Jack Sherwin – Aspiring Stock & Forex Market Analyst
I am working to build a published portfolio of stock and forex analysis with Samuel and Co Trading. I will be posting my analysis weekly, so keep your eyes peeled for my market outlook. I would like to open my analysis for discussion and feedback from the community.
Stock in question: AIM:FEVR (Fevertree Drinks PLC)
Founded in 2004, Fevertree drinks PLC are a UK-based premium mixer drink company that has been taking the market by storm in the last few years. We have seen a great uprising in the popularity of the Gin industry in the UK in recent years and according to The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WTSA), Gin sales by volume increased by 28% in 2018 alone. What is the most popular serving of gin? it is of course tonic and it seems the market is liking one tonic brand in particular above the rest and in the Drinks International’s Annual Brand Report FEVR were voted the No1 best-selling and No1 trending tonic water for the 5th year running. So how are they performing now?
Source:Tradingview
In my opinion, this is one of the best technical charts I have had in my reports so far. As you can see, the price has proven to be very volatile since the beginning of the year with us seeing a price hike from 2,165p to yearly highs at 3,289p however since then we have seen a steep price decline down to the 2,400p level of its previous low. This level happens to coincide with the long term uptrend that is seen in blue which was drawn on the weekly chart. In the last few days, we have seen a strong daily pin bar close right on the 2,400p level and trendline followed by a day of consolidation. This presents a good opportunity at a fair price and I will be looking for confirmation to go long on this stock aiming to achieve a price target of 3,000p. This level has proven to be an area of resistance to previous rallies and we have seen two rebounds from here in recent times so without any significant good news for the company I will expect this level to hold strong in this case. My trade idea will be invalidated if the price reaches the yearly lows around 2,100p.
Fundamentals
On the 12th of June 2019, HSBC started their Fevertree rating at a buy with a price target of 3,400p, adding to the existing ratings from Numis, Deutsche Bank, RBC capital markets and several others. On the 17th of June, Numis reiterated their buy rating on this stock with a price target of 3,600p and most interestingly Morgan Stanley reiterated their overweight rating on the 13th with a target of 4,000p.
Source:IG.com
As you can see here the full range of ratings is coming through as an average buy rating however half of the ratings are strong buys showing some good potential in this stock value.
Source:SimplyWallSt
Looking into the historical debt of the company, their historical debt is in very good shape currently and has shown to have been for the past 4 years. Prior to this was the period where FEVR was not listed on the AIM market so obtaining data can be difficult so I am not focussing on that period. Since listing. FEVR has shown to grow cash levels and net worth year by year whilst holding a steady, low and manageable debt level.
Source:IG.com
Fevertree has seen growth across the board for the past 5 years and is not looking to be slowing down, as mentioned they are proving to be the UK’s favourite premium mixer and this is clearly expanding to other regions being stocked in 74 countries across the world. In 2018 Net Income grew by 35% from £45m to £68m, Total Equity grew by 40% from £130m to 183m and Cash from Operating activities grew by 34% from £34m to £45m. This is one of the greatest percentage increases across the board in recent years and it is not incapable of continuing this trend.
In conclusion, I think this stock is presenting us with a great opportunity for a long position at its current position. The technicals look good with its pin bar on the daily chart bouncing off of the long term trendline and 2,400p level. The fundamentals are performing well and they most definitely have a great market share with 9/10 of the worlds top rated bars stocking Fevertree. Thank you for taking the time to read my article, comments welcome.
References:
Fevertree – Investors - https://fever-tree.com/en_GB/investors
Fevertree – Investors – AGM report - https://fevertree.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/reports/7baeb5fe4ce45bcfdafa68c92f481f57.pdf
Fevertree – Wikipedia - Fever-Tree - Wikipedia
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