Premier Foods (PFD)

Sector:

Food

Index:

FTSE 250

212.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.50p
  • 52 Week High: 214.50
  • 52 Week Low: 156.80
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 868.80m
  • Volume: 1,321,933
  • Market Cap: £1,846.19m
  • RiskGrade: 174
  • Beta: 0.00

Premier Foods Overview

As one of the UK’s largest food producers, we’re passionate about food and believe, each and every day, we have the opportunity to enrich life for everyone. We employ over 4,000 dedicated colleagues operating from 15 sites across the country, supplying a range of retail, wholesale, foodservice and other customers with our iconic brands which feature in millions of homes every day. We operate primarily in the ambient food sector, which is one of the largest sectors within the total UK grocery market. We operate in four key Grocery categories: Flavourings & Seasonings; Quick Meals, Snacks & Soups; Ambient Desserts and Cooking Sauces & Accompaniments. Within Sweet Treats we operate in the Ambient Cakes category.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.3% 0.0%
Div Cover 5.2 5.4
Op Mrgn 15.8% 15.7%
ROCE 18.3%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 14.7 14.4
PEG 2.5 11.7
Pr/Revenue 1.6 1.6
Pr/Book 1.3  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 1.0% 3.4%
PBT 6.5% 15.5%
EPS 5.8% 1.2%
DPS 62.0% -3.7%

Premier Foods Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
02-Apr-22 900.50 102.60 11.50p 10.1 3.4 +3% 1.20p 1.0%
30-Mar-23 1,006.40 112.40 12.90p 9.5 0.8 +12% 1.44p 1.2%
01-Apr-23 1,006.40 112.40 12.90p 9.5 n/a n/a 1.44p 1.2%
30-Mar-24 1,137.50 151.40 13.70p 10.9 1.8 +6% 1.73p 1.2%
29-Mar-25 1,149.00 161.30 14.50p 12.8 2.1 +6% 2.80p 1.5%

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

Premier Foods Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-26 1,188.20 186.24 14.68p 14.5 11.8 +1% 2.70p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 1,226.41 194.74 15.45p 13.8 2.6 +5% 3.08p 0.0%
31-Mar-28 1,266.18 202.40 16.22p 13.1 2.6 +5% 3.99p 0.0%

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Premier Foods Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 22-May-2025 14:46 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 16-May-2025 12:32 RNS
Preliminary Results 15-May-2025 07:00 RNS

Premier Foods ShareCast News

London close: Stocks finish choppy week in the b... 16-May-2025 ShareCast
Premier Foods hikes divi 62% as branded volumes ... 15-May-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks higher after softer UK empl... 21-Jan-2025 ShareCast

Premier Foods Top Newspaper Links

Premier Foods to reform system of demanding paym... 08-Dec-2014 Guardian
Premier Foods uses its loaf and agrees to repack... 08-Dec-2014 Daily Mail
Premier Foods backtracks on supplier demands - b... 08-Dec-2014 Telegraph

Latest Premier Foods Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
22-May-25 Buy Malcolm Waugh 212.29p 9,368 £19,887.28
17-Mar-25 Buy Tania Howarth 183.59p 6,906 £12,678.73
13-Mar-25 Buy Tim Elliott 180.25p 1,500 £2,703.72

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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.

 

Premier Foods Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 212.50p
Change Today 0.50p
% Change 0.24 %
52 Week High 214.50
52 Week Low 156.80
Volume 1,321,933
Shares Issued 868.80m
Market Cap £1,846.19m
Beta 0.00
RiskGrade 174

Premier Foods Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
56.37% below the market average56.37% below the market average56.37% below the market average56.37% below the market average56.37% below the market average
55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average
Price Trend
82.57% above the market average82.57% above the market average82.57% above the market average82.57% above the market average82.57% above the market average
74.19% above the sector average74.19% above the sector average74.19% above the sector average74.19% above the sector average74.19% above the sector average
Income
45.98% below the market average45.98% below the market average45.98% below the market average45.98% below the market average45.98% below the market average
42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average
Growth
1.64% below the market average1.64% below the market average1.64% below the market average1.64% below the market average1.64% below the market average
48.15% above the sector average48.15% above the sector average48.15% above the sector average48.15% above the sector average48.15% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
strong_buy
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Premier Foods Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Final
Ex-Div 26-Jun-25 27-Jun-24
Paid 25-Jul-25 26-Jul-24
Amount 2.80p 1.73p

Trades for 23-May-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:24 397 @ 211.83p
16:19 452 @ 212.00p
16:19 451 @ 211.50p
16:15 553 @ 212.00p
16:11 1 @ 212.00p

Premier Foods Key Personnel

CEO Alex Whitehouse
CFO Duncan Leggett

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