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Employees: 7,389
Size Hilton Food (HFG.L) is a United Kingdom Consumer Staples company (Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy) with a market value of $889M, the 229th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £735.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 39.2%, against -9.6% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.8%); the operating margin is 1.0% (peer median 2.1%).
Valuation It trades at 14.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.1× (5th cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 19% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is +10 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.3 points below its cost of capital (8.7% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 7 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £4.41B | £4.21B | £3.82B | £3.99B | £3.85B |
| Revenue growth | — | +10% | -4% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | £354M | £359M | £354M | £353M | £295M |
| EBITDA | £117M | £138M | £163M | £167M | £153M |
| Net income | £20.6M | £47.9M | £39.3M | £36.4M | £17.7M |
| Free cash flow | £16.7M | £400,000 | £58.9M | £113M | £5.55M |
| Capital expenditure | £77.5M | £80.1M | £74.6M | £59.6M | £56.8M |
| Total debt | n/a | £475M | £449M | £493M | £545M |
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| Measure | HFG.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +2.8% | +0.3% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +39.2% | -9.6% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -2.6% | -25.3% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.6% | +3.8% | 7th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 2.1% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 14.1× | 26.1× | 5th cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 18.5% | 11.8% | 3rd most demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.7% | +7.2% | 5th highest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +9.8 pp | -3.0 pp | 4th most demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -4.3 pp | -2.1 pp | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.3× | 1.8× | 4th most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Food HFG.L | United Kingdom | $889M | +39% | +7% | 1% | 14.1× | 18.5% | +8.7% |
| Hunan New Wellful 600975.SS | China | $902M | -14% | -14% | -33% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Savencia SAVE.PA | France | $871M | -11% | -2% | 3% | 5.4× | -3.8% | +6.2% |
| Kwality Walls (India) KWIL.NS | India | $950M | +32% | n/a | -13% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Huatong Meat Products 002840.SZ | China | $957M | -37% | -16% | -10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Sanyuan Foods 600429.SS | China | $973M | -29% | 0% | -1% | 23.4× | 24.8% | -2.8% |
| HUANLEJIA Food 300997.SZ | China | $1.06B | -17% | +4% | 7% | 54.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Jinzi Ham 002515.SZ | China | $1.06B | -15% | -2% | -11% | 277.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Prima Meat Packers,Ltd 2281.T | Japan | $724M | -9% | +5% | 2% | 12.8× | -1.2% | +1.9% |
| Umios 1333.T | Japan | $1.14B | -10% | +3% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| NewPrinces NWL.MI | Italy | $1.16B | +40% | +81% | 1% | n/a | 0.6% | +44.5% |
| Beingmate 002570.SZ | China | $680M | -16% | -4% | 3% | 28.3× | 11.8% | +0.8% |
| Shandong Oriental Ocean Sci-Tech 002086.SZ | China | $1.17B | +94% | +6% | -35% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Mama's Creations MAMA | United States | $632M | +2% | +54% | 5% | 46.4× | 17.6% | +33.3% |
| Dodla Dairy DODLA.NS | India | $625M | -14% | +17% | 4% | 28.6× | 33.7% | +16.2% |
| Zhejiang Yiming Food 605179.SS | China | $1.27B | +22% | 0% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Scandi Standard SCST.ST | Sweden | $1.35B | +38% | +8% | 5% | 27.2× | 1.8% | +7.2% |
| MEGMILK SNOW BRAND 2270.T | Japan | $1.36B | +12% | 0% | 3% | 7.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Bega Cheese BGA.AX | Australia | $1.36B | +23% | +7% | 3% | 24.9× | 18.4% | +12.7% |
| Starzen 8043.T | Japan | $574M | +36% | +4% | 2% | 9.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Henan Huaying Agricultural Development 002321.SZ | China | $569M | -16% | +24% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |