenue Growth 5Y34.8%

Net Margin-0.5%

ROE-9.6%

Price vs Trend-19.5%

3Y Return-13.3%

5Y Return-45.7%

CurrencyGBP

Warnings

Dividend history is short: 4 completed years.

Dividend cut or material annual decrease detected in the last five completed years.

Less than five years of weekly price history available.

Dividend diary

12 Jun 2026 HERC dividend review warning Warning · Warning

Less than five years of weekly price history available.

17 Jul 2025 Dividend decreased -46.4% Dividend Decrease · Negative

Payment changed from 1.12 to 0.6.

17 Jul 2025 HERC dividend payment 0.6 GBP Dividend Payment · Info