Hotel Chocolat Group Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

Hotel Chocolat Group has a total shareholder equity of £93.5M and total debt of £0.0, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 0%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £173.6M and £80.2M respectively. Hotel Chocolat Group's EBIT is £1.9M making its interest coverage ratio 0.7. It has cash and short-term investments of £11.2M.

Key information

Debt to equity ratio

UK£0

Debt

Interest coverage ratio	0.7x
Cash	UK£11.20m
Equity	UK£93.48m
Total liabilities	UK£80.15m
Total assets	UK£173.63m

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: H0C's short term assets (£61.5M) exceed its short term liabilities (£39.5M).

Long Term Liabilities: H0C's short term assets (£61.5M) exceed its long term liabilities (£40.6M).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: H0C is debt free.

Reducing Debt: H0C currently has no debt however we can't compare to 5 years ago as we have no data for that period.

Debt Coverage: H0C has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.

Interest Coverage: H0C has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.

Hotel Chocolat Group Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

Hotel Chocolat Confirms Cancellation of Trading of its Shares on AIM with Effect from 26 January 2024

Hotel Chocolat to Make an Application to London Stock Exchange for the Cancellation of Trading of the Shares on AIM, with Effect Shortly Following the Effective Date

Recent updates

Hotel Chocolat Confirms Cancellation of Trading of its Shares on AIM with Effect from 26 January 2024

Mars, Incorporated completed the acquisition of Hotel Chocolat Group plc (AIM:HOTC) from a group of sellers and others.

Hotel Chocolat Group plc, Annual General Meeting, Nov 23, 2023

Mars, Incorporated agreed to acquire Hotel Chocolat Group plc (AIM:HOTC) from a group of sellers and others for approximately £520 million.

Hotel Chocolat to Make an Application to London Stock Exchange for the Cancellation of Trading of the Shares on AIM, with Effect Shortly Following the Effective Date

Full year 2023 earnings released: UK£0.045 loss per share (vs UK£0.069 loss in FY 2022)

New minor risk - Financial data availability

New minor risk - Share price stability

Hotel Chocolat Group plc Provides Earnings Guidance for Fiscal Year 2024

Hotel Chocolat Group plc Announces Board Changes

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.023 (vs UK£0.071 in 1Q 2022)

Hotel Chocolat Group plc Appoints Jon Akehurst as Executive Board Director, Effective May 2023

Full year 2022 earnings released: UK£0.069 loss per share (vs UK£0.045 profit in FY 2021)

Less than half of directors are independent

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Hotel Chocolat Group plc Provides Group Earnings Guidance for the 52-Week Period Ended 26 June 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Less than half of directors are independent

First half 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.045 (vs UK£0.055 loss in FY 2020)

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.097 (vs UK£0.12 in 1H 2020)

Hotel Chocolat Group plc to Report First Half, 2021 Results on Mar 02, 2021

Insider recently sold €113k worth of stock

New 90-day high: €4.24

Full year earnings released - €0.055 loss per share

Hotel Chocolat Group plc Announces Resignation of Matt Margereson as Director

Full year earnings released - €0.055 loss per share

New 90-day high: €4.17

New 90-day high - €3.90

Hotel Chocolat Group Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Sep 29, 2020

Financial Position Analysis

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Balance Sheet

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