Nichols

NICL · LSE · Consumer Defensive / Beverages - Non-Alcoholic

1,075.00GBX-30.00 (-2.71%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close1,105.00

Open1,070.00

Day Range1,070.00 – 1,080.00

52-Week Range846.56 – 1,200.00

Volume9.21K

Market Cap398.67M

P/E (TTM)16.77

Forward P/E13.07

EPS0.65

Dividend Yield3.59%

Beta0.47

50-Day Avg1,099.08

200-Day Avg997.14

About

Nichols plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in supply of soft drinks to the retail, wholesale, catering, licensed, and leisure industries in the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through Packaged and Out of Home segments. The company offers squash, still drinks, flavored water and carbonates, and energy drinks under the Vimto, Levi Roots, and SLUSH PUPPiE brands; and mixers, juices, cordials, post-mix, and frozen drinks under the ICEE, CocaCola, Pepsi, IRN BRU, Old Jamaica, Ocean Spray, and Sunkist brands. It distributes its products through grocery, wholesalers, and convenience stores, as well as cinemas chains, theme parks, pubs, and restaurants. The company also exports its products. Nichols plc was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Newton-le-Willows, the United Kingdom.

Company Details

SectorConsumer Defensive
IndustryBeverages - Non-Alcoholic
CEOMr. Andrew Paul Milne
Employees296
HeadquartersLaurel House, Newton-le-Willows, United Kingdom, WA12 0HH, UK
Websitehttps://www.nicholsplc.co.uk

Leadership

Mr. Andrew Paul MilneCEO & Executive Director · b. 1973
Mr. Matthew John RothwellCFO, Company Secretary & Director · b. 1978
Gary BrookesOperations & Sustainability Director
Sarah CaddyLegal Director
Ms. Rachel ArmerPeople Director
Rebecca HughesFinancial Controller

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: GBP	1986-12-31	1987-12-31	1988-12-31	1989-12-31	1990-12-31	1991-12-31	1992-12-31	1993-12-31	1994-12-31	1995-12-31	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31

Currency: GBP	1986-12-31	1987-12-31	1988-12-31	1989-12-31	1990-12-31	1991-12-31	1992-12-31	1993-12-31	1994-12-31	1995-12-31	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Total Revenue	28.74M	30.76M	39.34M	49.79M	49.83M	47.02M	47.05M	49.43M	56.32M	65.43M	72.65M	75.08M	72.97M	80.72M	90.42M	94.14M	96.23M	97.11M	88.07M	63.34M	52.30M	55.28M	56.22M	72.38M	83.90M	98.91M	107.79M	109.88M	109.20M	109.28M	117.35M	132.79M	142.04M	146.99M	118.66M	144.33M	164.93M	170.74M	172.81M	175.05M
Growth (%)	-	+7.05%	+27.89%	+26.56%	+0.08%	-5.63%	+0.05%	+5.07%	+13.93%	+16.18%	+11.04%	+3.34%	-2.81%	+10.63%	+12.01%	+4.12%	+2.22%	+0.92%	-9.31%	-28.09%	-17.43%	+5.70%	+1.71%	+28.74%	+15.92%	+17.89%	+8.97%	+1.94%	-0.62%	+0.07%	+7.38%	+13.16%	+6.96%	+3.48%	-19.27%	+21.63%	+14.27%	+3.53%	+1.21%	+1.30%
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53.84M	61.76M	70.60M	60.09M	61.40M	60.51M	51.97M	30.23M	24.76M	27.32M	27.52M	36.20M	42.15M	52.68M	59.66M	57.43M	59.03M	56.30M	58.23M	72.17M	77.17M	77.03M	69.02M	79.15M	93.91M	98.56M	93.86M	94.39M
Gross Profit	28.74M	30.76M	39.34M	49.79M	49.83M	47.02M	47.05M	49.43M	56.32M	65.43M	72.65M	75.08M	19.13M	18.96M	19.82M	34.05M	34.83M	36.60M	36.10M	33.10M	27.53M	27.95M	28.70M	36.18M	41.75M	46.23M	48.13M	52.45M	50.17M	52.98M	59.12M	60.62M	64.87M	69.96M	49.64M	65.17M	71.02M	72.18M	78.95M	80.67M
Gross Margin	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	26.22%	23.49%	21.92%	36.17%	36.19%	37.69%	40.99%	52.26%	52.65%	50.57%	51.05%	49.99%	49.76%	46.74%	44.65%	47.73%	45.94%	48.48%	50.38%	45.65%	45.67%	47.60%	41.83%	45.16%	43.06%	42.27%	45.69%	46.08%
Operating Expense	22.74M	24.73M	32.78M	-	42.72M	39.30M	39.56M	41.50M	47.87M	56.60M	63.19M	64.86M	9.93M	10.72M	11.29M	26.90M	39.43M	33.25M	31.28M	26.43M	22.12M	20.19M	24.84M	23.97M	26.92M	28.08M	27.61M	33.70M	32.34M	25.15M	28.79M	31.88M	33.23M	37.52M	43.06M	82.73M	57.56M	49.89M	57.46M	49.00M
Operating Income	5.99M	6.03M	6.56M	-	7.11M	7.72M	7.48M	7.93M	8.45M	8.83M	9.46M	10.22M	9.20M	8.24M	8.53M	7.15M	-4.60M	3.35M	4.83M	6.67M	5.42M	7.76M	3.86M	12.21M	14.82M	18.15M	20.52M	18.75M	17.83M	27.83M	30.32M	28.74M	31.64M	32.44M	6.58M	-17.55M	13.46M	22.29M	21.49M	31.67M
Operating Margin	20.85%	19.61%	16.68%	-	14.27%	16.42%	15.91%	16.04%	15.00%	13.49%	13.02%	13.61%	12.61%	10.21%	9.43%	7.59%	-4.78%	3.45%	5.48%	10.53%	10.35%	14.05%	6.87%	16.87%	17.67%	18.35%	19.03%	17.06%	16.33%	25.47%	25.84%	21.64%	22.27%	22.07%	5.55%	-12.16%	8.16%	13.05%	12.44%	18.09%
EBITDA	6.44M	6.75M	7.37M	870.00K	8.13M	8.84M	9.55M	9.30M	10.02M	11.60M	12.17M	13.37M	12.80M	13.21M	13.47M	12.55M	1.01M	6.71M	-3.40M	9.09M	6.34M	8.83M	4.76M	12.57M	15.33M	18.57M	20.97M	22.68M	25.91M	28.14M	31.34M	31.71M	33.85M	37.22M	11.70M	-12.53M	18.49M	26.72M	26.06M	33.79M
EBITDA Margin	22.42%	21.94%	18.73%	1.75%	16.31%	18.80%	20.30%	18.82%	17.80%	17.72%	16.76%	17.81%	17.54%	16.37%	14.90%	13.33%	1.05%	6.91%	-3.86%	14.35%	12.12%	15.98%	8.48%	17.37%	18.27%	18.78%	19.45%	20.64%	23.73%	25.75%	26.71%	23.88%	23.83%	25.32%	9.86%	-8.68%	11.21%	15.65%	15.08%	19.30%
Net Income	3.83M	3.82M	4.24M	3.65M	4.54M	5.17M	5.60M	5.93M	5.99M	6.30M	6.57M	7.26M	5.49M	6.20M	5.25M	4.07M	-5.66M	1.74M	-8.70M	3.96M	6.27M	5.67M	2.96M	8.35M	10.82M	13.33M	15.26M	14.11M	14.15M	22.23M	25.48M	23.17M	25.52M	26.84M	4.85M	-22.17M	11.63M	18.36M	17.84M	21.44M
Net Income Margin	13.33%	12.41%	10.77%	7.32%	9.10%	11.00%	11.91%	12.00%	10.63%	9.64%	9.04%	9.67%	7.52%	7.68%	5.80%	4.32%	-5.88%	1.79%	-9.88%	6.26%	12.00%	10.26%	5.26%	11.54%	12.90%	13.47%	14.16%	12.84%	12.95%	20.35%	21.71%	17.45%	17.96%	18.26%	4.09%	-15.36%	7.05%	10.75%	10.32%	12.25%
R&D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.00K	100.00K	100.00K	300.00K	200.00K	200.00K	-	-
R&D as % of Total Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.07%	0.07%	0.08%	0.21%	0.12%	0.12%	-	-
Interest Expense	78.00K	77.00K	11.00K	6.58M	9.00K	13.00K	7.00K	675.00K	561.00K	4.00K	8.00K	9.00K	24.00K	421.00K	984.00K	1.12M	940.00K	790.00K	887.00K	707.00K	98.00K	7.00K	54.00K	360.00K	163.00K	116.00K	331.00K	264.00K	164.00K	201.00K	134.00K	154.00K	77.00K	252.00K	190.00K	158.00K	134.00K	123.00K	117.00K	169.00K
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue	0.27%	0.25%	0.03%	13.21%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	1.37%	1.00%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.03%	0.52%	1.09%	1.19%	0.98%	0.81%	1.01%	1.12%	0.19%	0.01%	0.10%	0.50%	0.19%	0.12%	0.31%	0.24%	0.15%	0.18%	0.11%	0.12%	0.05%	0.17%	0.16%	0.11%	0.08%	0.07%	0.07%	0.10%

Balance Sheet

Currency: GBP	1987-12-31	1988-12-31	1989-12-31	1990-12-31	1991-12-31	1992-12-31	1993-12-31	1994-12-31	1995-12-31	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-06-30	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31

Currency: GBP	1987-12-31	1988-12-31	1989-12-31	1990-12-31	1991-12-31	1992-12-31	1993-12-31	1994-12-31	1995-12-31	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-06-30	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Total Assets	20.54M	22.89M	19.71M	20.73M	23.90M	28.78M	32.17M	37.54M	38.65M	40.59M	46.40M	51.82M	62.11M	71.30M	74.46M	61.63M	59.21M	37.75M	41.63M	37.00M	38.05M	36.61M	42.93M	50.45M	64.63M	73.21M	79.83M	85.68M	97.80M	117.28M	127.40M	141.82M	156.34M	145.95M	131.17M	122.16M	-	130.96M	121.49M	131.56M
Total Liabilities	8.08M	8.21M	9.47M	8.75M	8.93M	10.38M	10.11M	11.93M	14.74M	15.16M	17.33M	21.80M	28.94M	36.13M	38.48M	34.56M	34.20M	19.69M	24.64M	16.99M	14.56M	15.35M	18.47M	20.27M	28.33M	28.22M	25.89M	27.61M	24.79M	31.31M	28.07M	29.71M	31.00M	26.08M	38.14M	33.42M	-	33.62M	37.44M	36.81M
Total Equity	12.46M	14.68M	10.23M	11.98M	14.97M	18.40M	22.05M	25.61M	23.83M	25.43M	29.06M	30.02M	33.17M	35.17M	35.98M	27.07M	25.01M	18.06M	16.99M	20.01M	23.50M	21.27M	24.46M	30.18M	36.30M	44.99M	53.94M	58.08M	73.01M	85.97M	99.32M	112.11M	125.34M	119.88M	93.03M	88.74M	-	97.34M	84.05M	94.75M
Cash	2.87M	2.99M	1.62M	3.30M	6.59M	9.61M	10.68M	11.02M	3.30M	3.45M	6.06M	1.43M	410.00K	572.00K	635.00K	1.74M	1.37M	2.99M	-	7.46M	7.81M	6.05M	11.21M	14.97M	20.11M	24.75M	34.29M	34.48M	35.44M	39.75M	36.06M	38.90M	40.94M	47.29M	56.67M	56.30M	-	67.03M	55.19M	55.74M
Total Debt	646.00K	-	366.00K	-	-	-	-	-	134.00K	122.00K	69.00K	5.70M	12.03M	17.25M	19.34M	16.68M	14.90M	6.09M	6.31M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.58M	3.75M	2.82M	2.54M	-	18.06M	3.75M	4.71M
Net Debt	-2.23M	-2.99M	-1.25M	-3.30M	-6.59M	-9.61M	-10.68M	-11.02M	-3.17M	-3.33M	-5.99M	4.27M	11.62M	16.68M	18.71M	14.94M	13.53M	3.10M	6.31M	-7.46M	-7.81M	-6.05M	-11.21M	-14.97M	-20.11M	-24.75M	-34.29M	-34.48M	-35.44M	-39.75M	-36.06M	-38.90M	-37.36M	-43.55M	-53.85M	-53.76M	-	-48.97M	-51.43M	-51.02M

Cash Flow

Currency: GBP	1991-12-31	1992-12-31	1993-12-31	1994-12-31	1995-12-31	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31

Currency: GBP	1991-12-31	1992-12-31	1993-12-31	1994-12-31	1995-12-31	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow	4.53M	4.71M	3.52M	5.20M	5.17M	4.70M	8.79M	2.21M	8.53M	4.13M	4.45M	6.96M	2.37M	4.89M	7.07M	4.12M	5.37M	6.81M	11.02M	11.45M	12.81M	12.72M	16.54M	11.90M	18.11M	20.16M	17.74M	23.26M	28.19M	21.51M	19.90M	16.34M	20.01M	16.90M	15.61M
Investing Cash Flow	-1.23M	-1.69M	-2.45M	-4.86M	-3.25M	-3.31M	-6.48M	-7.00M	-5.34M	-9.19M	-6.48M	-3.19M	-1.03M	8.63M	-6.97M	13.13M	-1.10M	-4.13M	-1.52M	-3.09M	-2.55M	-2.22M	-228.00K	-4.06M	-8.50M	-5.93M	-10.22M	-7.62M	-10.56M	-3.57M	-1.25M	-802.00K	1.81M	1.65M	-791.00K
Financing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-646.00K	-2.24M	-701.00K	-1.49M	-2.59M	4.19M	7.14M	-2.66M	-1.72M	-11.90M	-3.09M	-9.78M	-3.92M	-4.45M	-4.33M	-4.60M	-5.11M	-5.87M	-6.77M	-7.65M	-8.66M	-9.91M	-11.21M	-12.80M	-15.58M	-11.59M	-9.27M	-15.91M	-11.09M	-31.91M	-12.76M
Capital Expenditure	1.45M	1.94M	2.77M	4.92M	4.17M	3.65M	5.64M	11.15M	9.16M	7.46M	6.37M	3.76M	2.49M	2.13M	1.70M	837.00K	336.00K	220.00K	202.00K	503.00K	302.00K	297.00K	692.00K	4.03M	1.77M	2.44M	3.79M	3.86M	5.91M	2.87M	1.24M	1.25M	479.00K	851.00K	957.00K
Free Cash Flow	3.08M	2.77M	756.00K	277.00K	1.01M	1.05M	3.14M	-8.93M	-633.00K	-3.33M	-1.92M	3.20M	-117.00K	2.76M	5.38M	3.28M	5.04M	6.59M	10.82M	10.94M	12.51M	12.43M	15.85M	7.86M	16.34M	17.71M	13.95M	19.41M	22.28M	18.64M	18.66M	15.09M	21.63M	16.05M	14.66M
Dividends Paid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.25M	3.25M	3.25M	3.31M	3.48M	3.70M	3.91M	4.19M	4.60M	5.20M	5.87M	6.64M	7.52M	8.59M	9.81M	11.21M	12.80M	14.47M	10.34M	6.87M	9.38M	10.18M	31.15M	11.73M
FCF to OCF	68.01%	58.89%	21.47%	5.33%	19.52%	22.32%	35.77%	-403.25%	-7.42%	-80.79%	-43.08%	45.95%	-4.94%	56.41%	76.01%	79.66%	93.75%	96.77%	98.17%	95.61%	97.64%	97.67%	95.82%	66.10%	90.24%	87.88%	78.61%	83.42%	79.03%	86.65%	93.77%	92.38%	108.08%	94.96%	93.87%
Dividend Paid to FCF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	101.78%	-2780.34%	117.91%	61.54%	106.01%	73.38%	59.41%	38.76%	42.05%	41.54%	47.20%	41.89%	95.60%	52.56%	55.36%	80.40%	65.97%	64.93%	55.47%	36.80%	62.18%	47.05%	194.10%	80.04%

Earnings

Report Date	Mar 13, 2014	Mar 2, 2016	Jul 21, 2016	Feb 28, 2017	Jul 20, 2017	Mar 1, 2018	Jul 18, 2018	Feb 27, 2019	May 1, 2019	Jul 17, 2019	Nov 27, 2019	Feb 26, 2020	Jun 3, 2020	Jul 22, 2020	Nov 19, 2020	Mar 3, 2021	Apr 28, 2021	Jul 21, 2021	Dec 1, 2021	Mar 2, 2022	Apr 27, 2022	Jul 27, 2022	Nov 30, 2022	Mar 3, 2023	Apr 26, 2023	Jul 27, 2023	Nov 29, 2023	Apr 24, 2024	Mar 24, 2025	Jul 23, 2025
EPS Estimate	0.00	37.08	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	29.80	0.00	42.10	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
EPS Actual	0.00	0.37	0.28	0.41	0.28	0.35	0.29	0.40	0.00	0.30	0.00	0.43	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.19	0.00	-0.60	0.00	0.22	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.30
Surprise	-	-99.00%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-98.99%	-	-98.98%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Timing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pre-market	-	Pre-market	-	Pre-market	-	After-hours	-	After-hours	-	Pre-market

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap398.67M

Enterprise Value356.79M

Trailing P/E16.77

Forward P/E13.07

PEG Ratio0.00

Price / Sales2.23

Price / Book4.12

EPS0.65

Book Value2.72

Revenue (TTM)179.08M

Gross Profit (TTM)82.26M

EBITDA37.20M

Profit Margin13.39%

Operating Margin15.79%

Return on Equity25.77%

Return on Assets16.62%

Shares Outstanding36.57M

Shares Float19.06M

Beta0.47

Dividend Yield3.59%

Dividend Rate0.39

Payout Ratio51.77%

Dividends

20262×

0.20Aug 6, 20260.19Mar 19, 2026

20252×

0.15Aug 7, 20250.17Mar 20, 2025

20242×

0.70Aug 1, 20240.16Mar 21, 2024

20232×

0.13Aug 3, 20230.15Mar 23, 2023

20222×

0.12Aug 4, 20220.13Mar 24, 2022

20212×

0.10Jul 29, 20210.09Mar 25, 2021

20202×

0.28Jul 30, 20200.28Mar 19, 2020

20192×

0.12Jul 25, 20190.27Mar 21, 2019

20182×

0.11Jul 26, 20180.23Mar 22, 2018

20172×

0.10Jul 27, 20170.20Apr 6, 2017

20162×

0.09Jul 28, 20160.18Mar 31, 2016

20152×

0.08Jul 30, 20150.15Apr 2, 2015

Stock Splits

Oct 8, 19935:2