Associated British Foods (ABF)

Sector:

Food

Index:

FTSE 100

2,532.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -51.00p
  • 52 Week High: 2,708.00
  • 52 Week Low: 2,106.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 791.67m
  • Volume: 285,596
  • Market Cap: £20,045m
  • RiskGrade: 107

Associated British Foods Overview

Associated British Foods is the Weston family's UK arm. The Westons still own over 50% and through their careful husbandry it now owns a raft of the UK's best-known brand names including Twinings tea, Ovaltine, Primark and British Sugar.

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Associated British Foods Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.8% 2.0%
Div Cover 3.0 2.9
Op Mrgn 7.7% 9.2%
ROCE 13.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 18.8 17.6
PEG 9.7 2.6
Pr/Revenue 1.3 1.2
Pr/Book 2.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 1.6% 3.5%
PBT -8.3% 28.3%
EPS 1.9% 6.9%
DPS 3.0% 8.8%

Associated British Foods Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
12-Sep-15 12,800.00 707.00 101.50p 30.4 n/a -2% 35.00p 1.1%
17-Sep-16 13,399.00 1,042.00 106.20p 25.5 5.1 +5% 36.75p 1.4%
16-Sep-17 15,357.00 1,576.00 127.10p 24.8 1.2 +20% 41.00p 1.3%
15-Sep-18 15,574.00 1,279.00 134.90p 16.6 2.8 +6% 45.00p 2.0%
14-Sep-19 15,824.00 1,173.00 137.50p 17.0 8.5 +2% 46.35p 2.0%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Associated British Foods Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-20 16,372.30 1,505.31 146.97p 17.6 2.6 +7% 50.43p 2.0%
30-Sep-21 17,101.09 1,629.31 159.04p 16.2 2.0 +8% 54.35p 2.1%

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Associated British Foods Company Announcements

Pre Close Period Trading Update 24-Feb-2020 07:00 RNS
Price Monitoring Extension 30-Jan-2020 12:02 RNS
Trading Update 16-Jan-2020 07:00 RNS

Associated British Foods ShareCast News

ABF considers stock building to counter Coronavi... 24-Feb-2020 ShareCast
Monday broker round-up 17-Feb-2020 ShareCast
Increase in selling space underpins Primark perf... 16-Jan-2020 ShareCast

Associated British Foods Top Newspaper Links

MARKET REPORT: ABF star Primark set to earn US s... 28-Nov-2014 Express & Star
Primark piles on pressure on high street rivals ... 05-Nov-2014 The Independent
Primark profits surge 30% after ‘magnificent year’ 05-Nov-2014 Guardian

Latest Associated British Foods Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Associated British Foods Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 2,532.00p
Change Today -51.00p
% Change -1.97 %
52 Week High 2,708.00
52 Week Low 2,106.00
Volume 285,596
Shares Issued 791.67m
Market Cap £20,045m
RiskGrade 107

Associated British Foods Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
83.26% below the market average83.26% below the market average83.26% below the market average83.26% below the market average83.26% below the market average
78.57% below the sector average78.57% below the sector average78.57% below the sector average78.57% below the sector average78.57% below the sector average
Price Trend
29.00% above the market average29.00% above the market average29.00% above the market average29.00% above the market average29.00% above the market average
53.33% above the sector average53.33% above the sector average53.33% above the sector average53.33% above the sector average53.33% above the sector average
Income
54.28% below the market average54.28% below the market average54.28% below the market average54.28% below the market average54.28% below the market average
50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average
Growth
62.59% below the market average62.59% below the market average62.59% below the market average62.59% below the market average62.59% below the market average
80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 12
Buy 1
Neutral 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 20
buy
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Associated British Foods Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 12-Dec-19 06-Jun-19
Paid 10-Jan-20 05-Jul-19
Amount 34.30p 12.05p

Trades for 24-Feb-2020

Time Volume / Share Price
10:26 392 @ 2,532.56p
10:22 1,000 @ 2,531.00p
10:22 117 @ 2,532.56p
10:21 104 @ 2,532.00p
10:21 41 @ 2,532.00p

Associated British Foods Key Personnel

Finance Director John Bason
CEO George G Weston
Chair Michael McLintock

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