CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 7.34
Dividend & Yield0.16£ (4.21%)
Beta 1.1
Market capitalization 73.4M
Operating cash flow 7.85M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

The Character Group plc designs, develops, and distributes toys, games, and gifts in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company sells its products under the Goo Jit Zu, Peppa Pig, Pokémon, Little Live Pets, Shimmer ‘n Sparkle, Treasure X, Instaglam, Mashems, Teletubbies, and Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom brands. It also imports and distributes gifts; and invests in properties. The Character Group plc was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in New Malden, the United Kingdom.

Sector: Consumer Cyclical - Industry: Leisure

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-08-31 2019-08-31 2020-08-31 2021-08-31
Change To Liabilities 1.97M -438k -2.33M 11.96M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -1.88M -11.03M -2.29M -6.23M
Net Borrowings 509k 509k 509k -606k
Total Cash From Financing Activities -4.53M -6.08M -2.66M -2.53M
Change To Operating Activities
Issuance Of Stock 1.28M 519k 205k
Net Income 9.61M 7.91M 3.15M 12.16M
Change In Cash 4.04M -9.08M 12.62M 16.8M
Effect Of Exchange Rate -247k 151k -7k 81k
Total Cash From Operating Activities 10.7M 7.88M 17.57M 25.48M
Depreciation 463k 547k 1.02M 1.19M
Change To Account Receivables 262k -1.28M 11.96M -3.01M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -15k -15k
Change To Netincome -1.17M 1.4M 317k -2.29M
Capital Expenditures -326k -449k -528k -7.13M

Income Statement 2018-08-31 2019-08-31 2020-08-31 2021-08-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 11.72M 9.84M 3.92M 15.29M
Net Income 9.61M 7.91M 3.15M 12.16M
Selling General Administrative 25.23M 30.23M 25.3M 29.55M
Gross Profit 36.34M 41.57M 30.16M 40.44M
Ebit 11.65M 11.59M 5.36M 11.23M
Operating Income 11.65M 11.59M 5.36M 11.23M
Interest Expense -68k -374k -253k -106k
Income Tax Expense 2.11M 2.34M 936k 3.09M
Total Revenue 106.23M 120.42M 108.87M 140M
Cost Of Revenue 69.89M 78.85M 78.7M 99.55M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet 68k -1.74M -1.44M 4.07M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 9.61M 7.5M 2.99M 12.2M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 9.61M 7.91M 3.15M 12.16M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-08-31 2019-08-31 2020-08-31 2021-08-31
Total Liabilities 45.61M 53.97M 34.79M 42.07M
Total Stockholder Equity 31.76M 34.55M 34.39M 44.85M
Other Current Liabilities 1.89M 1.72M 3.07M 1.77M
Total Assets 77.37M 88.11M 68.83M 86.92M
Common Stock 1.2M 1.18M 1.18M 1.18M
Other Current Assets 167k 398k 75k 75k
Retained Earnings 10.25M 11.29M 11.23M 21.27M
Treasury Stock 4.06M 4.92M 4.65M 5.07M
Cash 34.63M 29.99M 22.29M 35.92M
Total Current Liabilities 45.61M 52.66M 33.22M 40.72M
Other Stockholder Equity 6.3M 6.83M 6.52M 6.94M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 3.13M 3.25M 5.29M 9.68M
Total Current Assets 71.26M 81.77M 60.36M 73.67M
Net Tangible Assets 31.76M 34.55M 34.39M 43.93M
Net Receivables 23.37M 33.04M 21.79M 24.94M
Accounts Payable 15.55M 17.83M 18.66M 24.73M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Character Group PlcD2022-10-204k
Character Group PlcD2022-10-195k
Henry Spain Investment Services, Ltd.D2022-10-1852.06k
Character Group PlcD2022-09-092.4k
Forager Capital Management, LLCD2022-08-15580k
Henry Spain Investment Services, Ltd.D2022-08-12657.62k
Forager Capital Management, LLCD2022-08-08110k
Character Group PlcD2022-06-084.7k
Henry Spain Investment Services, Ltd.D2022-05-097.32k
Character Group PlcD2022-03-2411k
Character Group PlcD2022-02-253k
Character Group PlcD2022-02-233.2k
Forager Capital Management, LLCD2022-02-22417.56k
Ruffer LLPD2022-02-21195.41k
Harris (David William)Sold at price 8.52 per share.D2022-02-1412.11k
Healy (Jeremiah)Sold at price 8.52 per share.D2022-02-148.18k
Hyde (Michael Spencer)Sold at price 8.52 per share.D2022-02-1432.36k
Shah (Kirankumar Premchand)Sold at price 8.52 per share.D2022-02-14262.1k
King (Richard Ashton)Sold at price 8.52 per share.D2022-02-1440.47k
Diver (Jonathan James)Sold at price 8.52 per share.D2022-02-14171.89k
Kissane (Joseph John Patrick)Sold at price 8.52 per share.D2022-02-1462.43k
Crouch (Clive William)Sold at price 8.52 per share.D2022-02-14980
Crouch (Clive William)D2022-01-27
Shah (Kirankumar Premchand)D2022-01-27
Harris (David William)D2022-01-27
Healy (Jeremiah)D2022-01-27
Hyde (Michael Spencer)D2022-01-27
Kissane (Joseph John Patrick)D2022-01-27
King (Richard Ashton)D2022-01-27
Diver (Jonathan James)D2022-01-27
Forager Capital Management, LLCD2022-01-1426.49k
Character Group PlcD2022-01-1210k
Character Group PlcD2022-01-0533.44k
Diver (Jonathan James)Bought at price 8.40 per share.D2022-01-0518.81k
Shah (Kirankumar Premchand)Bought at price 8.40 per share.D2022-01-059.76k
Kissane (Joseph John Patrick)Bought at price 8.40 per share.D2022-01-054.88k
Kissane (Joseph John Patrick)D2021-12-21
Diver (Jonathan James)D2021-12-21
Character Group PlcD2021-12-21
Crouch (Clive William)D2021-12-21
Shah (Kirankumar Premchand)D2021-12-21
Harris (David William)D2021-12-21
Healy (Jeremiah)D2021-12-21
Hyde (Michael Spencer)D2021-12-21
King (Richard Ashton)D2021-12-21
King (Richard Ashton)D2021-12-08
Diver (Jonathan James)D2021-12-08
Forager Capital Management, LLCD2021-12-08
Ruffer LLPD2021-12-08
Kissane (Joseph John Patrick)D2021-12-08
Harris (David William)D2021-12-08

Insider transaction explanations

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Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P:

CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 21.1% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

21.1 %

Latent gain

652.5 £

Invested capital

3092.5 £

Annualized return

5.12 %
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Momentum strategy results on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P:

CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 19.69% of return on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P. That represents 1760.5£ of latent gain with 8939.5£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 19.06% of return on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P. That represents 1199.0£ of latent gain with 6291.0£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

19.69 %

Latent gain

1760.5 £

Invested capital

8939.5 £

Annualized return

3.66 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

19.06 %

Latent gain

1199.0 £

Invested capital

6291.0 £

Annualized return

5.24 %

Momentum equity curve on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P:

CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P since the beginning:

CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

Buy the dip entry openings on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P is 7.75%. That represents 115.5$ of latent gain with 1489.5£ of employed capital. The following chart shows CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

7.75 %

Latent gain

115.5 £

Invested capital

1489.5 £

Annualized return

3.66 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P:

CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

Note: the dividends potentially given by CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P:

CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P.

Equity curve comparison on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P investment comparison

Performance comparison on CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 21.1% 652.5£ 3092.5£ 5.12%
Momentum 1 quarter 19.69% 1760.5£ 8939.5£ 5.07%
Momentum 2 quarters 19.06% 1199.0£ 6291.0£ 5.24%
Non-directional 7.75% 115.5£ 1489.5£ 3.66%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

5.12 %

Momentum 1Q

5.24 %

Momentum 2Q

5.24 %

Non-directional

3.66 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year


Most correlated stocks last 3 months

Negative correlation

Most negatively correlated stocks this year


Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P
Country United Kingdom
City New Malden
Address 86-88 Coombe Road
Phone 44 20 8949 5898
Website www.thecharacter.com
FullTime employees 209
Industry Leisure
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Exchange XLON
Ticker CCT.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

CHARACTER GROUP PLC ORD 5P ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

Rating Year: unknown

Rating Month: unknown

Max Age: unknown

Percentile: unknown