# Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (PBH.TO) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. TSX, Canada. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Food & Staples Retailing. Price C$78.75, market value C$3.5 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 127.0×** (5-yr avg 46.8×, 3-yr avg 59.5×). Premium Brands Holdings Corporation trades at 127.0× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 46.8×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Consumer Defensive median in the September 2026 study was 20.1×. Forward P/E is 11.0×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 0.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.4×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 1.7×**. The shares trade at 1.7× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 12.6×**. Enterprise value is 12.6× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 0.4%** (5-yr avg -2.2%). Free cash flow equals 0.4% of the market value, above its five-year average of -2.2%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been.
- **Earnings yield: 0.8%**. The inverse of the P/E: 0.8% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 16.8%**. Premium Brands Holdings Corporation keeps 16.8% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, a thin margin typical of retail, distribution and commodity businesses.
- **Operating margin: 5.7%**. 5.7% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 0.5%**. 0.5% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 2.4%**. 2.4% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 4.7%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 4.7%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 1.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 1.4% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 15.6%** (3-yr 7.4%/yr, 5-yr 12.9%/yr). Revenue grew 15.6% over the last year, against 12.9% a year compounded over five years: growth is accelerating.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -66.9%** (3-yr -36.8%/yr, 5-yr -16.0%/yr). Earnings per share fell 66.9%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 2.06**. Debt is 2.06 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 6.2×**. It would take 6.2 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Interest coverage: 2.1×**. Operating profit covers interest 2.1×, thin but manageable.
- **Current ratio: 1.23** (quick 0.47). Current assets cover the next year's liabilities 1.23 times.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 4.32%** (C$3.40 per share, trailing). Premium Brands Holdings Corporation yields 4.32%, an income-level yield.
- **Payout ratio: 377%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (377% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 18**. 18 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 8.0%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has grown 8.0% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -12.4%** (YTD -21.0%, 3-mo -7.2%). The shares are down 12.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -26.3%** (0.6% above the low). Trading 26% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 35**. An RSI of 35 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.54** (volatility 28%). Beta of 0.54 against the S&P/TSX Composite: the shares move much less than the market.

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