3. Market (Stock) Analysis
High Liner Foods Share price history for the past five years
Figure 21. High Liner Foods inc. Price History Source: Yahoo Finance Canada, https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=HLF.TO#symbol=HLF.TO;range=
High Liner Foods is the Market leader of the value-added seafood, and we can see that strong position with the analysis of the share market price during the last five years.
The Company share price in the year of 2011 stood almost the same, from $ 8,27/share in January 1st to $ 8,17 in December 31st . This was a reflex of a period of great economic uncertainty, when unemployment was very high making consumers to be more careful and save money. We had also an American credit rating downgrade and the European debit crisis.
But the company results were very good with sales and earnings with a strong increase. Sales increased for the third consecutive year, from 177 million pounds in 2010 to more than 200 million. Revenue was up 14,3% to $ 668,6 million, with a contribution of the Viking Seafoods Inc, that was integrated in April, of $ 37,5 million.
In 2012 the share price had a significant increase of 96,94%, beginning the year with the value of $8,00 and closing de period with $ 15,77. The main reason was the inclusion of High liner Foods Incorporated in the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index. in September 21st . According to the president and CEO of the company it was an important milestone in their history, providing liquidity to the stocks.
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The weekly performance of the stock has a trend of constant growth with a significant growth in price compared to the IBM stock which happened in week four to six (09/30/11-10/06/16). A major factor for the large jump in the stock price is due to the shocking current news of Google acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Right after the announcement of
The graph below is per date 22/01/2013 which shows the present share value of Harvey Norman in regarding a comparison to last 12 months. Surprisingly the value of each share went down since September 2012 which was reached to its lowest point in the end of 2012.
The purpose of this paper is to compare the financial health of The Fresh Market and Kroger. The Fresh Market and Kroger focus on selling organic food. The Fresh Market is a 1.7 billion corporation compared to Kroger 108 billion. The information was obtained from the 2014 Balance Sheet and Income Statements for both grocery stores. . There are three different categories of ratios; liquidity, profitability and efficiency. Ratios enable one to not focus on the size of the company, but on the liquidity, profitably and efficiency and the overall financial health of the organization.
Total profit show a positive increase from 18% in 2013 to 31% in 2015, far reaching the brothers’ preference of $1.1 M in 2015, Appendix 3 showed $1.4 M net profit
Net income on the income statement: $2,377,000,000 ($5.37 per share), which is an increase of 15% compared to 2014.
The stock price went from $34 at the beginning of the 2010 fiscal year to $46 dollars in April largely
In 1975, Hi-Value Supermarkets became a division of Hall Consolidated, a privately owned wholesale and retail food distributor. In 2002, Hi-Value had sales of $192.2 million, which was the smallest out of the three supermarket chains owned by Hall Consolidated. Although Hi-Value is considered small against industry standards, they were the number one or two ranked supermarket chain in each of its trade markets measured through market share. The primary problem that Hi-Value has developed is that they are the highest priced compared to the competitors within the region. The Hi-Value Supermarket Shopper Interview Results (Exhibit 7 in case) demonstrates this through the question “Liked most about other regular store,” the most popular answer across the board was “Price.” So what is Hi-Value supposed to do?
How long they have been listed on the stock exchange and changes in share price over time
New England Seafood Company is a leader in the northeastern United States in harvesting and processing seafood. The company’s senior executives believe that there must be a change in the corporate strategy to maintain their competitive advantage, as foreign producers are affecting their current yields. Currently, New England Seafood Company operates in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico dealing exclusively in saltwater fish. Management feels that a move into the freshwater fish sector will provide the company with a new directive and future stability.
(j) The share price at year 2004 is 478p, and its increasing rate is 44% compared with the figure of 332.5p at 2003. Following, the share price is 520p at 2005 and 552.75p at 2006; its increasing rate is 9% and 6% in 2005 and 2006. With these figures we could easily see that even the figures are increasing, but the increasing rate is decreasing year after year.
are in excess of US$1 billion, and ALL STAR’s shares are traded publicly on the New
During this time, sales increased from: $7.11 billion in 2010 to $7.99 billion in 2012. Earnings improved from $2.84 to $3.57. While the total amount of dividends rose from $1.00 to $1.72. These figures are showing how the company has been continually increasing sales, earnings and dividends over the last three years. In the future, the management predicts that their current strategy will increase returns. As, executives believe that their focus on building the brand and accounting for costs will lead to net earnings of $5.20 to $7.19 annually by
A. Executive Summary: Neptune Gourmet Seafood is currently struggling with what appears to be a temporary problem of excess inventory. A combination of new coastline regulations and an investment in new fishing vessel technology and freezer trawlers has increased their average catch size while demand in the current segment has not grown as quickly. The Neptune management team is faced with a decision of how to clear out its excess inventory that is not moving fast enough under its Neptune Gold branding. My recommendation is to launch a mass-market product under a different product line in order to monetize excess inventory and position Neptune to capture more of the North American seafood market share. Going forward
The Earnings Per share in 2012 and 2013 were $2.90. This is an indicator that the company is still profitable since the ratio is a constant. The price per earnings in 2012 was 12.5 and 17.7 in 2013. A decrease in the price per share may indicate a vote of no confidence to investors. However, this can be attributed to the industry sector as well the stock.
In 2011, the company performed strongly – producing revenues of $134,264,000,000 and net income of $20,213,000,000. Financial data