MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Dividend is a sweetener after Cake Box drops

On Nov 20, 2023

Updated: 08:28, 20 November 2023

Almost everybody likes cake and virtually everybody likes a cause to have a good time, so Cake Box, providing freshly-baked, egg-free celebratory truffles, ought to be on to a winner.

And for a lot of its 15-year life, it has delivered the great. Founded in 2008, Cake Box joined AIM in 2018 with 91 franchise-run shops and a constant file of gross sales and earnings progress.

Floated at £1.08, the shares hit £4.28 in 2021, because the property doubled in dimension and turnover soared.

Last yr, nevertheless, founder Sukh Chamdal was compelled to subject a earnings warning, as Cake Box was hit by rising prices and falling gross sales. The shares crashed to £1.11 and are nonetheless considerably under their peak, at simply £1.48. The worth fails to replicate enhancements that Chamdal has made in current months or progress potential over the approaching years.

Costs have been tightened, a brand new chairman and finance director have been appointed and half-year outcomes final week revealed double-digit revenue progress and a ten.5 per cent hike within the interim dividend to 2.9p.

Going cheap: Cake Box¿s 214 shops specialise in egg-free products

Going low cost: Cake Box’s 214 outlets concentrate on egg-free merchandise

There at the moment are 214 franchise shops with Chamdal anticipating to take this to 400. The agency is spending on promoting and customers are responding with enthusiasm.

Brokers are in search of a 9 per cent improve in earnings to £5.9 million within the yr to March 2024 and a dividend of 8.4p, placing Cake Box on a yield of greater than 5.5 per cent. Longer-term progress is forecast too, as retailer numbers improve and inflationary pressures proceed to ease.

Midas verdict: Cake Box specialises in egg-free, fresh-cream truffles, widespread with customers who don’t eat eggs for spiritual or dietary causes and anybody else with a candy tooth. Midas beneficial the shares at £1.38 in 2019. They have been on a rollercoaster experience since then however at £.1.48, the worth appears too low cost. Some analysts consider the enterprise might appeal to predators if the shares don’t decide up quickly.

Traded on: AIM Ticker: CBOX Contact: buyers.eggfreecake.co.uk or 020 8443 1113

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