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The FTSE 250 is home to a handful of small quality growth firms, in my opinion. What\u2019s more, these stocks are typically valued a lot more cheaply than in the US.<\/p>\n
Here are three UK growth shares to check out in April.<\/p>\n
Moonpig (LSE:MOON) is the UK and Netherlands\u2019 leading online greeting card firm, with over 12m active customers.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m one of these customers, and I use it all the time to send personalised cards. And I\u2019m not alone because Moonpig enjoys tremndous loyalty, with roughly 91% of revenue coming from existing customers.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, this should create a solid base for continued expansion. For fiscal year 2026, ending 30 April, the firm expects adjusted earnings per share growth to be as much as 12%.<\/p>\n
The stock\u2019s trading at 11.5 times forward earnings, which is attractive considering the board just announced a new \u00a365m share buyback programme for FY27. There\u2019s also a near-2% forward dividend yield, which could grow nicely over time (no guarantees, of course).<\/p>\n
One potential risk I see is further pressure on consumer budgets (sadly, a common theme today). However, UK online card penetration is still only 6% by value, suggesting there\u2019s a strong secular growth story unfolding here.<\/p>\n
Next, we have Hollywood Bowl (LSE:BOWL), the UK\u2019s largest ten-pin bowling operator. The stock\u2019s also trading at around 11.5 times forward earnings, but offering a much larger 5.1% forecast yield.<\/p>\n
Beyond the income potential, I like the company\u2019s growth prospects. By 2035, it expects to have 130 centres, up from 93 today. And a growing number are expected to be in Canada, where it\u2019s successfully applying its UK expansion playbook.<\/p>\n
Again, consumer spending pressure is the biggest risk, exacerbated by rising inflation. But in the six months to 31 March, revenue rose 9.5% to \u00a3141.5m, with 2.6% like-for-like sales growth in the UK.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the company\u2019s showing resilience in a tough market. It makes me wonder how well this business could do in future if and when the cost-of-living crisis eases.<\/p>\n
The third stock is animal genetics specialist Genus (LSE:GNS). The stock\u2019s up 62% in one year but down 50% over five.<\/p>\n
Now, this one isn\u2019t conventionally cheap because it\u2019s trading at 25 forward earnings. However, the long-term growth could be substantial due to the company\u2019s PRRS-resistant pig programme (PRP).<\/p>\n
What on earth is that? Well, PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome) is a devastating viral disease that causes reproductive failure in sows and respiratory illness in piglets. It has long been the bane of the global swine industry (losing around $1.2bn per year in the US alone).<\/p>\n
Genus has\u00a0used gene-editing (CRISPR) technology to produce PRRS-resistant pigs. Canada has approved use of the PRP gene edit, while Genus is making progress with other key international regulators, including China, Mexico, and Japan.<\/p>\n
Of course, the big risk here is Chinese or US regulators rejecting these gene-edited pigs. But brokers are getting excited about the potential for high-margin royalties from this programme.<\/p>\n
For example, house broker Panmure Liberum recently told clients: \u201cWe remain of the view that Genus is a multi-year growth story and that it stands a reasonable chance of being a FTSE 100 stock by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s an exciting prospect, considering Genus\u2019 current \u00a31.7bn market cap.<\/p>\n
The post 3 top FTSE 250 growth stocks to consider for an ISA today<\/a> appeared first on The Motley Fool UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n More reading<\/p>\n Ben McPoland has no position in any of the shares mentioned. The Motley Fool UK has recommended Hollywood Bowl Group Plc and Moonpig Group Plc. Views expressed on the companies mentioned in this article are those of the writer and therefore may differ from the official recommendations we make in our subscription services such as Share Advisor, Hidden Winners and Pro. Here at The Motley Fool we believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.<\/a><\/p>\n Motley Fool UK 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 250 is home to a handful of small quality growth firms, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7920,7921,5757,7918,7922,7919,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-16954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-earnings-per-share","9":"tag-forward-earnings","10":"tag-ftse-250","11":"tag-hollywood-bowl","12":"tag-moonpig","13":"tag-secular-growth","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116430247201127543","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}