Premium Brands (PRBZF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Premium Brands Holdings Corporation is a Canadian food manufacturing and distribution company headquartered in British Columbia. Through a portfolio of specialty food businesses, the company produces and markets prepared and processed meats, deli products, sandwiches, ready-to-eat meals, seafood, and other specialty food items.

Its products are sold under a range of proprietary and partner brands through grocery retailers, foodservice operators, restaurants, institutional customers, and other distribution channels. Premium Brands also operates food distribution businesses that supply products to customers across Canada and the United States.

The company’s operations have grown through the development and acquisition of food manufacturing and distribution businesses, with a focus on specialty products and regional brands. Premium Brands is led by George Paleologou, who serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $50.24 to $54.48
• 50-Day Range: $48.85 to $57.53
• 52-Week Range: $48.80 to $77.81
• Volume: 14,756 shs
• Average Volume: 21,765 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 107.43
• Dividend Yield: 2.30%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Premium Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Premium Brands scored higher than 7% 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: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Premium Brands has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Premium Brands has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Premium Brands is 107.43, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.36.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Premium Brands is 107.43, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 25.30.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Premium Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 37.44, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Premium Brands has recently increased by 10.17%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Premium Brands is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.47%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Premium Brands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Premium Brands is 246.58%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: N/A
• News Sentiment: N/A

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

33.51% of the stock of Premium Brands is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:PRBZF
• CIK: 1503812
• Web: www.premiumbrandsholdings.com
• Phone: (604) 656-3100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 259
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 107.43
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A