Greencore Group (GNC) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better. To help us achieve this we have a model called The Greencore Way, which is built on the differentiators of People at the Core, Great Food, Excellence and Sustainability – The Greencore Way describes both who we are and how we will succeed. We supply all of the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings. In FY24 we manufactured 748m sandwiches and other food to go products, 125m chilled prepared meals, and 232m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles and condiments. We carry out more than 10,500 direct to store deliveries each day. We have 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 17 distribution centres in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of c.£1.8bn in FY24 and employ 13,300 people. We are headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. For further information go to www.greencore.com or follow Greencore on social media.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 178 to 184.20
• 50-Day Range: 169.60 to 220.50
• 52-Week Range: 95.60 to 228.17
• Volume: 1.27 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.37 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £826.49 million
• P/E Ratio: 1,842.00
• Dividend Yield: 3.26%
• Price Target: GBX 130
• Consensus Rating: Sell

Greencore Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Greencore Group scored higher than 13% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

Greencore Group has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Greencore Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Greencore Group is 1,842.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 107.72.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Greencore Group is 1,842.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 211.97.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Greencore Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.10. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Greencore Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.92. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for GNC.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Greencore Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.87%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Greencore Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Greencore Group is 6,000.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for GNC.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.10

News Sentiment

Greencore Group has a news sentiment score of 1.10. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.19 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Greencore Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Greencore Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.58% of the stock of Greencore Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

49.64% of the stock of Greencore Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

GNC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have GNC shares performed this year?

Greencore Group's stock was trading at GBX 193.80 at the start of the year. Since then, GNC shares have decreased by 5.0% and is now trading at GBX 184.20.
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How do I buy shares of Greencore Group?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Greencore Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Greencore Group investors own include Associated British Foods (ABF), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Intel (INTC), Grafton Group (GFTU), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Diageo (DGE) and easyJet (EZJ).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 2/6 Dividend: 1/09/2025
• Today: 1/17/2025
• Dividend Payable: 2/06/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Packaged Foods
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:GNC
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.greencore.com
• Phone: +353-1-6051000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 13,602
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 130
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 130
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 130
• Potential Upside/Downside: -29.4%
• Consensus Rating: Sell
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,842.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.73
• P/E Growth: 0.1
• Net Income: £52.20 million
• Net Margins: 2.82%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.81%
• Return on Assets: 4.43%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 78.73
• Current Ratio: 0.79
• Quick Ratio: 0.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.85 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.45
• Cash Flow: GBX 58.80 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.13
• Book Value: GBX 96 per share
• Price / Book: 1.92

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 448,690,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £826.49 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.19