Hotel Chocolat Group Valuation

Is HOTC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Sales vs Peers
Price-To-Sales vs Industry
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HOTC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HOTC (£3.74) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£4.41)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HOTC is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HOTC?

Key metric: As HOTC is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for HOTC. This is calculated by dividing HOTC's market cap by their current revenue.
What is HOTC's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio	2.6x
Sales	UK£204.50m
Market Cap	UK£526.59m

HOTC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	2.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	52.6x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does HOTC's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for HOTC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PS	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	0.3x
GNC Greencore Group	0.5x	1.8%	UK£854.8m
MHPC MHP	0.2x	n/a	US$447.4m
BAKK Bakkavor Group	0.3x	1.9%	UK£751.9m
HFG Hilton Food Group	0.2x	3.6%	UK£812.7m
HOTC Hotel Chocolat Group	2.6x	5.4%	UK£526.6m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: HOTC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the peer average (0.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does HOTC's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Food Industry?

5 Companies	Price / Sales	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
MHPC MHP	0.2x	n/a	US$447.42m
WYN Wynnstay Group	0.1x	-3.5%	US$89.98m
RGD Real Good Food	0.04x	n/a	US$1.84m
UKR Ukrproduct Group	0.03x	n/a	US$1.12m

5 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: HOTC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the UK Food industry average (0.6x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HOTC's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HOTC PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio	2.6x
Fair PS Ratio	1.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: HOTC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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