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Consumer Staples Food Producers
  • Price (GBX)194.20
  • Today's Change-0.600 / -0.31%
  • Shares traded1.42m
  • 1 Year change+1.89%
  • Beta0.7468
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About the company

Premier Foods plc is a United Kingdom-based food producer company. The Company's segments include Grocery, Sweet Treats, and International. The Grocery segment primarily sells savory ambient food products. The Sweet Treats segment sells primarily sweet ambient food products. The Company operates in approximately 15 sites across the country. It provides a range of retail, wholesale, food service and other customers with its brands. It operates primarily in the ambient food sector across United Kingdom grocery market. It operates in four grocery categories, namely Flavourings & Seasonings; Quick Meals, Snacks & Soups; Ambient Desserts and Cooking Sauces & Accompaniments. In addition, the Company has a portfolio of other branded food products and a non-branded food business, which manufactures products, such as cakes and desserts, on behalf of various United Kingdom food retailers, as well as a business-to-business (B2B) business supplying food products and ingredients.

  • Revenue in GBP (TTM)1.15bn
  • Net income in GBP132.20m
  • Incorporated2004
  • Employees4.14k
  • Location
    Premier Foods PLCPremier HouseCentrium Business Park,Griffiths WayST ALBANS AL1 2REUnited KingdomGBR
  • Phone+44 172 781 5850
  • Websitehttps://www.premierfoods.co.uk/
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Mergers & acquisitions

Acquired companyDeal statusDateDate /
Deal status
PFD:LSE since
announced
Transaction
value
Merchant Gourmet LtdDeal completed21 Aug 202521 Aug 2025Deal completed3.96%64.59m
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Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/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
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Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS1.71bn121.09m863.82m7.51k7.131.285.170.506019.5019.50274.90108.730.92674.194.229,899,957.006.906.4911.119.8329.7427.647.456.971.101.930.616623.464.3260.8851.7049.3378.64--
Italmobiliare SpA633.63m29.01m1.04bn1.81k35.560.817612.691.640.78750.787517.2034.250.3132.772.16420,102.301.864.372.565.5859.8662.375.9516.071.342.500.235586.6519.744.3940.608.0733.968.45
Princes Group PLC-100.00bn-100.00bn1.04bn2.11k--5.95----------0.7143------------------------0.6729--0.7887---18.44--60.17------
Cloetta AB700.77m65.02m1.16bn2.52k17.992.5113.461.662.782.7829.9319.900.79094.017.333,381,595.007.344.769.015.8936.2133.859.286.390.912516.650.219962.90-1.028.4065.8324.45-13.5213.30
ARYZTA AG1.94bn91.44m1.30bn8.09k14.243.005.840.67073.853.8581.6818.301.1711.8414.18251,107.106.35--8.87--33.54--5.42--0.41445.430.6195--------------
Bell Food Group AG4.59bn118.40m1.30bn13.41k10.990.85674.360.283919.7819.78767.65253.881.525.2212.80373,595.603.914.224.995.2539.5339.032.582.890.961310.450.395334.584.743.33-4.5520.056.714.94
Austevoll Seafood ASA3.00bn103.12m1.47bn7.32k14.371.214.270.48946.556.55186.9478.000.74561.8712.255,325,273.004.305.937.0810.0643.5345.915.779.231.035.170.354462.064.858.69840.0716.938.0921.06
Premier Foods Plc1.15bn132.20m1.69bn4.14k13.031.219.471.470.14950.14951.301.600.49585.129.67278,003.405.704.216.534.7438.0636.8111.499.970.86638.810.193613.801.016.2911.0221.8518.00--
Suedzucker AG-87.13bn-87.13bn1.78bn19.29k--0.652----------15.37----------2.60--4.10--32.38--2.690.6736--0.364255.53-5.787.76-113.24--11.350.00
Tate & Lyle PLC1.99bn22.00m1.80bn4.97k87.431.169.510.90530.04610.07384.553.470.6833--6.07399,316.000.68852.970.81973.70--39.701.015.511.245.650.4545226.645.40-9.64-71.24-29.07-6.24-10.53
Greencore Group plc1.95bn57.60m2.18bn13.30k21.532.4418.831.120.12590.12594.271.111.5719.567.64146,391.004.653.058.615.3232.4931.462.962.270.56986.520.2968--7.749.0124.41--6.35--
Leroy Seafood Group ASA2.62bn138.61m2.20bn5.27k16.011.547.920.84233.003.0056.8431.240.84598.4511.806,454,613.004.405.385.676.6843.0744.855.207.321.743.860.39330.0770.8328.79881.097.565.6510.76
Data as of Feb 13 2026. Currency figures normalised to Premier Foods PLC's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX

Institutional shareholders

38.27%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management NVas of 15 May 202560.50m6.96%
M&G Investment Management Ltd.as of 01 Jan 202648.28m5.56%
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd.as of 29 Mar 202544.37m5.11%
Brandes Investment Partners LPas of 23 Jun 202042.25m4.86%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LPas of 01 Jan 202630.11m3.47%
Paulson & Co., Inc.as of 07 May 202125.57m2.94%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 01 Jan 202624.54m2.82%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Jan 202619.99m2.30%
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLCas of 01 Jan 202619.97m2.30%
abrdn Investment Management Ltd.as of 01 Jan 202616.86m1.94%
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