B6G Stock Overview

Bega Cheese Limited receives, processes, manufactures, and distributes dairy and other food-related products in Australia. More details

B6G fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 23.51% per year

Became profitable this year

Risk Analysis

Unstable dividend track record

Large one-off items impacting financial results

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Bega Cheese Limited Competitors

FRoSTA

DB:NLM

€517.8m

Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke

DB:SSH

€551.6m

Südzucker

XTRA:SZU

€2.3b

Schwälbchen Molkerei Jakob Berz

DB:SMB

€72.1m

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Bega Cheese
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AU$2.86
52 Week High	AU$3.70
52 Week Low	AU$2.24
Beta	0.47
1 Month Change	-18.75%
3 Month Change	-7.74%
1 Year Change	20.17%
3 Year Change	-12.80%
5 Year Change	27.68%
Change since IPO	108.76%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	B6G	DE Food	DE Market
7D	0.7%	0.7%	-0.5%
1Y	20.2%	1.5%	15.5%

Return vs Industry: B6G exceeded the German Food industry which returned 1.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: B6G exceeded the German Market which returned 15.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is B6G's price volatile compared to industry and market?
B6G volatility
B6G Average Weekly Movement	5.4%
Food Industry Average Movement	4.2%
Market Average Movement	5.3%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	12.0%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.8%

Stable Share Price: B6G has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: B6G's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1899	3,900	Pete Findlay	begagroup.com.au

Bega Cheese Limited receives, processes, manufactures, and distributes dairy and other food-related products in Australia. The company operates in two segments, Branded and Bulk. The Branded segment manufactures value added consumer products for owned and externally owned brands.

Bega Cheese Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Bega Cheese's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
B6G fundamental statistics
Market cap	€884.64m
Earnings (TTM)	€19.88m
Revenue (TTM)	€2.08b

44.5x

P/E Ratio

0.4x

P/S Ratio

Is B6G overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
B6G income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AU$3.58b
Cost of Revenue	AU$2.84b
Gross Profit	AU$738.40m
Other Expenses	AU$704.20m
Earnings	AU$34.20m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 29, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.11
Gross Margin	20.65%
Net Profit Margin	0.96%
Debt/Equity Ratio	25.5%

How did B6G perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.4%

Current Dividend Yield

89%

Payout Ratio

Does B6G pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy B6G by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Bega Cheese dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	Feb 25 2025
Dividend Pay Date	Apr 03 2025
Days until Ex dividend	20 days
Days until Dividend pay date	17 days

Does B6G pay a reliable dividends?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/03/16 19:40
End of Day Share Price	2025/03/14 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/29
Annual Earnings	2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Bega Cheese Limited is covered by 18 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Josh Kannourakis	Barrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Jonathan Snape	Bell Potter
Mitchell Hawker	BofA Global Research

B6G Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Bega Cheese Limited Competitors

DB:NLM

€517.8m

DB:SSH

€551.6m

XTRA:SZU

€2.3b

DB:SMB

€72.1m

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Bega Cheese Limited Announces the Appointment of Janette Kendall as a Director

Bega Cheese Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 30, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Final dividend of AU$0.04 announced

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.10 (vs AU$0.76 loss in FY 2023)

Now 23% undervalued

Recent updates

Bega Cheese Limited Announces the Appointment of Janette Kendall as a Director

Bega Cheese Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 30, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Final dividend of AU$0.04 announced

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.10 (vs AU$0.76 loss in FY 2023)

Now 23% undervalued

Non-Executive Director recently sold €126k worth of stock

First half dividend of AU$0.04 announced

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.087 (vs AU$0.024 in 1H 2023)

Bega Cheese Limited (ASX:BGA) completed the acquisition of Businesses and certain assets of Betta Milk and Meander Valley Dairy from TasFoods Limited (ASX:TFL) and The Van Diemen's Land Company.

Insufficient new directors

Bega Cheese Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 24, 2023

Bega Cheese Limited (ASX:BGA) entered into an agreement to acquire Businesses and certain assets of Betta Milk and Meander Valley Dairy from TasFoods Limited (ASX:TFL) for AUD 11 million.

Bega Cheese Limited Declares Final Fully Franked Dividend, Payable on 21 September 2023

New major risk - Dividend sustainability

Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) agreed to acquire 1 Vegemite Way, Port Melbourne site of Bega Group from Bega Cheese Limited (ASX:BGA) for approximately AUD 120 million.

Now 26% undervalued after recent price drop

Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) agreed to acquire 1 Vegemite Way, Port Melbourne site of Bega Group from Bega Cheese Limited (ASX:BGA) for approximately AUD 120 million.

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.024 (vs AU$0.093 in 1H 2022)

Bega Group Announces CEO Changes

Bega Cheese Limited Announces CEO Changes

Bega Cheese Limited Names Gunther Burghardt as Chief Financial Officer

Bega Cheese Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 26, 2022

Bega Cheese Limited Declares Fully Franked Ordinary Distribution for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022, Payable on September 23, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.08 (vs AU$0.27 in FY 2021)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Insider recently bought €10m worth of stock

Bega Cheese Appoints Pete Findlay as Chief Operating Officer

Insider recently bought €10m worth of stock

Insider recently bought €23m worth of stock

First half 2022 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Bega Cheese Limited Announces Fully Franked Dividend for Six Months Ended December 26, 2021, Payable on March 24, 2022

Insider recently bought €69m worth of stock

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS AU$0.27 (vs AU$0.099 in FY 2020)

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS AU$0.096 (vs AU$0.04 in 1H 2020)

New 90-day high: €3.94

Bega Cheese Limited Announces Fonterra Legal Proceedings

New 90-day high: €3.68

Bega Cheese Limited (ASX:BGA) completed the acquisition of Lion-Dairy & Drinks Pty Ltd from Kirin Foods Australia Holdings Pty Ltd.

New 90-day high: €3.34

New 90-day high: €3.32

Bega Cheese Limited (ASX:BGA) entered into share purchase agreement to acquire Lion-Dairy & Drinks Pty Ltd from Kirin Foods Australia Holdings Pty Ltd for approximately AUD 530 million.

The High Court of Australia Dismisses Kraft Heinz's Application for Special Leave in the Legal Proceedings Against Bega Cheese Limited

An unknown buyer acquired Coburg Facility from Bega Cheese Limited (ASX:BGA) for AUD 5 million.

The Bega Co-Operative Society Limited completed the acquisition of a 70% stake in Tatura Milk Industries Limited.

Full year earnings released - EPS €0.099

New 90-day high - €3.14