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Tiger Brands Limited

TBS.JO
65
Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive
Exchange
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Winston Score
65
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Exceptional

Winston Score History

The full picture

Tiger Brands is one of South Africa's largest packaged food companies. It makes and sells everyday grocery products like bread, breakfast cereals, pasta, canned goods, beverages, and baby food under well-known brands including Albany, Jungle Oats, Koo, and Tastic rice. Its main customers are everyday consumers who buy these products at supermarkets and smaller stores across South Africa and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

The company earns money by manufacturing and selling branded food products, with pricing power coming from its strong portfolio of trusted household brands. Tiger Brands operates primarily in South Africa, which accounts for the large majority of its revenue, with some exposure to other African markets. Its competitive advantage comes from brand recognition built over decades and wide distribution networks. The key risks it faces include volatile input costs like wheat and maize, load-shedding disruptions in South Africa, and pressure from lower-cost private-label competitors as consumers watch their spending.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
32.1%
Modest — 32.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
16.8%
Healthy — 16.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
42.4%
Exceptional — 42.4% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-8.4%
Shrinking sales (-8.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-13.5%
Earnings shrinking (-13.5% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
139%
Turns 139% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
9.4%
Modest free cash flow (9.4%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.24
Conservative — low debt load (0.24)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
43.79x
Comfortably covers interest (43.8x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
12.6x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 12.6

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.7
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
16.02%
no trend
Healthy income — 16.02% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+253.3%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (253.3% YoY)

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