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Nomad Foods

NYQ:NOMD · VGG6564A1057
Food ProductsLarge

360

15
EV / EBIT65
Price / Owner Earnings74
Owner Earnings Yield47
Dividend Yield97
Price/Sales72
EV / Gross Profit43
Price/Book90
Return on Capital41
Cash Return on Capital31
Return on Equity24
EBIT Margin79
Gross Profitability8
Cash Conversion65
Accruals64
Owner Earnings Margin51
Sales growth4
Profit Growth71
Long-Term EPS Growth59
Owner Earnings Growth19
Reinvestment32
Price momentum1
Debt load29
Refinancing8
Debt Payback19
Liquidity27
Analyst ratings56
Opinion Changes7
Price Target Upside50
Market mood83
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Nomad Foods clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUK
IndustryFood Products
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded2014
Employees1,097
ISINVGG6564A1057
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Index & Theme
Alternative ProteinFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturing

Description

Nomad Foods Limited operates as a savory frozen foods company in Europe. The company has a portfolio of food brands within the frozen category, including fish, vegetables, chicken, meals, pizza and ice cream. The company’s products are sold primaril…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Nomad Foods Limited sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 9.9×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around -3% a year, against analyst forecasts of 4%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is tepid; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
29
2023202420252026

All-time high

48

Mar 2026

All-time low

10

Jan 2023

Average rank

32

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
72
49
45
39
Price/Earnings
97
78
76
58
Price/Book
90
73
70
49
Dividend Yield
97
1
1
1
Value (overall)
100
51
51
30

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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