Hotel Chocolat (HOTC)

Company name:	Hotel Chocolat Group Plc
EPIC:	HOTC	Trading Currency:	GBX
Market Sector:	AMQ1	ISIN:	GB00BYZC3B04
Market Segment:	ASQ1	Share Type:	DE
WWW Address:	http://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/investor-relations	Description:	ORD 0.1P
Industry Sector:	FOOD PRODUCERS

Hotel Chocolat Key Figures

(at previous day's close)
Market Cap.	370.17	m
Shares In Issue	125.48	m
Prev. Close	287.50
PE Ratio	30.41
Dividend Yield	0.61	%
EPS - basic	9.70	p
Dividend PS	1.80	p
Dividend Cover	5.39
Cash Flow PS	15.07	p
Return On Equity (ROE)	23.09	%
Operating Margin	10.61	%
PEG Factor	2.97
EPS Growth Rate	10.23	%
Dividends PS Growth Rate	5.88	%
Net Debt	19.08	m
Gross Gearing	33.51	%
Quick Assets	18.27	m
Net Working Capital	9.92	m
Intangibles / Fixed Assets	6.75	%
Turnover PS	105.58	p
Pre-Tax Profit PS	11.20	p
Retained Profit PS	7.55	p
Cash PS	4.60	p
Net Cash PS	-12.25	p
Net Tangible Asset Value PS *	36.99	p
Net Asset Value PS	39.31	p
Spread	10.00 (3.39%)
* Calculation based on Ordinary Capital figure as contained in last annual report, and the most recent shares in issue figure. Therefore the ratio might be exposed to inaccuracies.

Period ^†	Open	Change	%	Open Avg.	Avg. Daily Vol [m]	Total Vol [m]	VWAP
1 week	300.00	-5.00	-1.67	265.00	0.10		277.49
4 weeks	305.00	-10.00	-3.28	265.00	0.11		305.62
12 weeks	407.50	-112.50	-27.61	190.00	0.15		289.29
26 weeks	421.00	-126.00	-29.93	190.00	0.10		340.78
1 year	334.00	-39.00	-11.68	190.00	0.08		359.96
3 years	370.00	-75.00	-20.27	190.00	0.10		331.92
5 years	175.50	119.50	68.09	151.50	0.11		304.20
† periods calculated are whole weeks rather than calendar months

(Market value analysis) at previous day's close
PQ Ratio	7.30
PE Ratio	30.41
Tobin's Q Ratio	5.51
Tobin's Q Ratio (excl. intangibles)	5.75
Dividend Yield	0.61	%
Market-to-Book Ratio	7.50
Price-to-Pre-Tax Profit PS	26.34
Price-to-Retained Profit PS	39.08
Price-to-Cash Flow PS	19.57
Price-to-Sales PS	2.79
Price-to-Net Tangible Asset Value PS	7.97
Price-to-Cash PS	64.06
Net Working Capital PS	7.91
Price Pct to Working Capital PS	37.30	%
Earnings Yield	3.29	%
Average PE	43.25
Years in average	4
PE to PE average	70.31	%

(Leverage Ratios)
Debt Ratio	6.99	%
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	0.08
Debt-to-Equity Ratio (excl. Intgbl)	0.08
Debt-to-Equity Market Value	0.01
Net Gearing	25.72	%
Net Gearing (excl. Intangibles)	26.77	%
Gross Gearing	33.51	%
Gross Gearing (excl. Intangibles)	34.88	%
Gearing Under 1 Year	28.51	%
Gearing Under 1 Year (excl. Intgbl)	29.68	%
Assets/Equity	1.50
Cash/Equity	11.71
(Liquidity Ratios)
Net Working Capital to Total Assets	13.38	%
Current Ratio	1.47
Quick Ratio (Acid Test)	0.86
Liquidity Ratio	0.27
Cash & Equiv/Current Assets	18.59	%
(Solvency Ratios)
Enterprise Value	368.10	m
CFO/Sales	0.14
CFO/Attributable Profit	1.66
CFO/Assets	0.25
CFO/Debt	0.76
Total Debt/Equity Market Value	0.07
Total Debt/Sales	0.19
Total Debt/Pre-Tax Profit	1.77
Total Debt	24.86	m
Total Debt/Net Current Assets	2.51	%
(Dodds - Graham Ratios)
3 yr Compound Earnings Growth	7.54	%
5 yr Compound Earnings Growth	-	%
10 yr Compound Earnings Growth	-	%
Earn drops > 5% in 10yrs	-

Beta (60-Mnth)	Beta (36-Mnth)
0.1551	0.0943

(Profitability Ratios)
Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)	26.49	%
Return On Assets (ROA)	16.95	%
Net Profit Margin	8.60	%
Assets Turnover	1.97
Return On Equity (ROE)	23.09	%
Return On Investment (ROI)	23.70	%
Dividend Payout Ratio	18.56	%
Plowback Ratio	81.44	%
Growth from Plowback Ratio	20.86	%
Net Income Of Revenues	7.15	%
(Asset Utilisation Multiples)
Shareholders Equity Turnover	2.98
Fixed Assets Turnover	3.21
Current Assets Turnover	5.10
Net Working Capital Turnover
Inventory Turnover	10.45
(Other Operating Ratios)
Total Assets-to-Sales	0.51
Debtors-to-Sales	7.78	%
Debt Collection Period	28.38	Days

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