High Liner Foods, Inc. (HLF) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is High Liner Foods, Inc. ?

High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 2.94% over the last 5 years
High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 10.39% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 2.94% over the last 5 years

The company has declared negative results in Dec'2024 after 3 consecutive positive quarters

NET PROFIT(9M) At CAD 31.19 MM has Grown at -32.96%
INTEREST(Q) At CAD 7.9 MM has Grown at 17.13%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 7.47% (YoY)

With ROE of 9.89%, it has a attractive valuation with a 0.82 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 29.88%, its profits have risen by 2.8% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.6

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How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to High Liner Foods, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to FMCG should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in FMCG)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is High Liner Foods, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Medium Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

High Liner Foods, Inc.

-10.04%

0.92

25.22%

S&P/TSX 60

21.87%

1.54

14.62%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

5.30%

EBIT Growth (5y)

2.37%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

2.91

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

3.02

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.61

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.52

Tax Ratio

17.80%

Dividend Payout Ratio

40.01%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

0.04%

ROCE (avg)

10.34%

ROE (avg)

10.39%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

0.80

EV to EBIT

9.53

EV to EBITDA

6.89

EV to Capital Employed

0.88

EV to Sales

0.59

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

9.25%

ROE (Latest)

9.79%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bullish

Mildly Bearish

RSI

Bullish

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Sideways

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Mildly Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

OBV

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

3What is working for the Company

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at CAD 9.13

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 77.06%

-27What is not working for the Company

INTEREST(HY)

At CAD 16.51 MM has Grown at 136%

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At CAD 4.44 MM has Fallen at -86.08%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At CAD 6.14 MM has Fallen at -75.7%

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at CAD 1.13 MM

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 8.6%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 12.19% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at CAD 21.38 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 6.24 %

EPS(Q)

Lowest at CAD 0.22

Here's what is working for High Liner Foods, Inc.

Dividend per share

Highest at CAD 9.13 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (CAD)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 77.06%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Here's what is not working for High Liner Foods, Inc.

Interest

At CAD 16.51 MM has Grown at 136%

over previous Semi-Annual period

MOJO Watch

Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (CAD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

At CAD 4.44 MM has Fallen at -86.08%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (CAD MM)

Net Profit

At CAD 6.14 MM has Fallen at -75.7%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (CAD MM)

Operating Cash Flow

Lowest at CAD 1.13 MM

in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (CAD MM)

Operating Profit

Lowest at CAD 21.38 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (CAD MM)

Operating Profit Margin

Lowest at 6.24 %

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

EPS

Lowest at CAD 0.22

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (CAD)

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 12.19% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales