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High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 17.59%
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Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 7.39
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Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -6.43% of over the last 5 years
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Flat results in Feb 25
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With ROE of 14.91%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.31 Price to Book Value
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Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
-10.85%
0%
-10.85%
6 Months
10.5%
0%
10.5%
1 Year
-4.36%
0%
-4.36%
2 Years
3.95%
0%
3.95%
3 Years
-27.95%
0%
-27.95%
4 Years
-52.61%
0%
-52.61%
5 Years
-32.56%
0%
-32.56%
The Character Group Plc for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
No Recent News for the Company
Announcements 
No announcement available
Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
0.95%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-6.43%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
7.39
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.40
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.33
Tax Ratio
16.24%
Dividend Payout Ratio
73.19%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
60.95%
ROE (avg)
17.59%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
9
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.31
EV to EBIT
5.98
EV to EBITDA
3.77
EV to Capital Employed
1.51
EV to Sales
0.30
PEG Ratio
0.89
Dividend Yield
422.26%
ROCE (Latest)
25.24%
ROE (Latest)
14.91%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Shareholding Snapshot
No data for shareholding present.
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
No data for shareholding present.
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Aug'23
Aug'23
Aug'22
Change(%)
Net Sales
122.60
176.40
-30.50%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
10.40
16.00
-35.00%
Interest
0.30
0.20
50.00%
Exceptional Items
-1.00
0.20
-600.00%
Consolidate Net Profit
3.50
9.40
-62.77%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
55.50%
75.60%
-2.01%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Aug 2023 is -30.50% vs 26.00% in Aug 2022
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Aug 2023 is -62.77% vs -22.95% in Aug 2022
About The Character Group Plc 
The Character Group Plc
Media & Entertainment
The Character Group plc is a toy company. The Company is engaged in the design, development and international distribution of toys, games and gifts. Its geographical segments include other EU, UK and Far East. It designs and manufactures toys based on television, film and digital characters, and distributes these products in the United Kingdom and overseas. It also distributes finished products in the United Kingdom developed by overseas-based toy producers. Its diverse product range includes products for pre-school, boys, activity and girls. The Company's brands include Peppa Pig, Little Live Pets, Teletubbies, Minecraft, Scooby Doo, Mashems, Fireman Sam and Ben & Holly. Its customer list includes the United Kingdom toy retailers, the United Kingdom independent toy stores and a selection of overseas distributors. It operates approximately two distribution warehouses located near Oldham, Greater Manchester. It primarily distributes products sourced from overseas third parties.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
2nd Fl, 86-88 Coombe Road , NEW MALDEN None : KT3 4QS
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