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About the company
Associated British Foods PLC is a diversified food, ingredients and retail company. Retail segment includes buying and merchandising value clothing and accessories through the Primark and Penneys retail chains. Grocery segment manufactures grocery products, including hot beverages, sugar, vegetable oils, balsamic vinegars, bread and baked goods, cereals, ethnic foods and meat products, which are sold to retail, wholesale and foodservice businesses. Ingredients segment manufactures yeast and bakery ingredients as well as specialty ingredients focused on enzymes, procession extracts, health and nutrition and pharmaceutical delivery systems. Sugar segment includes growing and processing of sugar beet and sugar cane for production of a range of sugar and other products in Africa, the United Kingdom and Spain. Agriculture segment manufactures specialty feed ingredients, premix and compound animal feed, as well as the provision of other products and services for the agriculture sector.
- Revenue in GBP (TTM)19.46bn
- Net income in GBP1.03bn
- Incorporated1934
- Employees138.16k
- LocationAssociated British Foods plcWeston Centre, 10 Grosvenor StreetLONDON W1K 4QYUnited KingdomGBR
- Phone+44 207 399 6500
- Fax+44 207 399 6580
- Websitehttps://www.abf.co.uk/
Mergers & acquisitions
| Acquired company | ABF:LSE since announced | Transaction value |
|---|---|---|
| Hovis Ltd | -4.05% | 99.68m |
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Callebaut AG | 14.11bn | 177.39m | 7.31bn | 13.14k | 41.27 | 2.92 | 17.38 | 0.5181 | 33.83 | 33.83 | 2,689.16 | 478.28 | 1.06 | 2.58 | 7.82 | 1,125,634.00 | 1.36 | 3.23 | 2.78 | 5.97 | 9.64 | 13.35 | 1.27 | 3.20 | 0.9062 | 1.85 | 0.7026 | 50.16 | 42.39 | 16.49 | -2.06 | -10.07 | 1.13 | 5.68 |
| Lotus Bakeries NV | 1.16bn | 149.78m | 7.34bn | 3.36k | 48.80 | 9.77 | 39.71 | 6.32 | 211.88 | 211.88 | 1,642.05 | 1,058.56 | 0.9117 | 8.42 | 7.42 | -- | 11.76 | 10.96 | 15.31 | 13.93 | 38.76 | 39.37 | 12.90 | 12.33 | 1.18 | 139.50 | 0.2665 | 27.10 | 8.37 | 15.02 | 12.90 | 15.84 | -- | 20.45 |
| Magnum Ice Cream Company NV | 7.00bn | 505.19m | 7.45bn | 16.50k | 14.75 | 3.02 | 9.49 | 1.06 | 0.949 | 0.949 | 13.16 | 4.63 | 1.29 | 5.02 | 5.79 | 488,242.40 | 9.58 | -- | 16.82 | -- | 34.38 | -- | 7.41 | -- | 0.5403 | 162.33 | 0.1087 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Mowi ASA | 4.96bn | 622.78m | 9.23bn | 14.20k | 14.73 | 2.43 | 8.86 | 1.86 | 15.41 | 15.41 | 125.08 | 93.24 | 0.6091 | 5.15 | 5.72 | 4,532,392.00 | 7.52 | 7.49 | 9.09 | 9.11 | 46.49 | 50.22 | 12.35 | 11.14 | 2.52 | -- | 0.4313 | 54.26 | 2.08 | 8.75 | 53.23 | 43.62 | 3.56 | 76.32 |
| Orkla ASA | 5.52bn | 490.00m | 10.03bn | 19.08k | 20.42 | 2.64 | 13.44 | 1.82 | 6.36 | 11.48 | 71.60 | 49.16 | 0.8009 | -- | 7.98 | -- | 7.77 | 7.17 | 9.92 | 9.18 | -- | -- | 9.70 | 9.07 | 0.8053 | -- | 0.243 | -- | 1.26 | 8.70 | 4.89 | 7.77 | -1.28 | -- |
| Kerry Group PLC | 5.66bn | 595.36m | 10.90bn | 20.15k | 19.30 | 2.17 | 12.75 | 1.93 | 4.05 | 4.40 | 38.54 | 36.02 | 0.5581 | -- | 5.20 | 323,230.40 | 5.87 | 5.92 | 7.38 | 7.38 | -- | 47.42 | 10.52 | 8.92 | 0.9911 | 16.29 | 0.3736 | 27.94 | -0.6566 | -0.8775 | -3.92 | 3.52 | -0.2676 | 10.09 |
| JDE Peets NV | 8.41bn | 537.36m | 13.43bn | 21.00k | 25.45 | 1.42 | 15.46 | 1.60 | 1.24 | 1.24 | 19.45 | 22.21 | 0.4129 | 3.68 | 9.48 | 474,373.40 | 2.58 | 2.52 | 3.58 | 3.23 | 32.17 | 38.85 | 6.26 | 7.20 | 0.3006 | -- | 0.3115 | 53.33 | 7.89 | 4.94 | 52.86 | 5.76 | 3.27 | -- |
| Associated British Foods plc | 19.46bn | 1.03bn | 13.96bn | 138.16k | 13.89 | 1.27 | 6.87 | 0.7175 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 26.88 | 15.45 | 1.02 | -- | 11.48 | 140,849.00 | 5.46 | 5.20 | 6.88 | 6.52 | -- | 22.86 | 5.37 | 5.34 | 0.7514 | -- | 0.2479 | 47.58 | -3.06 | 6.90 | -29.55 | 17.64 | 14.68 | -- |
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| Artisan Partners LPas of 01 Feb 2026 | 31.32m | 4.41% |
| Royal Bank of Canada (Channel Islands) Ltd.as of 01 Feb 2026 | 15.61m | 2.20% |
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 01 Feb 2026 | 8.30m | 1.17% |
| Northern Trust Global Investments Ltd.as of 01 Feb 2026 | 7.52m | 1.06% |
| Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd.as of 01 Feb 2026 | 6.27m | 0.88% |
| JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc.as of 01 Feb 2026 | 5.10m | 0.72% |
| RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.as of 01 Feb 2026 | 5.09m | 0.72% |
| National Financial Services LLC (Broker)as of 01 Feb 2026 | 5.04m | 0.71% |
| Norges Bank Investment Managementas of 01 Feb 2026 | 4.72m | 0.66% |
| BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 01 Feb 2026 | 4.32m | 0.61% |
