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ABF

LSE:ABF GB0006731235
36
  • Value
    79
  • Growth
    22
  • Safety
    Safety
    79
  • Combined
    73
  • Sentiment
    6
  • 360° View
    360° View
    36
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Company Description

Associated British Foods PLC is a diversified company focused on food and ingredients. It operates in the grocery, ingredients, agriculture, sugar, and retail industries, with brands like Primark and Penney's. The company operates globally. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $20,192 million, profits of $6,406 million, and revenue of $26,340 million, with 138271 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 36 (better than 36% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock ABF are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for ABF. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 79, which means that the share price of ABF is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 79% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 79. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 6. Professional investors are more confident in 94% other stocks. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 22, which means that the company is below average in terms of growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. 78 of its competitors have better growth. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Analyst Opinions
Weakest Rank Profit Growth
Country United Kingdom
Industry Packaged Foods & Meats
Size X-Large
Website abf.co.uk
Index
FTSE All Shares
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 23-Apr-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
79 73 32 44
Growth
22 19 94 36
Safety
Safety
79 84 80 62
Sentiment
6 23 66 82
360° View
360° View
36 55 92 68
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
1 15 31 67
Opinions Change
28 12 72 75
Pro Holdings
n/a 29 62 72
Market Pulse
36 67 61 41
Sentiment
6 23 66 82
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
79 73 32 44
Growth
22 19 94 36
Safety Safety
79 84 80 62
Combined
73 65 89 38
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
63 59 38 49
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
74 74 42 50
Price vs. Book (P/B)
79 70 45 58
Dividend Yield
62 58 37 37
Value
79 73 32 44
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
25 50 76 45
Profit Growth
96 21 78 82
Capital Growth
17 44 31 39
Stock Returns
18 21 98 20
Growth
22 19 94 36
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
72 79 83 73
Refinancing
57 60 56 52
Liquidity
70 84 61 54
Safety Safety
79 84 80 62

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This stock is a good value with safe financing, but has low growth and negative sentiment. It is a good option for a cautious value investor looking for stability but who can tolerate low momentum and skeptical professional opinion.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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