C&C Group (CCR) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

C&C Group plc is a leading, vertically integrated premium drinks company which manufactures, markets and distributes branded beer, cider, wine, spirits, and soft drinks across the UK and Ireland. C&C Group's portfolio of owned/exclusive brands include Bulmers, the leading Irish cider brand and Tennent's, the leading Scottish beer brand; as well as a range of fast-growing, premium and craft ciders and beers, such as Heverlee, Menabrea, Five Lamps and Orchard Pig. C&C exports its Magners and Tennent's brands to over 40 countries worldwide. C&C Group has owned brand and contract manufacturing/packing operations in Co.Tipperary, Ireland and Glasgow, Scotland. C&C is the No.1 drinks distributor to the UK and Ireland hospitality sectors. Operating through the Matthew Clark, Bibendum, Tennent's and Bulmers Ireland brands, the Group has a market leading range, scale and reach including an intimate understanding of the markets it serves. Together this provides a key route-to-market for major international beverage companies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 113.40 to 119
• 50-Day Range: 104.76 to 125
• 52-Week Range: 101.20 to 184.59
• Volume: 361,278 shs
• Average Volume: 2.27 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £434.03 million
• P/E Ratio: 21.42
• Dividend Yield: 4.53%
• Price Target: GBX 130
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

C&C Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

C&C Group scored higher than 68% 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: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

C&C Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

C&C Group has a consensus price target of GBX 130, representing about 13.2% upside from its current price of GBX 114.79.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of C&C Group is 20.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.55.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of C&C Group is 20.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 890.91.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

C&C Group has a PEG Ratio of 5.61. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

C&C Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.77. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued 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 CCR.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

C&C Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.53%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of C&C Group is 111.45%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.89

News Sentiment

C&C Group has a news sentiment score of 0.89. 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 0.61 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for C&C Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £6,900 in company stock, which represents 0.0016% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, C&C Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £6,900 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.16% of the stock of C&C Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.39% of the stock of C&C Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CCR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CCR shares performed this year?

C&C Group's stock was trading at GBX 135 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CCR shares have decreased by 15.0% and is now trading at GBX 114.79.

How do I buy shares of C&C Group?

Shares of CCR stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of C&C Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that C&C Group investors own include Taylor Wimpey (TW), Aviva (AV), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Tesco (TSCO), AutoZone (AZO), BP (BP) and Bellway (BWY).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Beverages - Brewers
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:CCR
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.candcgroupplc.com
• Phone: +353-1-5063900
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,897
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for C&C Group: GBX 130
• High Price Target: GBX 130
• Low Price Target: GBX 130
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 5.50
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.42
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.86
• P/E Growth: 5.61
• Net Income: -£130.80 million
• Net Margins: 1.27%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 3.73%
• Return on Assets: 2.08%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 68.14
• Current Ratio: 1.11
• Quick Ratio: 0.80

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.27
• Cash Flow: GBX 22.32 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.28
• Book Value: GBX 149.13 per share
• Price / Book: 0.79

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 368,334,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £434.03 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.57