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Associated British Foods (ABF)

Sector:

Food Producers & Processors

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£4,920.26m

Change Today

Price Down-4.50p ()

Share Price

621.50p

Broker snap: Unilever fall is overdone

Date: Friday 11 Jul 2008

LONDON (ShareCast) - Morgan Stanley reckons household goods giant Unilever has been oversold in recent months, having fallen around 20% from May’s high.

Nevertheless, it still has the Anglo-Dutch group as 'underweight' with 1,600p price target.

AB Foods gets the nod over Tate & Lyle and Premier Foods, with an ‘overweight' rating and 960p target. Tate is kept as 'underweight' with 430p target, while Premier is 'equal-weight' with 120p target.

Cadbury, recently lowered to ‘sell’ from ‘hold’ at Investec on valuation grounds, is 'overweight' with 750p target price.

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

 

ABF Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 621.50p Price Down
Change Today -4.50p
52 Week High 904.00
52 Week Low 611.50
Volume 1,405,821
Shares Issued 791.67m
Market Cap £4,920.26m
Beta 0.59
RiskGrade 215

Performance Indicators

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
97.09% below the market average97.09% below the market average97.09% below the market average97.09% below the market average97.09% below the market average
95.56% below the sector average95.56% below the sector average95.56% below the sector average95.56% below the sector average95.56% below the sector average
Price Trend
45.39% above the market average45.39% above the market average45.39% above the market average45.39% above the market average45.39% above the market average
10.64% above the sector average10.64% above the sector average10.64% above the sector average10.64% above the sector average10.64% above the sector average
Income
39.66% below the market average39.66% below the market average39.66% below the market average39.66% below the market average39.66% below the market average
40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average
Growth
57.66% below the market average57.66% below the market average57.66% below the market average57.66% below the market average57.66% below the market average
31.71% below the sector average31.71% below the sector average31.71% below the sector average31.71% below the sector average31.71% below the sector average
Price Chg 6m
39.70% above the market average39.70% above the market average39.70% above the market average39.70% above the market average39.70% above the market average
31.91% above the sector average31.91% above the sector average31.91% above the sector average31.91% above the sector average31.91% above the sector average
P/E
27.98% below the market average27.98% below the market average27.98% below the market average27.98% below the market average27.98% below the market average
71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average
PEG
85.49% below the market average85.49% below the market average85.49% below the market average85.49% below the market average85.49% below the market average
73.91% below the sector average73.91% below the sector average73.91% below the sector average73.91% below the sector average73.91% below the sector average
Dividend Yield
48.43% below the market average48.43% below the market average48.43% below the market average48.43% below the market average48.43% below the market average
31.03% below the sector average31.03% below the sector average31.03% below the sector average31.03% below the sector average31.03% below the sector average
EPS Growth
37.97% below the market average37.97% below the market average37.97% below the market average37.97% below the market average37.97% below the market average
15.15% below the sector average15.15% below the sector average15.15% below the sector average15.15% below the sector average15.15% below the sector average
Operating Margin
3.51% below the market average3.51% below the market average3.51% below the market average3.51% below the market average3.51% below the market average
18.18% above the sector average18.18% above the sector average18.18% above the sector average18.18% above the sector average18.18% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 0
Neutral 9
Sell 2
Strong Sell 1
Total 14
neutral
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ABF Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 03-Dec-08 04-Jun-08
Paid 09-Jan-09 03-Jul-08
Amount 13.50p 6.75p

Trades for --2008

Time Volume / Share Price
0 @ 0.000p

ABF Key Personnel

CEO George G Weston
Finance Director John Bason

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