Kerry Group plc (KRYAY) Stock

About Kerry Group plc

Kerry Group plc, together with its various subsidiaries, is dedicated to conceiving, formulating, and furnishing cutting-edge taste and nutritional offerings. These solutions are provided to the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical sectors across an extensive global reach, including Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The enterprise operates through two distinct divisions: Taste & Nutrition and Consumer Foods. The Taste & Nutrition segment specializes in supplying advanced technologies and integrated solutions for flavor, nutritional content, and functional ingredients to the food, drink, and pharmaceutical industries. Conversely, the Consumer Foods segment concentrates on the production and distribution of chilled food items under customer brands, primarily serving the markets of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Founded in 1972, Kerry Group plc's corporate base is located in Tralee, Ireland.

Kerry Group plc is headquartered in IE.

Kerry Group plc (KRYAY) stock trades at $94.11 with a market capitalization of $15.04B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 26.35, price-to-book of 2.22, price-to-sales of 2.60. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $74.48 and $106.01, and currently trades 11.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.44%.

On profitability, Kerry Group plc generates a return on equity (ROE) of 11.11%, return on capital employed of 9.92%, an operating margin of 17.80%, a net profit margin of 13.10%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Kerry Group plc reported annual revenue of $6.8B, net profit of $659.0M. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue declined at an average annual rate of 0.6%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 3.5%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44 (debt below half of shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 1.68, total assets of $10.7B, $349.0M in cash and equivalents.

KRYAY has an average daily trading volume of 44,293 shares, a beta of 0.57 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.kerry.com