Bytes Technology Group (LON:BYIT) Releases Earnings Results
by Jessica Moore · The Cerbat GemBytes Technology Group (LON:BYIT – Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported GBX 21.40 EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. The company had revenue of £220.56 million during the quarter. Bytes Technology Group had a net margin of 24.31% and a return on equity of 60.89%.
Here are the key takeaways from Bytes Technology Group’s conference call:
- Bytes said it enters FY2027 with good sales momentum and expects high single-digit to low double-digit gross profit growth, with H1 likely stronger than H2.
- FY2026 gross income rose 11.5% and gross profit increased 2.5% to GBP 167.3 million, but operating profit fell 4.6% to GBP 62.7 million due to Microsoft incentive changes and continued investment.
- The company highlighted strong cash generation with cash conversion of 105% and ended the year debt-free with GBP 98.6 million of cash after returning GBP 74 million to shareholders.
- Microsoft incentive changes were a major headwind in FY2026, reducing margin and holding back growth in the first half, though management said the impact is now annualized and growth improved in H2.
- Bytes emphasized its strategic shift toward services, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity, noting services gross profit grew 38% and that it is seeing demand for higher-value advisory, implementation, and managed services.
Bytes Technology Group Stock Performance
Shares of Bytes Technology Group stock traded up GBX 12.75 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching GBX 330.75. 2,884,979 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,229,574. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 298.54 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 327.17. The firm has a market capitalization of £781.79 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.47, a P/E/G ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.98. Bytes Technology Group has a one year low of GBX 232.92 and a one year high of GBX 553.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of brokerages recently weighed in on BYIT. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 305 target price on shares of Bytes Technology Group in a research note on Monday. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 320 target price on shares of Bytes Technology Group in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Shore Capital Group reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Bytes Technology Group in a research note on Wednesday, March 25th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 422.17.
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Bytes Technology Group Company Profile
With a 40-year track record, Bytes Technology Group is one of the UK and Ireland’s leading software, security, AI and cloud services specialists. We enable effective and cost-efficient technology sourcing, adoption and management across software, security, hardware, and AI and cloud services.
Our strong relationships with many of the world’s largest software companies enable our specialist staff to deliver the latest technology to a diverse and embedded customer base. This has resulted in our long track record of strong financial performance.