Premier Foods (PFD) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Premier Foods plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes branded and own label food products in the United Kingdom, other European countries, and internationally. The company operates through Grocery, Sweet Treats, and international segments. It offers a portfolio of product categories, including flavorings and seasonings under the Bisto, OXO, Paxo, and Saxa brands; cooking sauces and accompaniments under the Sharwood's, Loyd Grossman, Spice Tailor and Homepride brands; quick meals, snacks, and soups under the Batchelors and Smash brands; ambient desserts under the Ambrosia, Bird's, and Angel Delight brands; and ambient cakes under the Mr Kipling and Cadbury brands. The company also provides dumplings under the Atora brand name; plain flour under the Be-Ro brand; dried milk under the Marvel brand name; plain and self-raising flour under the McDougalls brand; and plant based food under the Plantastic brand name. It offers its products through supermarkets, discounters, convenience stores, and wholesale and food service facilities, as well as through e-commerce channels. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Saint Albans, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 206 to 209
• 50-Day Range: 180.40 to 210
• 52-Week Range: 165.20 to 216.50
• Volume: 3.26 million shs
• Average Volume: 19.09 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.78 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.87
• Dividend Yield: 1.61%
• Price Target: GBX 244
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Premier Foods Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Premier Foods scored higher than 66% 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: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Premier Foods has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Premier Foods has a consensus price target of GBX 244, representing about 17.9% upside from its current price of GBX 207.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Premier Foods has only been the subject of 4 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 Premier Foods is 13.89, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.51.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Premier Foods is 13.89, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 894.25.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Premier Foods has a PEG Ratio of 1.44. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Premier Foods has a P/B Ratio of 1.35. 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 PFD.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Premier Foods pays a meaningful dividend of 1.61%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Premier Foods does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Premier Foods is 18.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.72

News Sentiment

Premier Foods has a news sentiment score of 0.72. 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 0.50 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Premier Foods this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Premier Foods insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.67% of the stock of Premier Foods is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

38.56% of the stock of Premier Foods is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/14/2026
• Today: 5/17/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Packaged Foods
• Sub-Industry: Financial Services
• Current Symbol: LON:PFD
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.premierfoods.co.uk
• Phone: +44-1727-815850
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Premier Foods: GBX 244
• High Price Target: GBX 280
• Low Price Target: GBX 230
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 14.90
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.87
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.58
• P/E Growth: 1.44
• Net Income: £112.38 million
• Net Margins: 12.17%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 15.61%
• Return on Assets: 4.78%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 24.06
• Current Ratio: 0.75
• Quick Ratio: 0.41

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.18 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.51
• Cash Flow: GBX 5.35 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 38.64
• Book Value: GBX 153.87 per share
• Price / Book: 1.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 861,668,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.78 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.61