Hilton Food Group Plc (HFG) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Hilton Food Group Plc ?

The company is Net-Debt Free

The company is Net-Debt Free

Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 8.72%

Flat results in Dec 25

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Lowest at 300
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Lowest at 0%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 11.23% (YoY)

With ROE of 12.98%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.26 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -39.44%, its profits have risen by 14.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.7

Company is among the highest 1% of companies rated by MarketsMojo across all 4,000 stocks

Underperformed the market in the last 1 year

Even though the market (FTSE 100) has generated returns of 17.87% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -39.44% returns

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Hilton Food Group Plc 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 Hilton Food Group Plc for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Hilton Food Group Plc

-39.44%

-1.05

38.02%

FTSE 100

17.87%

1.52

11.77%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

8.72%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-2.57%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

3.37

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

1.01

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.48

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

6.57

Tax Ratio

32.01%

Dividend Payout Ratio

65.69%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

0.20%

ROCE (avg)

17.68%

ROE (avg)

13.96%

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

1.26

EV to EBIT

11.11

EV to EBITDA

4.59

EV to Capital Employed

1.18

EV to Sales

0.14

PEG Ratio

0.69

Dividend Yield

682.91%

ROCE (Latest)

10.65%

ROE (Latest)

12.98%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bullish

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bearish

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bullish

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

OBV

Mildly Bearish

No Trend

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

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

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

6What is working for the Company

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 2,122.2 MM

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at GBP 150.5 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 88.77 %

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 29.9 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at GBP 0.35

-7What is not working for the Company

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 300

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 0%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 11.23% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Lowest at GBP 16.8

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 51.3 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 2.42 %

Here's what is working for Hilton Food Group Plc

Net Sales

Highest at GBP 2,122.2 MM and Grown

In each period in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Net Profit

Highest at GBP 29.9 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (GBP MM)

EPS

Highest at GBP 0.35

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (GBP)

Cash and Eqv

Highest at GBP 150.5 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at 88.77 %

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Here's what is not working for Hilton Food Group Plc

Interest Coverage Ratio

Lowest at 300

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Profit

Lowest at GBP 51.3 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Operating Profit Margin

Lowest at 2.42 %

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Dividend per share

Lowest at GBP 16.8

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing lower dividend than previous years

DPS (GBP)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Lowest at 0%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 11.23% (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