Costa Group Holdings (CHIA:CGC) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

CGC Stock Overview

Costa Group Holdings Limited produces, packs, and markets fruits and vegetables to food retailers. More details

CGC fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 39.25% per year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Profit margins (1.5%) are lower than last year (3.2%)

Costa Group Holdings Limited Competitors

Elders

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AU$1.2b

Ridley

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AU$869.0m

Duxton Farms

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AU$58.3m

Bega Cheese

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AU$1.6b

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Costa Group Holdings
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AU$3.20
52 Week High	AU$3.39
52 Week Low	AU$2.24
Beta	0.59
11 Month Change	0.79%
3 Month Change	2.57%
1 Year Change	25.79%
33 Year Change	-30.69%
5 Year Change	-39.37%
Change since IPO	47.58%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	CGC	AU Food	AU Market
7D	0%	-0.3%	0.9%
1Y	25.8%	11.0%	17.7%

Return vs Industry: CGC exceeded the Australian Food industry which returned 3.2% over the past year.

Return vs Market: CGC exceeded the Australian Market which returned 4.7% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is CGC's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CGC volatility
CGC Average Weekly Movement	1.8%
Food Industry Average Movement	7.6%
Market Average Movement	8.5%
10% most volatile stocks in AU Market	17.2%
10% least volatile stocks in AU Market	3.3%

Stable Share Price: CGC has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

Volatility Over Time: CGC's weekly volatility (2%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1888	n/a	Harry Debney	www.costagroup.com.au

Costa Group Holdings Limited produces, packs, and markets fruits and vegetables to food retailers. It operates through three segments: Produce, Costa Farms and Logistics, and International. Produce segment engages in farming, packing, and marketing of berries, mushrooms, glasshouse grown tomatoes, citrus, and avocados and bananas primarily to food retailers.

Costa Group Holdings Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Costa Group Holdings's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CGC fundamental statistics
Market cap	AU$1.48b
Earnings (TTM)	AU$21.51m
Revenue (TTM)	AU$1.42b

68.9x

P/E Ratio

1.0x

P/S Ratio

Is CGC overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CGC income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AU$1.42b
Cost of Revenue	AU$461.05m
Gross Profit	AU$958.55m
Other Expenses	AU$937.03m
Earnings	AU$21.51m

Last Reported Earnings

Jul 02, 2023

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.046
Gross Margin	67.52%
Net Profit Margin	1.52%
Debt/Equity Ratio	65.6%

How did CGC perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

CGC Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Costa Group Holdings Limited Competitors

ASX:ELD

AU$1.2b

ASX:RIC

AU$869.0m

ASX:DBF

AU$58.3m

ASX:BGA

AU$1.6b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund VI a fund managed by Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC, Driscoll's, Inc. and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation completed the acquisition of remaining 85.16% stake in Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC).

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.055 (vs AU$0.081 in 1H 2022)

New minor risk - Profit margin trend

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Aug 25, 2023

Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC made unsolicited, confidential, non-binding indicative proposal to acquire remaining 85.16% stake in Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) for AUD 1.4 billion.

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 25%

Recent updates

Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund VI a fund managed by Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC, Driscoll's, Inc. and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation completed the acquisition of remaining 85.16% stake in Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC).

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.055 (vs AU$0.081 in 1H 2022)

New minor risk - Profit margin trend

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Aug 25, 2023

Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC made unsolicited, confidential, non-binding indicative proposal to acquire remaining 85.16% stake in Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) for AUD 1.4 billion.

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 25%

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.05 per share at 3.4% yield

Full year 2022 earnings released

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Feb 21, 2023

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Costa Group Holdings Limited Announces CEO Changes, with Effect from 26 September 2022

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.04 per share

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.082 (vs AU$0.093 in 1H 2021)

Costa Group Holdings Limited Announces Dividend for the Period of Six Months Ended July 3, 2022, Payable on 6 October, 2022

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Aug 26, 2022

Costa Group Holdings Limited Declares Fully Franked Final Dividend for the Second Half of CY2021

Costa Group Holdings Limited Declares Fully Franked Final Dividend for the Second Half of CY2021

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.05 per share

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Costa Group Holdings Limited Declares Ordinary Dividend for the Six Months Ended December 26, 2021, Payable on 7 April 2022

Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$57k worth of stock

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS AU$0.093 (vs AU$0.11 in 1H 2020)

Costa Group Holdings Limited Confirms Earnings Guidance for the Calendar Year 2021

Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) completed the acquisition of Business and Assets of 2PH Farms Pty Ltd.

Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) entered into binding agreement to acquire Business and Assets of 2PH Farms Pty Ltd for approximately AUD 200 million.

Costa Group Holdings Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Half and Full Year of 2021

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) signed a conditional agreement to acquire farming operations of KW Orchards citrus farm.

Upcoming Dividend of AU$0.05 Per Share

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS AU$0.15 (vs AU$0.11 loss in FY 2019)

Revenue beats expectations

New 90-day high: AU$4.38

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Feb 22, 2021

New 90-day high: AU$4.17

Costa Group Holdings Limited Announces Appointment of Sean Hallahan as New CEO

New 90-day high: AU$3.94

New 90-day high: AU$3.68

Costa Group Holdings Limited (ASX:CGC) signed an agreement to acquire citrus and wine assets from Murray River Organics Group Limited (ASX:MRG) for AUD 4.5 million.

Upcoming Dividend of AU$0.04 Per Share

First half earnings released

New 90-day high - AU$3.32

Costa Group Holdings Limited to Report First Half, 2020 Results on Aug 28, 2020

Shareholder Returns

Price Volatility

About the Company

Costa Group Holdings Limited Fundamentals Summary

68.9x

1.0x

Earnings & Revenue