Growth Focus: Freedom Foods Group Ltd (FNP)

by Patrick Taylor 05 November 2018



 
Date of Data Capture: 5/11/2018
 
Name: FREEDOM FOODS GROUP LTD (FNP)
      
Classification: Food Processing
 
Current Price: $5.12
 
Market Capitalisation: $1.264 B
 
Forecast EBITDA Growth: 66.84%
 
Yield Estimate: 1.12%
 
Consensus Price Target: $6.86
 
# Covering Analysts: 2
 
Discount at Current Price: 33.98%
 
Price Target Trend: Increasing-Flat
 
Signal Timeframe: Quarterly-Monthly-Daily
 
Trend Bias: Up-Down / Long-Short

Indicators:
Short-term: Positive-Neutral
Medium-term: Neutral-Negative
Long-term: Positive-Neutral

Recommendation: Buy
 
Focus: Capital Growth
 
Set up Notes:
·    Despite pulling back 30% over the last 2 months FNP remains in longer-term uptrend and this should be a good opportunity to pick up a high-performing stock at a handy discount.
·    Excellent performance has been driving prices higher and we expect this to continue with very strong forecasts for increasing sales, margins and earnings carrying through to 2021.
·    Pricing has pulled back to $5 support - which was the last breakout zone and it is fairly normal to see this retested – and we have shorter-term signalling turning positive here, right now.
·    Price targets sit higher at $6.00, $6.50 and $7.00 and we see support layered in at $5.00, $4.50 and down to $4.00 if needed.


Growth Focus: Freedom Foods Group Ltd (FNP)

Our primary focus here is capital gain, we will select our stocks from the ASX Top 500 All Ordinaries Index.

We don’t take liberties when we recommend stocks - each choice must pass through our selection process and stand out amongst peers with solid performance and great potential. We do however like to take advantage of good opportunities and short-term weakness in great companies, and that is why we are putting Freedom Foods Group Ltd (FNP) back on the table as we hope to take a bite of their healthy dip in price.

Established in 1990 and based in Sydney, FNP manufactures and sells specialty food products, mostly operating within the ‘health and wellness’ sector of the market. Being a mostly domestic operator within Australia, the company is gaining exposure to markets within North America, the Middle East, China, South-East Asia and New Zealand, working with Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, Costco, 7Eleven, Wholefoods and Target, among other major brands.

The market for organic/non-allergenic foods and products has been growing steadily for years - most visible in the gluten-free and organic consumer trends - with further gains forecast to continue and even gain strength out to 2021. Although analyst coverage is relatively thin, aggressive growth across sales, margins and earning is expected and reflected in the current large discount to rising consensus price targets.

A more focussed push into the Chinese markets is coming with FNP recently announcing a joint venture with Theland New Cloud Digimart Co for the development of Freedom’s “Arnold’s Farm” range of snacks and cereals in China earlier this month. Theland is majority owned by Alibaba and makes its produce available throughout 25 provinces and distributed to 4000 outlets, representing a continuation of five years trading within China and remains a key area of growth for the company going forward.

The share price of FNP gained almost 3000% from the beginning of the rally seven years ago, reaching a peak of $7.00 in September before falling almost 30% over the last eight weeks. Right now the price is sitting just above major support at $5.00 and with short-term signalling turning positive we are expecting a rally to take pricing higher in the short-term and for the longer-term strength to continue. We take confidence in the very large on-market buying by directors and Perich family members taking advantage of recent market weakness. We are also happy to take a bite of FNP at these levels and think they can continue to firm up their bottom line.

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