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Workspace Group: Work in progress
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Workspace Group: Work in progress
Deutsche Bank Group
Deutsche Numis Research
Rating Company Date
Hold Workspace Group 25 June 2026
Forecast Change
Europe
United Kingdom
Reuters Bloomberg Exchange Ticker Price at 23 Jun 2026 (GBP) 327.00
WKP.L WKP LN LSE WKP
Price Target (GBP) 370.00
Real Estate
430.00 -
Real Estate 52-week range (GBP) 319.40
Work in progress
Valuation & Risks
Ashnaa Vyas
While Workspace’s FY26 results were broadly in line with our expectations, the
Research Associate
market was squarely focused on the outlook and further detail on new
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management’s strategy. It is clear WKP no longer intends to simply lever price to
fill vacancy, but rather invest in the product and better monetise what remains a Jonathan Coubrough
sizeable platform. This includes enhanced customer areas, amenities and the Research Analyst
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rollout of a new “Managed” offer alongside its traditional “Space only” product.
While we can see the logic, and note there is clearly a pricing gap to target versus Chris Millington
higher-end operators, the ‘best value’ segment remains highly competitive and Research Analyst
SME customers are inherently price sensitive - thus we expect it may take some +44-20-7541-1570
time for the strategy to translate into better pricing and occupancy.
While management has set out a medium-term ambition to deliver c.£125m of
trading profit before interest, this feels highly execution dependent at this stage.
Near-term, earnings remain under pressure from further disposals, higher Key changes
refinancing costs and a higher cost base as WKP invests behind the Target Price 400.00 to ↓ -7.5%
transformation. We now forecast earnings to trough in FY28, c.35% below the 370.00
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