How does HLFG.Y's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

HLFG.Y is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the peer average (17.9x).

How does HLFG.Y's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Food Industry?

HLFG.Y is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.3x) compared to the US Food industry average (18.7x).

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

Insufficient data to calculate HLFG.Y's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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

HLFG.Y ($11.84) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] ($6.61)

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

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

HLFG.Y Stock Overview

Engages in the food packing business. More details

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

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 12.4% per year

Earnings grew by 104.4% over the past year

Pays a reliable dividend of 3.53%

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Shares are highly illiquid

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Hilton Food Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£11.84
52 Week High	UK£11.84
52 Week Low	UK£11.84
Beta	0.55
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-21.33%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	HLFG.Y	US Food	US Market
7D	0%	-4.4%	-2.4%
1Y	n/a	-5.2%	23.4%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how HLFG.Y performed against the US Food industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how HLFG.Y performed against the US Market.

Price Volatility

Is HLFG.Y's price volatile compared to industry and market?
HLFG.Y volatility
HLFG.Y Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Food Industry Average Movement	5.0%
Market Average Movement	6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	16.8%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.1%

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

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine HLFG.Y's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1994	7,051	Steve Murrells	www.hiltonfoods.com

Hilton Food Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the food packing business. It offers beef, pork, lamb, poultry, seafood, and vegan and vegetarian food, such as steak, roast, diced, mince, meatloaf, sausages, burgers, meatballs ribs, chops, bacon, gammon, schnitzel, pulled belly, rib rack, smoked loin, shanks, carcass, chicken kabab, chicken drumsticks, chicken tight, chicken wings, half chicken, duck leg, duck half, coated, salmon, white fish, shellfish, fish cakes, smoked salmon, strips, nuggets, pulled, and balls. The company also offers meals, that includes sandwiches, wraps, baguettes, hummus, salad, pizza, garlic bread, soup, ready meals, pasta sauce, meal kits, slow cooked, and ready to cook foods.

Hilton Food Group plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Hilton Food Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
HLFG.Y fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$1.05b
Earnings (TTM)	US$47.00m
Revenue (TTM)	US$5.15b

22.3x

P/E Ratio

0.2x

P/S Ratio

Is HLFG.Y overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
HLFG.Y income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£3.99b
Cost of Revenue	UK£3.56b
Gross Profit	UK£430.36m
Other Expenses	UK£393.98m
Earnings	UK£36.38m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2023

Next Earnings Date

Sep 04, 2024

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.41
Gross Margin	10.79%
Net Profit Margin	0.91%
Debt/Equity Ratio	82.9%

How did HLFG.Y perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

3.5%

Current Dividend Yield

79%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/07/22 05:22
End of Day Share Price	2024/04/24 00:00
Earnings	2023/12/31
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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 here.

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Analyst Sources

Hilton Food Group plc is covered by 12 analysts. 7 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
Joseph Barron	Berenberg
Samuel Hart	Hiddensee Research Ltd
Max Church	HSBC

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