Consumer Staples / Packaged FoodsUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

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Market cap

12.8B

London Stock Exchange

Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E11.2

P25 11P50 13.6P75 18

Trailing P/E13.7

P25 12.6P50 17.8P75 24.1

ROE8.5

P25 3.9P50 12.2P75 21.7

ROIC7.3

P25 4.9P50 10.3P75 14.3

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All LON/ABF market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Showing 246 of 246 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Country	United Kingdom
Country code	UK
Employees	138,000
Employees Change	5,000%
Employees Change Percent	3.76
Enterprise value	GBX 15.9B
Exchange	London Stock Exchange
Financial currency	GBP
First seen	2026-05-10
Industry	Packaged Foods
Isin	GB0006731235
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	GBX 12.8B
Price	GBX 1,820
Price currency	GBX
Rev Per Employee	140,724.64x
Sector	Consumer Staples
Sic	2000
Symbol	lon/ABF
Website	https://www.abf.co.uk

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	7.45%
EV Earnings	16.78x
EV/EBIT	10x
EV/EBITDA	6.11x
EV/FCF	13.47x
EV/Sales	0.82x
FCF yield	9.28%
Forward P/E	11.18x
P/B ratio	1.1x
P/E ratio	13.66x
P/S ratio	0.66x
PE Ratio10 Y	17.53x
PE Ratio3 Y	13.06x
PE Ratio5 Y	13.42x
PEG ratio	4.06x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	7.77%
EBITDA Margin	11.35%
FCF margin	6.1%
Gross margin	7.43%
Gross Profit	GBX 1.4B
Gross Profit Growth	-8.62%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-17.78%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-7.74%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	1.43%
Net Income	GBX 950M
Net Income Growth	-27.59%
Net Income Growth Q	-14.42%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-13.25%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-1.87%
Pretax Margin	6.97%
Profit Margin	4.89%
Profit Per Employee	GBX 6,884
Profitable Years	40
ROA	4.92
Roa5y	4.76
ROCE	9.64
ROE	8.45
Roe5y	8.73
ROIC	7.31
Roic5y	8.1

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-3.17%
Cagr15y	5.83%
Cagr1y	-4.87%
Cagr20y	6.66%
Cagr3y	1.4%
Cagr5y	-2.2%
Div CAGR10	5.96%
Div CAGR3	12.62%
Div CAGR5	59%
EPS Growth	-25.04
EPS Growth Q	-11.77
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-11.73
EPS Growth5 Y	-0.14
FCF Growth	-13.07%
FCF Growth Q	19.62%
FCF Growth3 Y	-12.21%
FCF Growth5 Y	12.5%
OCF Growth	-7.99%
OCF Growth Q	3.44%
OCF Growth10 Y	11.2%
OCF Growth3 Y	-7.74%
OCF Growth5 Y	6.41%
Revenue Growth	-2.16x
Revenue Growth Q	-0.41x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-1.1x
Revenue Growth5 Y	-0.34x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	GBX 1.01
Assets	GBX 19.6B
Cash	GBX 712M
Current Assets	GBX 6B
Current Liabilities	GBX 4B
Debt	GBX 3.7B
Debt EBITDA	GBX 1.48
Debt Equity	GBX 0.32
Debt FCF	GBX 3.16
Equity	GBX 11.6B
Interest Coverage	11.1
Liabilities	GBX 8B
Long Term Assets	GBX 13.6B
Long Term Liabilities	GBX 4B
Net Cash	GBX -3B
Net Cash By Market Cap	GBX -23.72
Net Debt EBITDA	GBX 1.37
Net Debt Equity	GBX 0.26
Net Debt FCF	GBX 2.56
Tangible Book Value	GBX 9.5B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	GBX 13.4
WACC	7.31

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.51
Inventory Turnover	5.33
Net Working Capital	GBX 2B
Quick ratio	0.63
Working Capital	GBX 2B
Working Capital Turnover	GBX 9.08

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	3.39%
Dividend Growth	-30%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	GBX 0.63
Dividend Years	6
Dividend Yield	3.46%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-28
Last Dividend	GBX 0.21
Payout Frequency	Semi-Annual
Payout Ratio	26.43%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	-27.55%
1Y total return	-4.87%
200-day SMA	2,042.2
3Y total return	4.25%
50-day SMA	1,860
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-10.53%
All Time High	3,606
All Time High Change	-49.53%
All Time High Date	2015-12-02
All Time Low	48.28
All Time Low Change	3,669.68%
All Time Low Date	1980-01-03
ATR	41.09
Beta	0.81
Beta1y	0.46
Beta2y	0.53
Ch YTD	-14.43
High	1,831
High52	2,359
High52 Date	2025-11-04
High52ch	-22.85%
Low	1,803.5
Low52	1,729.5
Low52 Date	2026-03-23
Low52ch	5.24%
Ma50ch	-2.15%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-10.88%
RSI	44.64
RSI Monthly	40.31
RSI Weekly	39.47
Sharpe ratio	-0.47x
Sortino ratio	-0.36
Total Return	6.85%
Tr YTD	-14.43
Tr15y	134.04%
Tr1m	-2.26%
Tr1w	-0.71%
Tr3m	-6.02%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	GBX 1.5B
Operating Income Growth	-8.27
Operating Income Growth Q	-17.78
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-7.54
Operating Income Growth5 Y	1.47
Operating margin	7.77

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	254,683,245%
Net Borrowing	-326,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.66%
Shares Institutions	29.73%
Shares Out	701,075,741
Shares Qo Q	-0.84%
Shares Yo Y	-3.39%

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	GBX 1.2B
Average Volume	1,068,338.65x
Bv Per Share	16.14
CAPEX	GBX -1.1B
Ch10y	-41.27
Ch15y	75.17
Ch1m	-2.26
Ch1w	-0.71
Ch1y	-7.68
Ch20y	140.1
Ch3m	-6.02
Ch3y	-5.36
Ch5y	-22.55
Ch6m	-19.58
Change	0%
Change From Open	0.64
Close	1,820
Days Gap	-0.63
Depreciation Amortization	695,000,000
Dollar Volume	807,623,180
Earnings Date	2026-04-21
EBIT	GBX 1.5B
EBITDA	GBX 2.2B
EPS	GBX 1.33
F Score	4
FCF	GBX 1.2B
FCF EV Yield	7.43x
FCF Per Share	GBX 1.69
Financing CF	-1,305,000,000
Fiscal Year End	September
Founded	1,934
Graham Number	2247.78
Graham Upside	23.5
Income Tax	GBX 393M
Investing CF	-981,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-21
Last Report Date	2026-02-28
Last Split Date	1999-05-10
Last Split Type	Reverse
Lynch Fair Value	GBX 678
Lynch Upside	-62.77
Ma150	2,004.8
Ma150ch	-9.22%
Ma20	1,845.8
Ma20ch	-1.4%
Net CF	-72,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-11-03
Open	1,808.5
P FCF Ratio	10.78
P OCF Ratio	5.65
Payment Date	2026-07-03
Position In Range	60
Ppne	9,206,000,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	GBX 5.79
Ptbv Ratio	1.34
Relative Volume	0.42x
Revenue	19,420,000,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.06x
Share Based Comp	12,000,000
Tax By Revenue	2.02x
Tax Rate	29.05%
Tr20y	262.82%
Tr6m	-17.95%
Volume	443,749
Z Score	3.29

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Income

LON/ABF dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+3.5%

$0.63 annual per share

Payout ratio

+26.4%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+59.0%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+6.8%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-28

Performance

LON/ABF stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns LON/ABF?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+29.7%

Share of float held by funds and institutions

Insider ownership

+0.7%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Short interest

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Float sold short by bearish positioning

Y/Y dilution

-3.4%

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

LON/ABF momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

44.6

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-10.9%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.81

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

-0.47

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

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