Associated British Foods (ABF)

1,761.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      18.00p
  • 52 Week High: 2,031.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 1,224.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 791.67m
  • Volume: 1,048,453
  • Market Cap: £13,941m
  • RiskGrade: 131
  • Beta: 0.82

Associated British Foods Overview

Associated British Foods is the Weston family's UK arm. The Westons still own over 50% and through their careful husbandry it now owns a raft of the UK's best-known brand names including Twinings tea, Ovaltine, Primark and British Sugar.

1 Day Chart (19-06-2013)

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Associated British Foods Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.6% 1.8%
Div Cover 3.1 3.1
Op Mrgn 6.9% 7.9%
ROCE 13.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 20.2 18.2
PEG 1.1 1.7
Pr/Revenue 1.1 1.1
Pr/Book 2.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 10.7% 7.0%
PBT 0.5% 36.1%
EPS 17.8% 10.8%
DPS 15.2% 10.8%

Associated British Foods Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
13-Sep-08 8,235.00 527.00 54.90p 14.1 3.5 +4% 20.25p 2.6%
12-Sep-09 9,255.00 495.00 57.70p 14.5 2.9 +5% 21.00p 2.5%
18-Sep-10 10,167.00 763.00 72.20p 14.5 0.6 +25% 23.80p 2.3%
17-Sep-11 11,065.00 757.00 74.00p 15.1 7.6 +2% 24.75p 2.2%
15-Sep-12 12,252.00 761.00 87.20p 14.6 0.8 +18% 28.50p 2.2%

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

Associated British Foods Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-13 13,112.03 1,035.43 96.52p 18.2 1.7 +11% 31.58p 1.8%
30-Sep-14 13,961.53 1,137.57 106.42p 16.5 1.6 +10% 34.66p 1.9%

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Associated British Foods Company Announcements

Announcement on behalf of British Sugar plc 03-Jun-2013 07:00 RNS
Dividend Declaration 23-Apr-2013 07:01 RNS
Half Yearly Report 23-Apr-2013 07:00 RNS

Associated British Foods ShareCast News

Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE 19-Jun-2013 ShareCast
London close: Gains trimmed as nerves set in ahe... 17-Jun-2013 ShareCast
FTSE 100 movers: Resolution, Vodafone, Reckitt 17-Jun-2013 ShareCast

Associated British Foods Motley Fool Analysis & Commentary

Should I Buy Associated British Foods plc? 17-June-2013 Motley Fool
3 More Shares To Gain From Powerful Global Trend... 06-June-2013 Motley Fool
Should I Invest In These 5 FTSE 100 Shares? 04-June-2013 Motley Fool

Associated British Foods Top Newspaper Links

FOREIGN BOOST FOR ASOS SALES 15-Jul-2011 Express & Star
Retailers battle through the gloom 15-Jul-2011 The Independent
Primark and Asos buck the retail gloom 15-Jul-2011 Telegraph

Latest Associated British Foods Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

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.

 

Associated British Foods Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,761.00p
Change Today 18.00p
% Change 1.03 %
52 Week High 2,031.00p
52 Week Low 1,224.00p
Volume 1,048,453
Shares Issued 791.67m
Market Cap £13,941m
Beta 0.82
RiskGrade 131

Associated British Foods Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
88.8% below the market average88.8% below the market average88.8% below the market average88.8% below the market average88.8% below the market average
73.68% below the sector average73.68% below the sector average73.68% below the sector average73.68% below the sector average73.68% below the sector average
Price Trend
70.89% above the market average70.89% above the market average70.89% above the market average70.89% above the market average70.89% above the market average
48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average
Income
70.34% below the market average70.34% below the market average70.34% below the market average70.34% below the market average70.34% below the market average
61.54% below the sector average61.54% below the sector average61.54% below the sector average61.54% below the sector average61.54% below the sector average
Growth
9.55% above the market average9.55% above the market average9.55% above the market average9.55% above the market average9.55% above the market average
16.67% above the sector average16.67% above the sector average16.67% above the sector average16.67% above the sector average16.67% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 0
Neutral 12
Sell 0
Strong Sell 4
Total 20
neutral
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Associated British Foods Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 05-Jun-13 05-Dec-12
Paid 05-Jul-13 11-Jan-13
Amount 9.35p 20.00p

Trades for 19-Jun-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
16:42 14,317 @ 1,751.73p
16:38 1,225 @ 1,761.00p
16:35 794 @ 1,761.00p
16:35 253,191 @ 1,761.00p
16:30 271 @ 1,759.00p

Associated British Foods Key Personnel

CEO George G Weston
Finance Director John Bason

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