UK's Hilton Food Group 2025 profit just miss estimates

Hilton Food

31/03/2026 07:14

Overview

UK meat and food supplier's adjusted operating profit for 2025 was a slight miss versus analyst estimates

Company completed strategic review, will focus growth on core meat businesses and improvement plans for Seachill, Foppen, Dalco

Outlook

Company expects 2026 capital expenditure around £100m, including Poland and Canada projects

Hilton Foods remains cautious on inflation and Middle East risks impacting 2026 results

Result Drivers

RAW MATERIAL INFLATION - High input cost inflation impacted volumes and profitability, especially in Seachill and Foppen

REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS - Foppen incurred significant costs and stock write-offs due to US import restrictions on Greek exports

PRODUCT REFORMULATION - Co responded to customer demand for value by reformulating products and expanding mixed protein ranges

Company press release: ID:nRSe7172Ya

Key Details

Metric
Beat/Miss
Actual
Consensus Estimate
FY Adjusted Operating Profit
Slight Miss*
GBP 99.30 mln
GBP 99.63 mln (6 Analysts)
FY Operating Profit
GBP 90.20 mln
FY Pretax Profit
GBP 56.10 mln


*Applies to a deviation of less than 1%; not applicable for per-share numbers.

Analyst Coverage

The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 3 "strong buy" or "buy", 2 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

The average consensus recommendation for the food processing peer group is "buy"

Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Hilton Food Group PLC is GBp770.00, about 56.7% above its March 30 closing price of GBp491.50

The stock recently traded at 10 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 9 three months ago

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