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The Sage Group PLC Fundamentals

Company NameThe Sage Group PLCLast Updated2025-12-05
IndustrySoftware - ApplicationSectorTechnology
Shares in Issue951.001 mMarket Cap£10.18 bn
PE Ratio28.79Dividend per Share£0.21
Dividend Yield1.96Dividend Cover1.77
EPS£0.37EPS Growth (%)0.18
PEG0DPS Growth (%)0.0635
Debt Ratio0.4253Debt Equity Ratio2.1694
Asset Equity Ratio5.1569Cash Equity Ratio0.5417
Quick Ratio0.5720Current Ratio0.64
Price To Book Value14.1243ROCE0

The Sage Group PLC Dividends

TypeEx-DatePay DateCurrencyNet DividendYear Total
Prelim2026-01-082026-02-10GBP0.1440
Interim2025-05-292025-06-27GBP0.0745
Prelim2025-01-092025-02-11GBP0.1350
Interim2024-05-302024-06-28GBP0.0695
Prelim2024-01-112024-02-09GBP0.1275
Interim2023-06-012023-06-23GBP0.0655
Prelim2023-01-122023-02-10GBP0.1210

The Sage Group PLC Company Financials

Assets2025202420232022
Tangible Assets£144.00 m£108.00 m£104.00 m£152.00 m
Intangible Assets£2.42 bn£2.35 bn£2.52 bn£2.71 bn
Investments£4.00 m£6.00 m£4.00 m£4.00 m
Total Fixed Assets£2.85 bn£2.71 bn£2.82 bn£3.01 bn
Stocks0000
Debtors£385.00 m£335.00 m£310.00 m£290.00 m
Cash & Equivalents£390.00 m£508.00 m£696.00 m£489.00 m
Other Assets£277.00 m£247.00 m£195.00 m£147.00 m
Total Assets£3.71 bn£3.64 bn£3.94 bn£3.90 bn
Liabilities2025202420232022
Creditors within 1 year£1.35 bn£1.23 bn£1.19 bn£1.33 bn
Creditors after 1 year£1.64 bn£1.32 bn£1.34 bn£1.17 bn
Other Liabilities0000
Total Liabilities£2.99 bn£2.55 bn£2.53 bn£2.50 bn
Net assets£720.00 m£1.09 bn£1.41 bn£1.40 bn
Equity2025202420232022
Called up share capital£11.00 m£11.00 m£12.00 m£12.00 m
Share Premium£548.00 m£548.00 m£548.00 m£548.00 m
Profit / Loss£484.00 m£426.00 m£282.00 m£337.00 m
Other Equity£720.00 m£1.09 bn£1.41 bn£1.40 bn
Preference & Minorities0000
Total Capital Employed£720.00 m£1.09 bn£1.41 bn£1.40 bn
Ratios2025202420232022
Debt Ratio£0.68£0.53£0.47£0.43
Debt-to-Equity£2.17£1.13£0.88£0.75
Assets / Equity5.15695.15695.15695.1569
Cash / Equity0.54170.54170.54170.5417
EPS£0.38£0.32£0.21£0.23
Cash Flow2025202420232022
Cash from operating activities£528.00 m£491.00 m£387.00 m£285.00 m
Cashflow before financing£7.00 m-£119.00 m£273.00 m£158.00 m
Increase in Cash-£118.00 m-£188.00 m£207.00 m-£78.00 m
Income2025202420232022
Turnover£2.51 bn£2.33 bn£2.18 bn£1.95 bn
Cost of sales£183.00 m£168.00 m£156.00 m£138.00 m
Gross Profit£2.33 bn£2.16 bn£2.03 bn£1.81 bn
Operating Profit£530.00 m£452.00 m£315.00 m£367.00 m
Pre-Tax profit£484.00 m£426.00 m£282.00 m£337.00 m

The Sage Group PLC Company Background

SectorTechnology
ActivitiesThe Sage Group is a U.K.-based provider of accounting and enterprise resource planning, or ERP, software, predominantly to customers in the U.S. and Europe. The company was founded in 1981 and historically sold on-premises software products with perpetual software licenses. However, the company is transitioning toward cloud connected and cloud native products, sold via software-as-a-service, or SaaS, contracts. Sage's main cloud native products include Sage Accounting, for small businesses, and Sage Intacct, which Sage acquired in 2017, for midsize businesses.
Latest Interim Date15 May 2025
Latest Fiscal Year End Date19 Nov 2025

The Sage Group PLC Directors

AppointedNamePosition
2019-03-29Mr. Neil A BerkettNon-Executive Director
2011-11-30Mr. Paul Ashton WalkerExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2006-06-20Sir Julian Michael Horn-SmithNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2025-12-02Dr. John Bates Non-Executive Director
2013-07-31Ms. Tamara Ingram OBENon-Executive Director
2018-12-07Mr. Paul Lancelot StobartExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer, UK and Ireland
2012-08-31Mr. Anthony John HobsonNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2013-11-29Mr. Mark Edward RolfeNon-Executive Director
2012-01-17Mr. David ClaytonExecutive Director,Grp Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions Dir
2017-02-28Ms. Ruth MarklandNon-Executive Director
2021-03-18Sir Donald Hood Brydon CBENon-Executive Director,Chairman
2007-07-18Mr. Timothy Charles William IngramNon-Executive Director
2013-08-16Mr. Paul Scott HarrisonExecutive Director,Finance Director
2025-12-04Mr. Jonathan A G HowellExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2014-11-05Mr. Guy S BerruyerExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2011-08-09Mr. Ron Frank VerniExecutive Director,Managing Director, United States
2025-12-02Mr. Andrew James DuffNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2013-11-29Dr. Ian MasonNon-Executive Director
2025-12-02Mr. Derek HardingNon-Executive Director
2018-08-31Mr. Stephen Paul Kelly Executive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2025-12-04Mr. Stephen HareExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2025-12-02Ms. Annette Elizabeth CourtNon-Executive Director,Senior Independent non-executive director
2020-02-25Mr. Daniel Blair CrumpExecutive Director,President
2023-12-29Mr. Drummond HallNon-Executive Director,Senior Independent Director
2017-02-28Ms. Inna KuznetsovaNon-Executive Director
2025-12-02Mr. Jonathan Michael Arundell BewesNon-Executive Director
2025-12-02Ms. Maggie Chan JonesNon-Executive Director
2025-02-06Ms. Sangeeta AnandNon-Executive Director
2025-12-02Ms. Roisin DonnellyNon-Executive Director

The Sage Group PLC Contact Details

Company NameSage Group (The) PLC
AddressC23 - 5 & 6 Cobalt Park Way, Cobalt Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE28 9EJ
Telephone+44 7341479956
Websitehttps://www.sage.com

The Sage Group PLC Advisors

AuditorEY
Phone+44 2079512000
Fax+44 2079511345
SolicitorAllen & Overy LLP
Phone+44 2030880000
Fax+44 207339999
RegistrarEquiniti Limited
BankLloyds Bank PLC
Remuneration ConsultantDeloitte & Touche LLP
Phone+44 2079363000
Fax+44 2075831198
Financial AdviserDeutsche Bank AG London
Phone(020) 7545 8000
Fax(020) 7547 4577
Financial AdviserCiti
Phone+44 2079864000
Fax+44 2079862266
StockbrokerCiti
Phone+44 2079864000
Fax+44 2079862266
Financial PR AdviserTulchan Communications LLP
Phone+44 2073534200
Fax+44 2073534201
AuditorPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Phone+44 1912328493
Fax+44 1912694400

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