A.G. BARR (BAG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

A.G. Barr is a UK-based branded multi beverage business focused on growth and the creation of long-term shareholder value. Ambitious and value driven, with strong consumer focus, it is a brand owners and builder, offering a diverse and differentiated portfolio of brands that people love. Established almost 150 years ago in Scotland, now operating across the UK and with export markets throughout the world, A.G. Barr strives to grow its business both organically and through targeted acquisition. A.G. Barr’s purpose is to create value with values, by building great brands across its three business divisions: At A.G. Barr’s core is Barr Soft Drinks, brightening people’s lives, with refreshingly different soft drinks. Established in 1875 and home to some of the UK’s most loved soft drinks brands - from the iconic IRN-BRU to the vibrant fruit-based brand RUBICON and the unique range of BARR flavours, Barr Soft Drinks’ brands offer people a choice of great tasting products and bring exciting innovation to the market, available across multiple channels. FUNKIN operates within the exciting and dynamic cocktail market. Real fruit means authentic taste and FUNKIN believes that to shake the best cocktail you have to use the best ingredients. That’s why they use the best fruit to create their premium products, famous amongst top bartenders. As the UK’s number 1 cocktail brand FUNKIN provides innovative and unique purées, syrups, mixers and a growing ready to drink cocktail range, for behind the bar and at home. Making ordinary moments extraordinary. MOMA uses a blend of the highest quality wholegrain jumbo oats that give its oat drinks a full-bodied flavour and its porridge a distinctively creamy texture. MOMA believes in crafting simple, natural ingredients into food and drink that tastes awesome, because a little extra skill and care turns ‘good for you’ into ‘great’. A.G. Barr’s simple, effective and profitable business model - making, moving, marketing and selling - is supported by strong partnerships, talented people and responsible actions. Employing over 1,000 people across nine UK locations, A.G. Barr is proud to be a responsible business that listens to its consumers, builds lasting customer relationships, takes care of its people, values diversity, gives something back to its communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 603.82 to 620
• 50-Day Range: 612.57 to 701.96
• 52-Week Range: 603.82 to 728
• Volume: 233,984 shs
• Average Volume: 3.83 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £674.73 million
• P/E Ratio: 14.55
• Dividend Yield: 3.04%
• Price Target: GBX 777.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

A.G. BARR Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

A.G. BARR scored higher than 68% 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: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

A.G. BARR has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

A.G. BARR has a consensus price target of GBX 777.50, representing about 28.1% upside from its current price of GBX 607.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

A.G. BARR has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of A.G. BARR is 14.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.46.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of A.G. BARR is 14.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 887.82.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

A.G. BARR has a PEG Ratio of 1.36. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

A.G. BARR has a P/B Ratio of 2.26. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued 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 BAG.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

A.G. BARR pays a meaningful dividend of 3.04%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

A.G. BARR does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of A.G. BARR is 41.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.00

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for A.G. BARR this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for BAG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

3 insiders have purchased shares of A.G. BARR in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, A.G. BARR insiders have sold 59,715.26% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £1,197.55 in company stock and sold £716,317.65 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.31% of the stock of A.G. BARR is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

39.34% of the stock of A.G. BARR is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/31/2026
• Today: 5/11/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Beverages - Non - Alcoholic
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:BAG
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.agbarr.co.uk
• Phone: +44-1236-852400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,030
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for A.G. BARR: GBX 777.50
• High Price Target: GBX 800
• Low Price Target: GBX 750
• Potential Upside/Downside: +28.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 41.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.52
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.89
• P/E Growth: 1.36
• Net Income: £36.51 million
• Net Margins: 10.77%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 14.27%
• Return on Assets: 7.77%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 14.20
• Current Ratio: 1.67
• Quick Ratio: 1.99

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £437.30 million
• Price / Sales: 1.54
• Cash Flow: GBX 64.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.36
• Book Value: GBX 268.42 per share
• Price / Book: 2.26

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 110,976,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £673.62 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.37