Cooks Coffee Share Price: A $13M Micro-Cap Brewing Esquires Across the UK and Ireland
Cooks Coffee Share Price Today
The Cooks Coffee share price sits at about $0.195 NZD (NZX: CCC) in mid-June 2026, down roughly 22% over the past year. With a market cap near $13 million, Cooks Coffee is one of the smallest companies on the NZX, a true micro-cap. It is the franchisor behind the Esquires Coffee cafe brand, with its main operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland rather than New Zealand.
A company this small comes with outsized risk: minimal liquidity, large percentage swings on tiny volumes, and limited analyst coverage. It deserves to be approached as a speculative situation, not a core holding.
What Cooks Coffee Does
Cooks Coffee operates and franchises cafes under the Esquires Coffee name, focused on the UK and Irish markets. Its revenue comes from a mix of franchise fees, company-operated stores, and property and lease arrangements within its network. The franchise model is capital-light in theory: franchisees fund and run the stores, while Cooks earns fees and royalties from the brand.
It sits in the same broad food-and-beverage franchise category as NZ-listed [Burger Fuel](/stocks/burger-fuel), and its fortunes depend on the same things: store rollout, same-store sales, and consumer spending on out-of-home food and coffee, in Cooks' case primarily in the British Isles.
Recent Performance
Cooks' most recent reported figures show a business that is small but profitable at the margin:
- •Revenue of about $10 million
- •Earnings of around $0.35 million (a small net profit)
- •A modest profit per share of roughly $0.005
Turning a profit at all is a milestone for a company of this size, and the focus on a franchised, asset-light rollout across the UK and Ireland is the growth story. But the absolute numbers are tiny, which is why a single good or bad period can swing the picture dramatically.
Key Metrics
- •Share price: ~$0.195 NZD
- •Market cap: ~$13 million NZD
- •52-week move: about -22%
- •P/E ratio (trailing): ~40x
- •EPS: ~$0.005
- •Net tangible assets: negative (about -$0.076 per share)
- •Gross dividend yield: 0%
Two metrics flag the risk clearly. The trailing P/E near 40x on a tiny profit is demanding, and the negative net tangible assets mean the company's liabilities exceed its tangible assets, so there is no hard-asset floor under the shares. This is a growth-or-bust micro-cap, not an asset-backed value play.
What to Watch
- •Store rollout: The whole case is expanding the Esquires franchise network across the UK and Ireland. Watch net new store openings and franchisee demand.
- •Same-store sales: Underlying cafe performance, not just store count, determines whether the model works.
- •UK and Irish consumer spending: Cooks is exposed to British Isles discretionary spending and cost inflation, not the NZ economy.
- •Balance sheet: With negative tangible assets, watch debt and cash carefully. A small company has little margin for error.
The Bottom Line
Cooks Coffee is a speculative micro-cap building an asset-light cafe franchise across the UK and Ireland, recently profitable but at a tiny scale. The bull case is a scalable franchise brand with a long rollout runway and operational leverage if it grows. The bear case is everything micro-cap: minuscule profits, a demanding multiple, negative tangible assets, near-zero liquidity, and exposure to the UK consumer. This is a high-risk story stock suitable only for investors who actively seek speculative micro-caps and can afford to lose the position.
For how we approach speculative micro-caps, see our [methodology](/methodology).
*Disclaimer: This article is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice. Stock data may not be real-time. Always conduct your own research and consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions.*