Valuation
31
CHAMPION · Champion Brewery Plc
Avoid Neutral Quality 2/5Distress proxy: 8.30 (Safe)
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Composite score
35.6
Tier: Avoid
Last close
₦14
As of latest snapshot
30-day ADV
₦27.1M
Liquidity signal
Market cap
₦152.87B
Consumer Goods
Financials
27
Technical
54
AI bottom line
Champion trades at a severe valuation premium (P/E 100.5x vs. sector median 19.9x) with deteriorating fundamentals—ROE of 2.2% trails peers at 38.9%—triggering our Avoid rating. The critical near-term watch is whether management's recent leadership transition stabilizes operations and improves profitability; current FCF yield of 0.0% and thin 4.1% net margins leave no margin for error.
Stock Snowflake 5-axis radar
Blue = CHAMPION. Gold dash = Consumer Goods median. Bigger area = better across the five research dimensions.
What the model is seeing
- Trades at P/E 100.5x — about 405% above the Consumer Goods median of 19.9x.
- ROE of 2.2% — well below sector median of 38.9%. Capital is underperforming.
- Below both 50-day (-2.8%) and 200-day (-11.8%) moving averages — sustained downtrend.
Risk flags
Premium valuation — P/E 100.5x vs sector median 19.9x
Price & trend
Close price with 50-day and 200-day moving averages, last 12 months.
Composite score history
How the model has rated this stock over the available history. Tier changes happen at 75 / 60 / 40.
Key metrics
Valuation
P/E ratio100.5x
P/B ratio3.0x
P/S ratio4.3x
EV/EBITDA24.2x
FCF yield0.0%
Financials
ROE2.2%
ROA1.1%
Net margin4.1%
FCF margin0.2%
Debt / Equity0.7x
Technical
Last close₦14
Above 50d MA-2.8%
Above 200d MA-11.8%
ADX (trend)75.9
RSI46.2
Dividend history 3 fiscal years shown
All amounts are gross of Nigeria's 10% withholding tax on dividends. Bonus ratios are 'new shares for shares held'.
Current yield: 5.47%
| FY | Interim DPS | Final DPS | Total cash | Bonus | Qualification | Payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | ₦0.7 | ₦0.7 | — | 08 May 2026 | 22 May 2026 |
| 2024 | — | ₦0.06 | ₦0.06 | — | — | 21 May 2025 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | 1 for 7 | — | — |
Peers in Consumer Goods
Closest names by composite score within the same sector. Click a symbol to open its detail page.
| Symbol | Composite | P/E | P/B | ROE | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NNFM | 36.2 | 510.7x | 1.2x | 0.2% | Illiquid |
| DANGSUGAR | 38.6 | — | 5.6x | -14.4% | Avoid |
| GUINNESS | 42.2 | 23.4x | 14.9x | 57.4% | Neutral |
| INTBREW | 43.8 | 41.7x | 3.4x | 7.9% | Illiquid |
| CADBURY | 45.7 | 17.3x | 8.3x | 38.9% | Neutral |
| BUAFOODS | 50.1 | 31.6x | 19.8x | 62.6% | Neutral |
Recent news mentioning CHAMPION
NGX corporate disclosures CHAMPION · last 1
Plain-English summaries of every NGX filing for CHAMPION, generated from the underlying PDFs by Claude Haiku. Click "Read the filing" to open the official document.
Other Disclosure
filed 23 Jun 2026
Champion Breweries announced the resignation of MD/CEO Dr. Inalegwu Adoga and appointed Mr. Malolan Sampath as his replacement, effective 1 September 2026. Sampath brings 26 years of international leadership across beverages and FMCG, including prior brewing experience. Finance Director Rasheed Ademola Adebiyi will act as interim MD during the transition.