Nichols (AIM:NICL) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

NICL Stock Overview

Engages in supply of soft drinks to the retail, wholesale, catering, licensed, and leisure industries in the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. More details

NICL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 43.7% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 12.92% per year

Earnings grew by 56% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Unstable dividend track record

Nichols plc Competitors

Fevertree Drinks

AIM:FEVR

UK£800.2m

A.G. BARR

LSE:BAG

UK£683.0m

Britvic

LSE:BVIC

UK£3.2b

Coca-Cola HBC

LSE:CCH

UK£10.1b

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Nichols
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£12.70
52 Week High	UK£13.15
52 Week Low	UK£9.38
Beta	0.43
11 Month Change	21.53%
3 Month Change	6.28%
1 Year Change	22.12%
33 Year Change	-1.93%
5 Year Change	-21.24%
Change since IPO	477.27%

Nichols plc (LON:NICL) Stock Rockets 26% As Investors Are Less Pessimistic Than Expected

Nov 14

We Ran A Stock Scan For Earnings Growth And Nichols (LON:NICL) Passed With Ease

Oct 31

Earnings Not Telling The Story For Nichols plc (LON:NICL)

Jul 27

Recent updates

Nichols plc (LON:NICL) Stock Rockets 26% As Investors Are Less Pessimistic Than Expected

Nov 14

Dividend Investors: Don't Be Too Quick To Buy Nichols plc (LON:NICL) For Its Upcoming Dividend

Mar 20

Could The Nichols plc (LON:NICL) Ownership Structure Tell Us Something Useful?

Mar 09

Does Nichols' (LON:NICL) Statutory Profit Adequately Reflect Its Underlying Profit?

Feb 19

Shareholder Returns

	NICL	GB Beverage	GB Market
7D	-1.6%	2.0%	2.2%
1Y	22.1%	-8.5%	8.0%

Return vs Industry: NICL exceeded the UK Beverage industry which returned -8.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: NICL exceeded the UK Market which returned 8% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is NICL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
NICL volatility
NICL Average Weekly Movement	5.1%
Beverage Industry Average Movement	3.1%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.3%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

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

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

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1908	307	Andrew Milne	www.nicholsplc.co.uk

Nichols plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in supply of soft drinks to the retail, wholesale, catering, licensed, and leisure industries in the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company operates through Packaged, Out of Home, and Central. It offers squash, still, carbonates, energy, mixers, juices, cordials, post-mix, and frozen drinks under the Vimto, Levi Roots, Starslush, ICEE, SLUSH PUPPiE, CocaCola, Pepsi, IRN BRU, Old Jamaica, and Sunkist brands.

Nichols plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Nichols's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
NICL fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£463.94m
Earnings (TTM)	UK£18.73m
Revenue (TTM)	UK£169.17m

24.8x

P/E Ratio

2.7x

P/S Ratio

Is NICL overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
NICL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£169.17m
Cost of Revenue	UK£95.23m
Gross Profit	UK£73.94m
Other Expenses	UK£55.21m
Earnings	UK£18.73m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.51
Gross Margin	43.71%
Net Profit Margin	11.07%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0%

How did NICL perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

2.2%

Current Dividend Yield

59%

Payout Ratio

NICL Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Nichols plc Competitors

AIM:FEVR

UK£800.2m

LSE:BAG

UK£683.0m

LSE:BVIC

UK£3.2b

LSE:CCH

UK£10.1b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Nichols plc (LON:NICL) Stock Rockets 26% As Investors Are Less Pessimistic Than Expected

We Ran A Stock Scan For Earnings Growth And Nichols (LON:NICL) Passed With Ease

New minor risk - Share price stability

Earnings Not Telling The Story For Nichols plc (LON:NICL)

First half dividend increased to UK£0.70

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.24 (vs UK£0.23 in 1H 2023)

Recent updates

Nichols plc (LON:NICL) Stock Rockets 26% As Investors Are Less Pessimistic Than Expected

We Ran A Stock Scan For Earnings Growth And Nichols (LON:NICL) Passed With Ease

New minor risk - Share price stability

Earnings Not Telling The Story For Nichols plc (LON:NICL)

First half dividend increased to UK£0.70

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.24 (vs UK£0.23 in 1H 2023)

Nichols plc Announces Interim Dividend for 2024, Payable on 6 September 2024

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.16 per share

Nichols (LON:NICL) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.156

Nichols plc Proposes Final Dividend, Payable on May 2, 2024

Final dividend increased to UK£0.16

Full year 2023 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Now 20% undervalued

Matthew Nichols to Join Nichols plc as Non-Executive Director

Nichols plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Jul 24, 2024

Now 20% undervalued

Nichols plc Announces Board Changes

The Returns At Nichols (LON:NICL) Aren't Growing

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Nichols plc Announces Interim Dividend for 2023, Payable on September 8, 2023

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.23 (vs UK£0.25 in 1H 2022)

Nichols plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Jul 26, 2023

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Nichols plc Appoints David Taylor to the Board as Interim Chief Financial Officer

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.15 per share at 2.6% yield

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Price target decreased by 7.5% to UK£12.23

Nichols plc to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Mar 01, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Nichols (LON:NICL) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.124

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.22 (vs UK£0.19 in 1H 2021)

Nichols plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Jul 27, 2022

Is Nichols plc (LON:NICL) Trading At A 27% Discount?

Now 23% undervalued after recent price drop

Less than half of directors are independent

Key Executive recently bought UK£49k worth of stock

Less than half of directors are independent

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.13 per share

Nichols' (LON:NICL) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Nichols plc Proposes Final Dividend, Payable on 5 May 2022

Now 21% undervalued

Be Wary Of Nichols (LON:NICL) And Its Returns On Capital

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.19 (vs UK£0.046 in 1H 2020)

Price target increased to UK£13.63

Be Wary Of Nichols (LON:NICL) And Its Returns On Capital

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS UK£0.13 (vs UK£0.73 in FY 2019)

Dividend Investors: Don't Be Too Quick To Buy Nichols plc (LON:NICL) For Its Upcoming Dividend

Upcoming Dividend of UK£0.088 Per Share

Analysts lower EPS estimates to UK£0.41

Could The Nichols plc (LON:NICL) Ownership Structure Tell Us Something Useful?

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS UK£0.13 (vs UK£0.73 in FY 2019)

Revenue and earnings miss expectations

Does Nichols' (LON:NICL) Statutory Profit Adequately Reflect Its Underlying Profit?

Nichols plc is Unable to Provide Guidance for the Year Ended December 31, 2021 due to Covid-19 Pandemic