Bunzl (BNZL) Share Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bunzl in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 3 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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7 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Bunzl's stock. Their BNZL share price forecasts range from GBX 2,600 to GBX 3,375. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach GBX 2,989.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% from the stock's current price.
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Bunzl's stock was trading at GBX 2,759 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BNZL stock has increased by 5.7% and is now trading at GBX 2,917.
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Bunzl plc (LON:BNZL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 24th. The company reported $70.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $66.70 by $3.40. Bunzl had a net margin of 3.99% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.47%.

Bunzl announced a dividend on Tuesday, August 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 16th will be given a dividend of GBX 18.20 per share on Wednesday, January 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 16th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.
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Bunzl (LON:BNZL) pays an annual dividend of GBX 64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.23%. The dividend payout ratio is 4,413.79%. 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 2,917.

Bunzl (LON:BNZL) has a market capitalization of £9.86 billion and generates £12.30 billion in revenue each year. The company earns £490 million in net income (profit) each year or GBX 1.45 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 22,451 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.