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: 108.20 to 109.60
• 50-Day Range: 104.76 to 125
• 52-Week Range: 101.20 to 184.59
• Volume: 92,311 shs
• Average Volume: 2.13 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £398.54 million
• P/E Ratio: 19.67
• Dividend Yield: 4.95%
• Price Target: GBX 130
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

C&C Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

C&C Group scored higher than 58% 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: 2.9 / 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 20.1% upside from its current price of GBX 108.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

C&C Group has received no research coverage 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 19.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.58.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of C&C Group is 19.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 887.89.

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 0.73. 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 4.95%, 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: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

C&C Group has a news sentiment score of 0.67. 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 0.50 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

74.62% 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.

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: +19.3%
• 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: 19.82
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.97
• 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: 0.25
• Cash Flow: GBX 20.65 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.28
• Book Value: GBX 149.13 per share
• Price / Book: 0.73

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 368,334,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £401.48 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.58