Highly Profitable Dry Hop Producer And Distributor For Sale

Business description

The March Group currently represents a producer of 12 varieties of dry hops, including one proprietary variety and four of which the company is the primary grower of in the U.S. Additionally, the company grows wheat, seed grass and hazelnuts The company currently yields approximately one million pounds per year. Products are sold to the beer brewing industry in the U.S. The company is comprised of approximately 768 adjacent acres: 245 acres is owned corporately, 250 acres is leased from the shareholders, and the remaining 273 acres is leased from third parties. Facilities include hop drying and baling facilities (approximately 1.5-million-pound capacity), cold storage, and two homes, including a luxury four-bedroom home.

Due to its strong reputation and excellent customer relationships, the company has benefited from strong sales growth in recent years. Between 2006 and 2008, sales nearly quadrupled at a CAGR of 90.2 percent from $1.08 million in 2006 to $3.92 million in 2008. In 2009, management anticipates further growth with sales reaching $5.6 million, an increase of 42.9 percent with hop production of 1,010,000 pounds. Profitability, as measured by EBITDA, increased from $100,303 (9.3 percent margin) in 2006 to $2.27 million (57.9 percent margin) in 2008. Fiscal 2009 EBITDA is forecast to reach $3.66 million (65.3 percent margin).

An additional investment opportunity is the shareholders’ ownership share in a major specialty hop merchant. FY 2009 sales for this hop merchant are projected to be approximately $36 million on over five million pounds of domestic and imported hops. Furthermore, more aggressive business development efforts and acquisition of additional acreage present exciting areas to pursue immediate growth for more aggressive management through the injection of capital and human resources.

Property information

Real Estate:

Real Property Included

Premises details:

768 acres

Other information

Competition / Market:

Management is confident that significant growth can be achieved via increased marketing efforts and land expansion.

Support & training:

The principals are available to remain with new management to facilitate a smooth ownership transition.