Hotel Chocolat Group plc (HOTC) is a leading confectioners business based in the UK. On 5 October Hotel Chocolat Group shares leapt 11.11% to a closing position of 450p. Over the last 12 months, Hotel Chocolat Group's share price has risen by 5.19% from 347p. Hotel Chocolat Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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Since the stock market crash that started in February 2020, Hotel Chocolat Group's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was 490p, which is 16.33% up on its pre-crash value of 410p and 157.89% up on the lowest point reached during the March 2020 crash when the shares fell as low as 190p.
If you had bought £1,000 worth of Hotel Chocolat Group shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth £519.33 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth £1,082.85.
| Open | 380p |
|---|---|
| High | 380p |
| Low | 365p |
| Close | 365p |
| Previous close | 372p |
| Change | -7p |
| Change % | -1.8817% |
| Volume | 37,508 |
| 52-week range | 310p - 520p |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | 408.1072p |
| 200-day moving average | 385.8969p |
| Wall St. target price | 516.67p |
| PE ratio | 108.8889 |
| Dividend yield | 1.2p (0.24%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 4.5p |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of 365p
| 1 week (2021-10-07) | -20.82% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-09-17) | -3.95% |
| 3 months (2021-07-16) | -3.95% |
| 6 months (2021-04-16) | -9.88% |
| 1 year (2020-10-16) | 5.19% |
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| 2 years (2019-10-17) | -9.88% |
| 3 years (2018-10-17) | 36.45% |
| 5 years (2016-10-17) | 52.08% |
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value.
Hotel Chocolat Group's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 109x. In other words, Hotel Chocolat Group shares trade at around 109x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the FTSE 250 at the end of September 2019 (19.71). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Hotel Chocolat Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £16.9 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Hotel Chocolat Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | £164.6 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 6.9% |
| Gross profit TTM | £98.4 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 4.75% |
| Return on equity TTM | 8.2% |
| Profit margin | 3.46% |
| Book value | 0.571p |
| Market capitalisation | £672 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend yield: 0.24% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 0.63% of stock value
Hotel Chocolat Group has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 0.24% of its share value annually.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 5 March 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
| Dividend | Type | Ex-dividend date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|
| £0.006 | Interim | 05/03/2020 | 15/04/2020 |
| £0.012 | Final | 21/11/2019 | 20/12/2019 |
| £0.006 | Interim | 07/03/2019 | 17/04/2019 |
| £0.011 | Final | 22/11/2018 | 21/12/2018 |
| £0.006 | Interim | 01/03/2018 | 03/04/2018 |
Over the last 12 months, Hotel Chocolat Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as 310p up to 520p. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (LSE average) beta is 1, while Hotel Chocolat Group's is 1.2521. This would suggest that Hotel Chocolat Group's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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