LON:HFGHilton Food Group Share Price, Forecast & News

Hilton Food Group's stock was trading at GBX 1,002 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HFG shares have increased by 21.0% and is now trading at GBX 1,212. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hilton Food Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Hilton Food Group.

Hilton Food Group plc (LON:HFG) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 7th. The company reported $46.00 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $43.20 by $2.80. View Hilton Food Group's earnings history.

Hilton Food Group declared a dividend on Tuesday, April 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 28th will be paid a dividend of GBX 15.40 per share on Friday, June 26th. This represents a yield of 1.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 28th. This is a boost from Hilton Food Group's previous dividend of GBX 6. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Hilton Food Group's dividend history.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Hilton Food Group's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 1,020 to GBX 1,350. On average, they anticipate Hilton Food Group's stock price to reach GBX 1,185 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.2%. View analysts' price targets for Hilton Food Group.

News headlines about HFG stock have trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hilton Food Group earned a media sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Hilton Food Group.

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Hilton Food Group trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "HFG."

Shares of HFG 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.

One share of HFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 1,212.

Hilton Food Group has a market capitalization of £990.52 million and generates £1.81 billion in revenue each year. Hilton Food Group employs 4,718 workers across the globe.

The official website for Hilton Food Group is www.hiltonfoodgroupplc.com.

Hilton Food Group's mailing address is 2-8 Latham Road, HUNTINGDON, PE29 6YE, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1480-387214.