Manchester United Plc (MANU)

NYSE: MANU · Services-Amusement & Recreation Services · Manchester, GB · filing with the SEC since 2012

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Grade5.1

◀ Past 5.1● Present 4.3▶ Future 6.2

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The grade of Manchester United Plc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.1/10

◀ Past5.130% of the headline

● Present4.340% of the headline

▶ Future6.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Manchester United Plc's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

3.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.7% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 2 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Manchester United Plc's 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from GBP 581 million in fiscal 2017 to GBP 667 million in fiscal 2025, up 1.7% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 21% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 2 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span1.7%bottom 12% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 40% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak21.2%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

4.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.6% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-06-30, Manchester United Plc's diluted share count grew about 1.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 45% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.3/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

4.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -17%: lost 17¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 88%: owes 88¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-06-30, Manchester United Plc lost about 17 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 88 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 31% of its family
return on equitybottom 48% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

3.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 35% of 24 in its family; net margin -5%.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Manchester United Plc's standing among 24 graded names in its industry family: revenue of GBP 667 million in fiscal 2025 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of -5% ranks in the top 48%; revenue growth of 4.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 19% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

net margin-5.0%top 48% of its family
three-year revenue growth4.6%bottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

5.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 13 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 13 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Manchester United Plc's leadership is put at 5.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 13 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

5.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 42% of 23 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Manchester United Plc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of GBP 86 million against debt of GBP 637 million leaves -33.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.2% of revenue (top 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-33.6%bottom 39% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.2%top 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

6.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 39% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Manchester United Plc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.6% a year over the last three filed years against 1.7% over all 9, speeding up (top 21% of its family); the newest year grew 0.7% (bottom 26%); capital spending grew 75.1% a year (top 22%) (its annual reports). Manchester United Plc tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+2.8 points a yeartop 21% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth0.7%bottom 26% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending75.1%top 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Manchester United Plc's newest year against its own record: revenue of GBP 667 million in fiscal 2025 came in 5.4% below the GBP 705 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 47% of its family); net income of GBP 33 million against a prior three-year average of GBP 86 million (top 25%); a net margin of -5% against -13.8% before (top 19%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-5.4%bottom 47% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+62%top 25% of its family
net margin against its prior average+8.8 pointstop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MANU · research, not advice