Bega Cheese is a packaged foods business based in Australia. Bega Cheese shares (BGA) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are in Australian dollars. Bega Cheese has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $3.5 billion. If you're looking to buy shares, check out the steps below.
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| 52-week range | $2.4074 - $5.1 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $4.35 |
| 200-day moving average | $4.0261 |
| Target price | $4.37 |
| PE ratio | 51 |
| Dividend yield | $0.08 (1.57%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.1 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of A$5.08
| 1 week (2024-08-29) | 9.01% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-08-05) | 22.41% |
| 3 months (2024-06-05) | 13.39% |
| 6 months (2024-03-05) | 29.26% |
| 1 year (2023-09-05) | 76.39% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-09-05) | 32.64% |
| 3 years (2021-09-03) | -8.63% |
| 5 years (2019-09-05) | 22.41% |
Valuing Bega Cheese stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Bega Cheese's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Bega Cheese's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 51x. In other words, Bega Cheese shares trade at around 51x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Bega Cheese's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $101.8 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Bega Cheese's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure stock profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $3.5 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 1.53% |
| Gross profit TTM | $651.4 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.51% |
| Return on equity TTM | 3.02% |
| Profit margin | 0.87% |
| Book value | 3.33 |
| Market capitalisation | $1.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 70.71% of net profits
Recently Bega Cheese has paid out, on average, around 70.71% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.57% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Bega Cheese shareholders could enjoy a 1.57% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Bega Cheese's case, that would currently equate to about A$0.08 per share.
Bega Cheese's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 2 September 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Bega Cheese's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.4074 up to $5.1. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (AU average) beta is 1, while Bega Cheese's is 0.523. This would suggest that Bega Cheese's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Bega Cheese Limited receives, processes, manufactures, and distributes dairy and other food-related products in Australia. The company operates in two segments, Branded and Bulk. The Branded segment manufactures value added consumer products for owned and externally owned brands. The Bulk segment manufactures bulk dairy ingredients, nutritional, and bio nutrient products. Its grocery categories include milk-based beverages, white milk, yoghurt, spreads, chilled juice and drinks, creams and custards, and water ice under the Dare, Iced Coffee, Masters, Dairy Farmers, Big M, Farmers Union, Yoplait, Vegemite, Bega, B honey, Betta Milk, Mildura, Pura, and other brand names. The company sells its products through grocery, route trade, foodservice, petrol, and convenience channels, as well as food manufacturers. It also exports its products. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Bega, Australia.
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