Cranswick (CWK) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cranswick is a leading and innovative British supplier of premium, fresh and added value food products, with revenues in excess of £2.0 billion. We produce and supply premium food to UK grocery retailers, the food service sector and other global food producers. Our core market is the United Kingdom where we provide a range of high quality, predominantly fresh food including Fresh Pork, Poultry, Convenience and Gourmet Products and more recently have further expanded our portfolio by adding high quality pet food. Cranswick is one of the first companies to offer a true farm to fork proposition, employing over 13,700 people across 20 well-invested and highly efficient facilities in the UK. Our ambitious sustainability strategy ‘Second Nature’ has been developed to deliver the Group’s vision to become the world’s most sustainable meat business. Cranswick has committed to be a Net Zero business across its operations by 2040.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 5,304.40 to 5,560
• 50-Day Range: 4,625 to 5,490
• 52-Week Range: 4,203.33 to 5,590
• Volume: 80,588 shs
• Average Volume: 132,886 shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.89 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.51
• Dividend Yield: 1.68%
• Price Target: GBX 5,185
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Cranswick Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cranswick scored higher than 24% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Cranswick has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cranswick has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cranswick is 25.51, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cranswick is 25.51, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 12.10.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Cranswick has a PEG Ratio of 2.62. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cranswick has a P/B Ratio of 3.15. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CWK.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Cranswick pays a meaningful dividend of 1.83%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Cranswick does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cranswick is 42.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CWK.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.89

News Sentiment

Cranswick has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.47 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Cranswick this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

9 people have searched for CWK on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 80% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Cranswick to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cranswick insiders have sold 213,536.64% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £164.19 in company stock and sold £350,770 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.54% of the stock of Cranswick is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

84.55% of the stock of Cranswick is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CWK Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CWK shares performed this year?

Cranswick's stock was trading at GBX 4,865 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, CWK shares have increased by 10.2% and is now trading at GBX 5,359.69.
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How were Cranswick's earnings last quarter?

Cranswick plc (LON:CWK) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 20th. The company reported $273.40 earnings per share for the quarter. Cranswick had a net margin of 4.35% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.64%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Cranswick?

Shares of CWK stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Cranswick own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Cranswick investors own include 32Red (TTR), Greencore Group (GNC), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Tesco (TSCO), Ashtead Group (AHT), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH) and GSK (GSK).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/20/2025
• Today: 5/23/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Packaged Foods
• Sub-Industry: Real Estate
• Current Symbol: LON:CWK
• CIK: N/A
• Web: cranswick.plc.uk
• Phone: +44-1482-372000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 52,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 5,185
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 5,370
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 5,000
• Potential Upside/Downside: -3.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 210.14
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.51
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.73
• P/E Growth: 2.62
• Net Income: £113.74 million
• Net Margins: 4.35%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 12.64%
• Return on Assets: 8.26%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 13.98
• Current Ratio: 1.66
• Quick Ratio: 1.02

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £2.61 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.11
• Cash Flow: GBX 36.61 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 146.39
• Book Value: GBX 1,700.33 per share
• Price / Book: 3.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 53,909,703
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.89 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.44