Hilton Food Group Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Hilton Food Group's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -7.8%, while the Food industry saw earnings growing at 10% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 19.3% per year. Hilton Food Group's return on equity is 11.8%, and it has net margins of 0.9%.

Key information

-7.8%

Earnings growth rate

-9.6%

EPS growth rate

Food Industry Growth	16.0%
Revenue growth rate	19.3%
Return on equity	11.8%
Net Margin	0.9%
Next Earnings Update	04 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Hilton Food Group makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

OTCPK:HLFG.Y Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
31 Dec 23	3,990	36	341
30 Sep 23	3,971	24	345
16 Jul 23	3,952	11	348
16 Apr 23	3,900	14	333
01 Jan 23	3,848	18	318
01 Oct 22	3,729	26	298
17 Jul 22	3,610	35	279
17 Apr 22	3,456	36	265
02 Jan 22	3,302	37	251
02 Oct 21	3,261	37	257
18 Jul 21	3,221	38	263
18 Apr 21	2,997	39	262
03 Jan 21	2,774	40	260
03 Oct 20	2,470	38	242
12 Jul 20	2,167	37	224
12 Apr 20	1,991	35	211
29 Dec 19	1,815	33	199
29 Sep 19	1,756	32	188
14 Jul 19	1,698	30	177
14 Apr 19	1,674	32	172
30 Dec 18	1,650	33	168
30 Sep 18	1,590	30	160
15 Jul 18	1,530	27	151
15 Apr 18	1,444	26	140
31 Dec 17	1,357	25	128
30 Sep 17	1,325	26	127
16 Jul 17	1,293	26	125
16 Apr 17	1,264	26	122
01 Jan 17	1,234	25	120
01 Oct 16	1,191	24	117
17 Jul 16	1,147	23	114
17 Apr 16	1,121	21	112
03 Jan 16	1,095	20	110
03 Oct 15	1,090	19	109
12 Jul 15	1,086	18	107
12 Apr 15	1,092	18	107
28 Dec 14	1,099	18	107
28 Sep 14	1,111	18	106
13 Jul 14	1,123	18	106
13 Apr 14	1,124	18	106
29 Dec 13	1,125	18	106
29 Sep 13	1,103	18	105

Quality Earnings: HLFG.Y has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: HLFG.Y's current net profit margins (0.9%) are higher than last year (0.5%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: HLFG.Y's earnings have declined by 7.8% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: HLFG.Y's earnings growth over the past year (104.4%) exceeds its 5-year average (-7.8% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: HLFG.Y earnings growth over the past year (104.4%) exceeded the Food industry 8.8%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: HLFG.Y's Return on Equity (11.8%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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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

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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

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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