Manufacture and sell a wide range of chocolate and cocoa products globally. Supply industrial food manufacturers with bulk chocolate, compounds, and cocoa ingredients. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 20% a year over the last 4 years. Every year shown ended in profit.
The gap is $5.2B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
angles, checked one by one.
The 3 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
Profit per Sale: The profit kept from each sale is thin.
The stock trades 47% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 20% a year on average.
The company’s market value is 32 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
Since the drop from its peak, buyer appetite hasn’t come back. Council score: 0/10.
As the slice kept from each sale thins out, so does the profit. Council score: 3/10.
Against everything we grade, BYCBF lands somewhere in the middle. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: BYCBF is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.