Bunzl (BNZL) Share Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bunzl in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" BNZL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BNZL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Bunzl's stock. Their BNZL share price forecasts range from GBX 2,750 to GBX 3,375. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach GBX 2,955 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.8%.
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Bunzl's stock was trading at GBX 2,759 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BNZL stock has increased by 14.9% and is now trading at GBX 3,170.
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Bunzl plc (LON:BNZL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 24th. The company reported $70.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $66.70 by $3.40. Bunzl had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.27% and a net margin of 3.94%.

Bunzl announced a dividend on Monday, February 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 18th will be given a dividend of GBX 45.40 per share on Tuesday, July 4th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 18th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous dividend of GBX 17.30. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.
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Bunzl (LON:BNZL) pays an annual dividend of GBX 63 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.99%. The dividend payout ratio is 4,468.09%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Bunzl investors own include Bunzl (BZLFY), Barclays (BARC), Unilever (ULVR), Ashtead Group (AHT), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Diageo (DGE), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR) and Schroders (SDR).

Bunzl trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "BNZL."

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One share of BNZL stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 3,170.

Bunzl (LON:BNZL) has a market capitalization of £10.71 billion and generates £12.04 billion in revenue each year. The company earns £474.40 million in net income (profit) each year or GBX 1.41 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 21,021 workers across the globe.

Bunzl's mailing address is York House, 45 Seymour Street, LONDON, W1H 7JT, United Kingdom. The official website for the company is www.bunzl.com. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-77255000.