Associated British Foods plc

ABF.L·LSE·Consumer Defensive
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2,002.00−19.00 (−0.94%)today
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Key statistics

Previous close2,021.00
Open2,038.00
Day range1,997.002,055.00
52-week range1,729.452,294.00
Off day high−2.58%
Off 52-week high−12.73%
Volume154.89K
Avg. volume (3M)786.64K
Market cap13.99B
EPS (TTM)1.32
Forward P/E13.62
P/E ratio (TTM)15.17
Dividend yield3.12% (0.6300)
Beta (5Y)—
Shares outstanding699.00M
Short interest—
Earnings dateNov 3, 2026
Analyst target1,801.11
Profit margin4.75%

Against its peers

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ABF.L KRZ.IR PFD.L KHC AVI.JO GIS
Market cap 13.99B 15.87B 1.80B 30.17B 28.15B 19.17B
P/E (TTM) 15.2 25.5 13.1 — 11.0 —
Forward P/E 13.6 17.5 12.4 12.2 10.1 11.4
Price/book 1.2 2.6 1.3 0.8 4.8 2.6
Dividend yield 3.12% 1.44% 1.61% 6.29% 10.15% 6.81%
1-year change −14.26% +22.06% +13.20% +1.57% −15.04% −26.54%
Today −0.94% −0.15% −0.19% +3.75% +1.96% +5.19%

The closest companies by business and industry (Packaged Foods). Prices may be delayed up to 15 min.

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The businesses closest to Associated British Foods's by what they do, from their descriptions, with the same industry weighted in.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Kerry Group plcKRZ.IR · Packaged Foods 15.87B 99.85 −0.15%
Premier Foods plcPFD.L · Packaged Foods 1.80B 208.80 −0.19%
The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC · Packaged Foods 30.17B 25.44 +3.75%
AVI LimitedAVI.JO · Packaged Foods 28.15B 8,395.00 +1.96%
General Mills, Inc.GIS · Packaged FoodsOdds 19.17B 35.85 +5.19%
Darling Ingredients Inc.DAR · Packaged Foods 8.25B 52.30 −2.46%
MBRF Global Foods Company S.A.MGP1.F · Packaged Foods 3.37B 2.4200 +0.83%
The Campbell's CompanyCPB · Packaged Foods 6.94B 23.26 +5.92%

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The stocks whose daily moves over the past year went most closely with Associated British Foods's: the correlation of their daily returns, where 1 would be moving as one.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Premier Foods plcPFD.L · Correlation 0.35 1.80B 208.80 −0.19%

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Checkout··3 outletsNegative

Primark Owner AB Foods Forecasts Profit Decline On Sugar Costs

Associated British Foods (AB Foods) on Tuesday forecast another year of lower profits after reporting a 14% fall in earnings for 2025/26, pressured by deepening losses in its sugar business and lower underlying sales at its Primark fashion…

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Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) Releases Earnings Results

Associated British Foods (LON:ABF - Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported GBX 156 EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Associated British Foods had a net margin of 4.89% and…

Roofing Today·Positive

Safety Footwear Specialist Strengthens Leadership Team

Overland Shoes, the footwear specialist behind Bobcat Safety Footwear, is expanding its commercial leadership team with the appointment of Rob Haines as Head of Sales for Safety Footwear, effective immediately. Bringing more than 30 years…

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Bobcat Safety Footwear names new head of sales

4th November 2026 People News 20 Views Footwear provider Overland Shoes Bobcat Safety Footwear, is expanding its commercial leadership team with the appointment of Rob Haines as head of sales for safety footwear. Haines joins from BTC…

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In the news

73mentions in 30 days
14with it in the headline
Negativesentiment

Mentioned with

Primark63Arsenal39Debenhams Group38Liverpool37AB Foods35Marks & Spencer32Silver Spoon32Hargreaves Lansdown28

People in the coverage

George Weston49Danni Hewson34AJ Bell33Russ Mould31Ryvita31Aarin Chiekrie27

Themes

Retail52Primark43Sheffield27Shopping25Europe20Great Britain20UK News17Penneys16

Most coverage from

  1. marketscreener.com7
  2. marketbeat.com4
  3. independent.co.uk3
  4. theglobeandmail.com3
  5. irishtimes.com2

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