profit from every A$100 of sales.
A$0A$100
Bega Cheese
A$6.74-0.30% today
+14.2% in 1 year
1-year low A$5.121-year high A$6.76
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Bega Cheese sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from A$3.02 billion in 2022 to A$3.55 billion in 2025, with -A$8.50 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Bega Cheese handed back 40% of the cash it generated last year.
A$28M
Free cash flow 2025A$71M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividendsA$28M
Cash vs. debtA$121M vs. A$440M
Bega Cheese vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from A$100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per A$1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bega Cheese | No profit yet | ||
 Nestlé | 24.7× · Fair price | ||
 Danone | 24.3× · Fair price | ||
 JBS | 19.3× · Fair price | ||
 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food | 28.8× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Bega Cheese's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,018 | 3,387 | 3,533 | 3,550 | |
| 698 | 668 | 710 | 741 | |
| -22 | -83 | -36 | -22 | |
| 146 | -136 | 152 | 108 | |
| 24 | -230 | 31 | -9 | |
| 0.08 | -0.76 | 0.10 | -0.03 | |
| 23.1% | 19.7% | 20.1% | 20.9% | |
| -0.7% | -2.4% | -1.0% | -0.6% | |
| 0.8% | -6.8% | 0.9% | -0.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,359 | 2,153 | 2,139 | 2,041 |
| Cash | 45 | 66 | 66 | 121 |
| Total debt | 423 | 467 | 419 | 440 |
| Total liabilities | 1,096 | 1,149 | 1,124 | 1,061 |
| 1,262 | 1,004 | 1,015 | 980 | |
| 303 | 304 | 308 | 305 | |
| 1.8% | -11.3% | 3.1% | 0.8% | |
| 1.9% | -22.9% | 3.0% | -0.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| 72 | 68 | 75 | 94 | |
| 86 | -60 | 60 | 71 | |
| Dividends paid | 29 | 27 | 19 | 28 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- –
- –
- –
- 1.8×
- 0.6×
- 29.2×
- 22.1×
- 3.4%
- -0.4%
- 1.4%
Profitability
- 20.9%
- -0.6%
- -0.2%
- –
- 0.8%
- -1.4%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +5.6%
- –
- –
- –
- +0.2%
Financial health
- 3.0×
- 0.45
- –
- 0.7×
- 1.19
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 6%of 670
Bottom 3%of 674
Top 49%of 673
Bottom 36%of 668
1.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$14a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
: 40.2%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
22No pass
Benjamin Graham
39No pass
Philip Fisher
24No pass
Peter Lynch
39No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
19No pass
Terry Smith
19No pass
Questions about Bega Cheese
Is Bega Cheese a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Bega Cheese AI analysis
What does Bega Cheese do?
Bega Cheese Limited receives, processes, manufactures, and distributes dairy and other food-related products in Australia. It operates through two segments, Branded and Bulk. The Branded segment manufactures value added consumer products for owned and externally owned brands. It is in Packaged Foods, based in Bega, NSW, Australia.
Does Bega Cheese pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.4% a year. In 2025 it paid out A$28.4 million in dividends.
Is Bega Cheese stock halal?
Yes. Bega Cheese passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 21% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Bega Cheese stock done over the past year?
Up 14.2% over the past twelve months, to A$6.74. It traded between A$5.12 and A$6.76, close to its high.
Who are Bega Cheese's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nestlé, Danone, JBS and Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Bega Cheese's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.