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DGL · NZX

Delegat Group (DGL)

Consumer / Wine and beverages•Covered: HY24 - HY26•5 published briefings

Delegat Group is an NZX-listed consumer / wine and beverages company with HY24 - HY26 of published result briefings.

Latest briefing

HY26 · Released 27 February 2026

PBT up 85.1% but Operating EBIT only +5% on flat revenue

Headline earnings growth far outstrips underlying volume and revenue gains, with the lift coming from below-EBIT items rather than trading.

Market data

Latest available
Price
NZD 3.62
Mkt cap
$366.1m
Yield
5.5%

Quote as of 05-06-2026 10:00am NZT

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Snapshot

Latest metrics

HY26, released 27 February 2026

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DGL latest metrics
MetricValueChange
Revenue$179.6m↑ +0.5%
EBITDA$65.6m↑ +6.4%
NPAT$22.8m↑ +82.4%
Operating cash flow$62.3m↓ -17.5%
OCF / EBITDA %95.0%↓ -27.6pp
Net debt$307m↓ -11.2%
Net debt / EBITDA4.68x↓ -16.6%
ROE %3.9%↑ +1.6pp
DPS579.0c↑ +7.4%
PBT$32.2m↑ +85.1%

Source: latest published briefing (HY26, released 27 February 2026). Change compares against the prior equivalent period: HY25, released 28 February 2025.

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Performance over time

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DGL metric history
MetricHY266 MONTHS27 February 2026HY256 MONTHS28 February 2025FY2512 MONTHS3 February 2025FY2412 MONTHS7 August 2024HY246 MONTHS23 February 2024Trend
Revenue$179.6m$178.6m$349.6m$378.3m$203.1m
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Revenue growth %0.5%-12.0%-7.6%-0.8%-2.9%
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EBITDA$65.6m$61.6m$116.5m$128.5m$74.8m
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EBITDA margin %36.5%34.5%33.3%34.0%36.8%
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PBT$32.2m$17.4m$68.4m$61.6m$46.4m
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PBT growth %85.1%-62.5%11.0%-31.4%-17.1%
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NPAT$22.8m$12.5m$49m$31.4m$33.4m
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NPAT growth %82.4%-62.6%56.1%-51.5%-17.9%
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Operating cash flow$62.3m$75.6m$105.7m$56.9m$35.8m
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OCF / EBITDA %95.0%122.6%90.7%44.2%47.8%
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FCF pre-lease$51.8m$38.2m$59.3m-$9.1m-$9.1m
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FCF post-lease————-$9.1m
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DPS579.0c539.0c20.0c20.0c—
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Payout ratio vs NPAT %——41.3%64.5%—
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Annual payout ratio vs EPS %——41.2%64.5%—
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ROE %3.9%2.3%8.4%5.6%6.0%
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Net debt$307m$345.6m$328.6m$360.1m$352.3m
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Net debt / EBITDA4.68x5.61x2.82x2.8x4.71x
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Debtor days6170597477
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Inventory days145140196176136
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Total assets$1.1b$1.1b$1.1b$1.1b$1.1b
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Reference: annolyse.ai/companies/dgl

Note: Figures are shown as reported. Half-year and full-year absolute values are not directly comparable. Growth rates and ratios are the meaningful comparison across mixed periods.

Operating working-capital movement

Per-period working-capital absorption or release, from the same published history. Positive values are working-capital build; negative values are release.

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The setup & the reality

HY25 → HY26 Follow-through

The latest result is checked against what the prior briefing said to watch.

Current result now available

HY26 · Released 27 February 2026

PBT up 85.1% but Operating EBIT only +5% on flat revenue

Headline earnings growth far outstrips underlying volume and revenue gains, with the lift coming from below-EBIT items rather than trading.

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Historical setup

What HY25 said to watch

From NPAT fell 62.6% on volume weakness as cash flow doubled

No quantified FY25 target is supplied; the release excerpt referencing "FY25 Operating Net..." is truncated and cannot be relied on. The FY24 anchor period is also flagged as carrying a discontinued operation, which distorts any H1-to-FY share comparison: HY24 NPAT of $33.4m sat against FY24 NPAT of just $7.4m, implying an H2 loss in the prior year. That makes second-half shape inferences unreliable.

What the release does support: Delegat enters H2 with materially lower inventory and receivables, lower H1 capex, and a reduced earnings base. Whether H2 volumes recover in the USA and Europe is the central unknown; the result on its own does not speak to that.

Open questions

Open questions from HY25

  • What specifically is driving the 18.7% USA revenue decline — is it distributor destocking, shelf losses, or end-consumer demand softening?
  • Will the FY25 Operating NPAT guidance be quantified, and how does it bracket the H1 outturn?
  • How much further can inventory be drawn down before vintage replenishment requires a working-capital reinvestment in H2 or FY26?
  • Why is capex still running at 20.9% of revenue when volumes are contracting, and what is the path to free cash flow if working capital normalises?
  • Is the 5.39 cps interim dividend sustainable on a recurring-FCF basis if the working-capital release does not repeat?

This briefing cannot assess whether the H1 volume weakness reflects a temporary destocking cycle or a structural shift in premium wine demand, because the release provides no channel-level or end-consumer data.

Archive

Briefing archive

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HY26 · Released 27 February 2026

PBT up 85.1% but Operating EBIT only +5% on flat revenue

Headline earnings growth far outstrips underlying volume and revenue gains, with the lift coming from below-EBIT items rather than trading.

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HY25 · Released 28 February 2025

NPAT fell 62.6% on volume weakness as cash flow doubled

A $30.4m working-capital release lifted operating cash flow 111.3%, but earnings collapsed and trailing leverage rose to 5.6x EBITDA.

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FY25 · Released 3 February 2025

EBITDA fell $12m but NPAT rose as tax rate dropped to 28.3%

Operating EBITDA dropped to $116.5m on a 12% case-volume decline, with cash generation aided by a $19.9m debtor release and lower capex.

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FY24 · Released 7 August 2024

NPAT halved despite flat EBITDA as H2 swung to a loss

The effective tax rate jumped to 49.0%, receivable days extended from 51 to 74, and the held 20c dividend now consumes 64.5% of reported earnings.

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HY24 · Released 23 February 2024

NPAT fell 17.9% as working capital and capex pushed leverage to 4.7x

Flat EBITDA masked a sharp deterioration in cash deployment, with debtor days extending 20.7 and free cash flow turning negative.

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Insight

Cash conversion quality

This result converted 95.0% of EBITDA to operating cash flow, -27.6pp versus the prior comparable period.

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Leverage and balance-sheet risk

Net debt / EBITDA is 4.70x, -0.90x versus the prior comparable period.

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Working-capital pressure

Inventory days were 145 days, +5 days versus the prior comparable period.

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Earnings quality and statutory distortions

PBT and NPAT growth diverged by 2.7pp.

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