Premier Foods (PFD)

Sector:

Food

Index:

FTSE 250

183.80p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.40p
  • 52 Week High: 195.60
  • 52 Week Low: 145.40
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 868.80m
  • Volume: 355,682
  • Market Cap: £1,596.85m
  • RiskGrade: 174

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 0.9% 0.0%
Div Cover 7.9 6.8
Op Mrgn 15.6% 15.7%
ROCE 21.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 13.5 13.8
PEG 2.2 9.3
Pr/Revenue 1.4 1.4
Pr/Book 1.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 13.0% 1.5%
PBT 34.7% 20.1%
EPS 6.2% 1.5%
DPS 20.0% 17.8%

Premier Foods Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
03-Apr-21 947.00 122.80 11.20p 8.4 0.3 +26% 1.00p 1.1%
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%

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-25 1,154.71 181.77 13.90p 13.3 8.9 +2% 2.04p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 1,192.39 189.01 14.76p 12.5 2.0 +6% 2.37p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 1,232.06 194.28 15.71p 11.8 1.8 +6% 2.76p 0.0%

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Premier Foods Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 17-Mar-2025 15:13 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 13-Mar-2025 16:19 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 13-Mar-2025 12:19 RNS

Premier Foods ShareCast News

London close: Stocks higher after softer UK empl... 21-Jan-2025 ShareCast
Premier Foods flags strong full-year trading aft... 21-Jan-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks end turbulent week in the red 15-Nov-2024 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
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
12-Mar-25 Sell Alex Whitehouse 177.30p 367,652 £651,847.00

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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 183.80p
Change Today -1.40p
% Change -0.76 %
52 Week High 195.60
52 Week Low 145.40
Volume 355,682
Shares Issued 868.80m
Market Cap £1,596.85m
RiskGrade 174

Premier Foods Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
53.93% below the market average53.93% below the market average53.93% below the market average53.93% below the market average53.93% 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
Price Trend
70.51% above the market average70.51% above the market average70.51% above the market average70.51% above the market average70.51% above the market average
54.84% above the sector average54.84% above the sector average54.84% above the sector average54.84% above the sector average54.84% above the sector average
Income
51.7% below the market average51.7% below the market average51.7% below the market average51.7% below the market average51.7% below the market average
33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average
Growth
5.44% above the market average5.44% above the market average5.44% above the market average5.44% above the market average5.44% above the market average
42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 1
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 7
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Premier Foods Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Final
Ex-Div 27-Jun-24 29-Jun-23
Paid 26-Jul-24 28-Jul-23
Amount 1.73p 1.44p

Trades for 31-Mar-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
13:38 5,500 @ 183.80p
13:38 2,102 @ 183.73p
13:16 3,500 @ 183.85p
13:06 5,000 @ 183.80p
12:55 4 @ 183.80p

Premier Foods Key Personnel

CEO Alex Whitehouse
CFO Duncan Leggett

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