Endava plc

DAVA

Endava plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides technology services in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers digital product acceleration services comprising product strategy, experience design, growth marketing, and analytics; advisory and digital strategy services consisting of technology strategy, enterprise architecture, and data strategy; and delivery services, including agile transformation, distributed agile delivery, accelerated DevOps delivery, and delivery management.

About the company

Country: United KingdomPrice: $1.46Market Cap: $77.2M

Investment snapshot

41%positive consensus

Scored 1d ago

Positive

BUY / PASS

Neutral / negative

4 / 6

NEUTRAL / FAIL

Median fair value

$12.23

+737.7% vs price

Models with upside

7 / 17

Positive margin of safety

Strongest signal

Models split on DAVA at $1.46 — fair values range $0.54–$56.11

Key risk

Split decision: 6 FAIL · 4 NEUTRAL · 3 BUY · 3 PASS

Framework analysis

Verdict	Meaning
BUY	Positive purchase signal: the framework's buy requirements are met.
PASS	The company clears the framework's checklist or screen, but the framework does not produce a buy signal. For valuation frameworks this often means margin of safety is missing, insufficient, or unavailable; some screen-only frameworks have no intrinsic-value BUY state.
NEUTRAL	Neither a positive nor negative conclusion. It does not mean to hold an existing position.
FAIL	The company does not clear the framework's requirements.
Ranked	Ranked strategies do not use PASS: selected cohort is BUY, outside the cohort is FAIL, and unranked is NEUTRAL.

Current investor scores use trailing 12-month flows and the latest balance sheet where supported. Multi-year and EPS tests retain annual history; each framework shows its financial basis below. Intrinsic values use annual financials.

Metric	Graham Defensive Value	Buffett Quality Compounder	Lynch GARP	Greenblatt Magic Formula	Piotroski F-Score	Dreman Contrarian Value	Munger Quality Focus	Pabrai Dhandho Framework	Akre Three-Legged Stool	Marks Risk-Aware Value	Ackman Activist Value	Templeton Global Bargain Hunter	Sleep Scale Economies Shared	Asness Systematic Factors	Neff Low-P/E Total Return	Schloss Asset-Value Discipline	O'Shaughnessy Systematic Factor Composite
Verdict	NEUTRAL	FAIL	FAIL	BUY · Rank #316 (Top 10.2%)	BUY	PASS	PASS	NEUTRAL	FAIL	FAIL	PASS	BUY	NEUTRAL	FAIL	FAIL	BUY	NEUTRAL
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Intrinsic Value (annual)		N/A			N/A		N/A				N/A		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Margin of Safety	+88.2%	N/A	-170.4%	+84.6%	N/A	+89.9%	N/A	+82.1%	+97.4%	+88.0%	N/A	+91.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Financial Basis	Annual history · FY 2024 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 · Market data at 2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Qualitative assessment · Annual history · FY 2024 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Qualitative assessment · Annual history · FY 2024 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 · Qualitative assessment Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 · Qualitative assessment Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 · Market data at 2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 · Qualitative assessment Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2024 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2025-09-04 Score computed: 2026-11-14

Where It Passes

Valuation models88% pass✓ 7✗ 1▾
Models split on DAVA at $1.46 — fair values range $0.54–$56.11
Graham fair value$12.33
✓Graham+88.2% margin vs $1.46
Lynch fair value$0.54
✗Lynch-170.4% margin vs $1.46
Greenblatt fair value$9.51
✓Greenblatt+84.6% margin vs $1.46
Dreman fair value$14.52
✓Dreman+89.9% margin vs $1.46
Pabrai fair value$8.14
✓Pabrai+82.1% margin vs $1.46
Akre fair value$56.11
✓Akre+97.4% margin vs $1.46
Marks fair value$12.13
✓Marks+88.0% margin vs $1.46
Templeton fair value$17.07
✓Templeton+91.4% margin vs $1.46
Efficiency75% pass✓ 8✗ 3▾
6 of 8 pass — Munger and Akre object
Current Ratio2.32
✓Graham>= 2.0
ROIC (3-5 yr avg)15.5%
✓Buffett> 10%
ROIC - WACC+5.5%
✓BuffettPositive (WACC = 10%)
EBIT / (NWC + Net Fixed Assets)27.4%
✓Greenblatt> 25%
Current Ratio Change YoY1.74 -> 2.32
✓PiotroskiIncreased YoY
Revenue / Total Assets Change YoY0.73x -> 0.83x
✓PiotroskiImproved YoY
Current Assets / Current Liabilities2.32
✓Dreman> 1.5
Return on Invested Capital3.3%
✗Munger> 15%
ROIC (high and growing)FY2022: ROIC=15.6%; FY2023: ROIC=2.0%; FY2024: ROIC=3.3%
✗AkreLatest 3 consecutive FYs: ROIC > 15% in each
Reinvestment Rate x ROIC3.3% (RR=100% x ROIC=3.3%)
✗AkreReinvestment Rate * ROIC > 10%
ROIC (5-year)3/5 years above 12% (latest 3.3%)
✓SleepROIC > 12% in a majority of years
Valuation62% pass✓ 22✗ 6▾
8 of 13 pass — Lynch, Ackman, Neff +2 more object
Price / 3-yr avg EPS1.5x
✓Graham<= 15x
Price-to-Book Ratio0.1x
✓Graham<= 1.5x
P/E x P/B0.20
✓Graham<= 22.5
Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)2.71
✗Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
EBIT / Enterprise Value17.7%
✓Greenblatt> 10%
Earnings Yield + ROC AssessmentEY=17.7%, ROC=27.4%
✓GreenblattBoth EY > 10% and ROC > 25%
Price / EPS3.0x
✓Dreman< 12x✓Templeton< 12x (fixed ceiling; proxy for the market's cheapest 40%)
Price / (CFO / Shares)1.2x
✓Dreman< 8x
Price / Book Value per Share0.1x
✓Dreman< 1.2x✓Templeton< 1.5x✓SchlossP/B <= 0.80x (app cutoff)
Valuation ReasonablenessP/E=3.0x
✓MungerP/E < 25 or Owner Earnings Yield > 5%
P/E or FCF YieldP/E=3.0x
✓PabraiP/E < 15 or FCF Yield > 10%
P/B or P/E vs. Historical AverageP/E=3.0x, P/B=0.1x
✓MarksP/E < 15 or P/B < 2.0
Discount to Intrinsic Value89.9% (IV=$14.52 vs Price=$1.46)
✓Marks>= 20% below intrinsic value
Price / FCF per Share
✗Ackman<= 25
Price vs. Trailing Low100% of trailing low ($1.46)
✓Templeton<= 120% of trailing low (certified split-adjusted live window)
Net income / market capitalization+37.72%; #166/6340 (top 2.6%)
✓AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section✓OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Positive book equity / market capitalization+10.3664; #186/6449 (top 2.9%)
✓AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Price / Diluted EPS3.0x
✓NeffP/E <= 15x (app proxy for a P/E 40%-60% below the market)
(EPS CAGR % + Dividend Yield %) / P/E0.37
✗Neff> 0.7 (Neff's published traditional edge)
Price / Tangible Book Value per Share7.11x
✗SchlossP/TBV <= 1.00x (app cutoff)
Book Value per Share Change+163.0%
✓SchlossLatest BVPS >= earliest BVPS over >= 3 years (app rule)
Revenue / market capitalization+13.7330; #264/5247 (top 5.0%)
✓OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
(Operating cash flow - capex) / market capitalization
✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Trailing six-month price return through the evaluation date-65.16%; #5523/6202 (top 89.1%)
✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Verdicts54% pass✓ 7✗ 6▾
Split decision: 6 FAIL · 4 NEUTRAL · 3 BUY · 3 PASS
Overall verdict
•GrahamNEUTRAL (6/9)✗BuffettFAIL (2/9)✗LynchFAIL (3/7)✓GreenblattRank #316✓PiotroskiBUY (F-Score 8)✓DremanPASS (6/11)✓MungerPASS (2/4)•PabraiNEUTRAL (2/3)✗AkreFAIL (0/6)✗MarksFAIL (3/5)✓AckmanPASS (4/9)✓TempletonBUY (6/8)•SleepNEUTRAL (4/6)✗AsnessFAIL (Rank #1368/2370 (Top 57.7%))✗NeffFAIL (2/6)✓SchlossBUY (5/7)•OshaughnessyNEUTRAL (Not ranked)

Where It Falls Short

Profitability38% pass✓ 15✗ 20▾
10 of 16 flag DAVA's profitability — Graham, Buffett, Lynch +7 more
Positive EPS (10 years)10/11 years positive
✗GrahamPositive EPS every year for 10 years
EPS Growth (3-yr avg, 10-yr window)115.1%
✓Graham>= 33% growth
Net Income Positive (10+ years)10/11 years positive
✗BuffettPositive every year for 10+ years
ROE (up to 5-year arithmetic mean)11.3%
✗Buffett> 15% arithmetic mean (app rule)
Operating Margin (10-yr trend)4.1% (latest)
✗BuffettStable or rising over 10 years
Free Cash Flow Proxy
✗BuffettPositive and growing
Earnings Variance (10-yr CoV)0.70
✗BuffettCoV < 0.3
Retained Earnings Effectiveness
✗Buffett$1 retained -> > $1 market value created
Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)2.71
✗Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
3-5 Year EPS CAGR1.1%
✓Lynch15-30% (Fast Grower); > 0% to pass
ROE3.6%
✗Lynch> 15%
EBIT / Enterprise Value17.7%
✓Greenblatt> 10%
Earnings Yield + ROC AssessmentEY=17.7%, ROC=27.4%
✓GreenblattBoth EY > 10% and ROC > 25%
Net Income / Total Assets2.27%
✓PiotroskiROA > 0
ROA Change YoY1.70% -> 2.27% (delta: +0.57%)
✓PiotroskiCurrent ROA > Prior ROA
(CFO / Total Assets) vs ROACFO/Assets=5.64%, ROA=2.27%
✓PiotroskiCFO/Assets > ROA
Gross Margin Change YoY24.3% -> 25.1%
✓PiotroskiImproved YoY
Pre-Tax Income / Revenue3.1%
✗Dreman>= 8%
Net Income / Shareholders' Equity3.6%
✗Dreman> 12%
Margin of SafetyP/E=3.0x, P/B=0.1x
✓PabraiP/B < 1.5 or P/E < 15
Return on Equity7.6% (3-yr avg)
✗AkreROE > 20% (3-year avg)
Discount to Intrinsic Value89.9% (IV=$14.52 vs Price=$1.46)
✓Marks>= 20% below intrinsic value
Positive Net Income Frequency10/10 years positive
✓MarksPositive net income in >= 7 of last 10 years
Operating Income / Revenue4.1%
✗Ackman>= 15%
Net Income / Shareholders Equity3.6%
✗Ackman>= 15%
5-Year EPS CAGR1.1% CAGR over 5 years
✓Templeton> 0% (5-year EPS CAGR)
Operating Margin Trend14.2% (2022) -> 4.1% (2024)
✗TempletonNon-negative operating-margin trend over 3 years
Revenue growth vs. gross and operating margin trendgross margin 33.2% -> 25.1%, operating margin 14.2% -> 4.1%
✗SleepRevenue rising; gross margin flat or falling; operating margin holding
Net income / market capitalization+37.72%; #166/6340 (top 2.6%)
✓AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section✓OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Gross profit / total assets+20.70%; #2019/3702 (top 54.5%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Net income / positive book equity+3.64%; #2599/5226 (top 49.7%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Negative 5-year standard deviation of ROA-0.0491; #2560/5884 (top 43.5%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
3-5 Year Diluted EPS CAGR1.1% over 5 years
✗Neff7%-20% annualized
Positive Diluted-EPS Years10/10 years positive
✓Schloss>= 70% positive over 5-10 observed years (app rule)
Cash Flow40% pass✓ 5✗ 7▾
6 of 10 flag DAVA's cash flow — Buffett, Lynch, Marks +3 more
Free Cash Flow Proxy
✗BuffettPositive and growing
FCF Positive and Growing
✗LynchPositive and growing
Operating Cash Flow$72.4M
✓PiotroskiCFO > 0
(CFO / Total Assets) vs ROACFO/Assets=5.64%, ROA=2.27%
✓PiotroskiCFO/Assets > ROA
Price / (CFO / Shares)1.2x
✓Dreman< 8x
P/E or FCF YieldP/E=3.0x
✓PabraiP/E < 15 or FCF Yield > 10%
FCF Positive
✗MarksPositive FCF in majority of recent years
(OCF - CapEx) / Market Cap
✗Ackman>= 4%
Price / FCF per Share
✗Ackman<= 25
Positive Operating Cash Flow frequency10/10 years positive
✓SleepPositive OCF in >= 70% of available years
Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenditures
✗Neff> $0 (app proxy for a strong fundamental case)
(Operating cash flow - capex) / market capitalization
✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Debt & Leverage50% pass✓ 9✗ 6▾
6 of 12 pass — Graham, Buffett, Lynch +3 more object
Debt Levels0.31
✓MungerDebt/Equity < 0.5✗AkreDebt/Equity < 0.3
LT Debt vs Net Current Assets
✗GrahamLT Debt <= Net Current Assets
Debt/Equity & Interest CoverageD/E: 0.31, IC: 2.0x
✗BuffettD/E < 0.5 AND Interest Coverage > 5x
Total Debt / Equity0.31
✓Lynch< 0.33
Cash - Long-term Debt
✗LynchPositive preferred
LT Debt / Total Assets Change0.00% -> 0.00%
✓PiotroskiDecreased YoY
Current Assets / Current Liabilities2.32
✓Dreman> 1.5✓SchlossCurrent ratio >= 1.50x (app cutoff)
Total Debt / Shareholders' Equity0.31
✓Dreman< 0.8✓Templeton< 1.0 (fixed cap; proxy for below-sector-median leverage)✓SchlossD/E < 1.00x
Interest Coverage & Debt/EBITDAIC=2.0x, D/EBITDA=N/A (D&A unavailable)
✗MarksInterest Coverage > 3x; Debt/EBITDA < 4x
Total Debt / Shareholders Equity0.31
✓Ackman<= 1.0
Negative debt-to-equity (higher means less debt)-0.3104; #2027/4210 (top 48.1%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Growth50% pass✓ 9✗ 4▾
4 of 8 pass — Lynch, Dreman, Sleep +1 more object
EPS Growth (3-yr avg, 10-yr window)115.1%
✓Graham>= 33% growth
Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)2.71
✗Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
3-5 Year EPS CAGR1.1%
✓Lynch15-30% (Fast Grower); > 0% to pass
Inventory Growth vs Revenue GrowthN/A (no inventory)
✓LynchInventory growth < Revenue growth
EPS Growth Direction$0.46 (2015) -> $0.49 (2024)
✓DremanPositive over recent years
EPS CAGR0.8% CAGR over 9 years
✗Dreman> 5% annualized
Positive Net Income Frequency10/10 years positive
✓MarksPositive net income in >= 7 of last 10 years
3yr Median Revenue Growth13.1%
✓Ackman>= 5%
Positive EPS Growth Frequency4/5 years with positive EPS growth
✓AckmanPositive EPS growth in >= 3 of last 5 years
5-Year EPS CAGR1.1% CAGR over 5 years
✓Templeton> 0% (5-year EPS CAGR)
Revenue growth vs. gross and operating margin trendgross margin 33.2% -> 25.1%, operating margin 14.2% -> 4.1%
✗SleepRevenue rising; gross margin flat or falling; operating margin holding
5-year Revenue CAGR19.7%
✓SleepCAGR > 7%
3-5 Year Diluted EPS CAGR1.1% over 5 years
✗Neff7%-20% annualized

Business & financials

Financial snapshot: annual FY 2024. Current investor scores may use newer quarterly data.

Company Profile

Industry: Business Services

Size: Micro Cap($77.2M)

Revenue: $1.1B+13.1% YoY

Net Income: $29.1M+34.4% YoY

Financial Snapshot

Operating Margin4.1%

Return on Equity3.6%

Debt / Equity0.31

Current Ratio2.32

EPS (Diluted)$0.49+34.7% 1y

Buybacks (1y)$88.9M

Buybacks (2y)$88.9M

Shares Retired−0.2% / −2.0% 2y

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Shareholder Return

Fiscal 2024

Issued 0.2% of shares last year, 2.0% issued over two.

Buybacks: $88.9M
Dividends: $0

What drove EPS

A buyback raises earnings per share without the company earning more. This splits each year's change into the two.

FY21

64.9% = 67.6% + −1.6%

FY22

17.8% = 17.8% + −0.0%

FY23

−82.1% = −81.8% + −1.6%

FY24

34.7% = 34.4% + 0.2%

Earnings Fewer shares More shares

The two parts do not sum exactly to the total — the difference is the cross-term, plus preferred capital where the company has any. It is left visible rather than distributed into the other two.

Share count is the denominator the filer used for diluted EPS, recovered as net income ÷ EPS — not the balance-sheet count, which is a point-in-time figure and would put the timing difference into this split. Years with a loss are omitted: a smaller share count makes a loss per share larger, so the decomposition inverts.

Company Financials

Latest TTM and quarters alongside annual years

TTM sums four consecutive quarters and uses the latest quarter-end balances. Quarter columns show three-month results; annual columns show full-year totals. Growth compares the same period a year earlier. EPS is not added for TTM; full-year ratios are blank for quarters.

Metric	FY 2024 Sources 20-F · 2025-09-04	FY 2023 Sources 20-F · 2024-09-19	FY 2022 Sources 20-F · 2023-09-19	FY 2021 Sources 20-F · 2022-10-31	FY 2020 Sources 20-F · 2021-09-28
Market Cap	$77.2Mcurrent	$4.1Best.	$5.0Best.	$6.8Best.	$4.4Best.
Revenue	$1.1B↑13%	$936.7M↓7%	$1.0B↑26%	$794.3M↑29%	$617.8M
Operating Income	$43.2M↑70%	$25.5M↓82%	$142.3M↑23%	$115.7M↑32%	$88.0M
Net Income	$29.1M↑34%	$21.7M↓82%	$118.8M↑18%	$100.8M↑68%	$60.1M
EPS (Diluted)	$0.49↑35%	$0.37↓82%	$2.04↑18%	$1.73↑65%	$1.05
Gross Margin	25.1%↑3%	24.3%↓27%	33.2%	33.3%↓4%	34.5%
Operating Margin	4.1%↑50%	2.7%↓81%	14.2%↓3%	14.6%↑2%	14.2%
ROE	3.6%↑36%	2.7%↓84%	16.5%↓14%	19.2%↑31%	14.7%
Total Debt	$248.2M↑36%	$183.1M	$0	$0	$0
Shareholders' Equity	$799.8M↓1%	$808.6M↑12%	$720.7M↑37%	$525.0M↑28%	$410.4M
Current Ratio	2.32↑33%	1.74↓40%	2.88↑13%	2.56↑38%	1.85
Debt / Equity	0.31↑37%	0.23	0.00	0.00	0.00
Operating Cash Flow	$72.4M↑5%	$68.8M↓56%	$157.1M↑7%	$146.5M↑21%	$121.4M
Free Cash Flow	--	--	--	--	--

Score history

Historical Score Timeline

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Net Income$29.1MMedian

ROE3.6%Bottom 25%

D/E0.31Top 25%

Op. Margin4.1%Median

Curr. Ratio2.32Top 25%

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Rubrik, Inc.RBRK	$22.6B	$109.88	$1.3B	$348.8M	67.1%	—	-26.2%	1.69	1/9	0/9	2/7	0/3	F-Score 6	2/11
AECOMACM	$9.1B	$70.50	$16.1B	$561.8M	22.5%	1.09	6.4%	1.14	1/9	3/9	3/7	1/3	F-Score 8	2/11
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INCCVLT	$6.2B	$152.07	$1.2B	$70.7M	942.8%	—	6.3%	1.95	1/9	2/9	4/7	0/3	F-Score 6	6/11
WPP plcWPP	$6.0B	$27.79	$18.2B	$289.5M	-8.5%	1.94	2.8%	0.89	1/9	2/9	1/7	0/3	F-Score 3	2/11
VARONIS SYSTEMS INCVRNS	$5.6B	$48.94	$623.5M	$129.3M	-21.6%	0.76	-23.5%	1.97	1/9	0/9	1/7	0/3	F-Score 5	1/11
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