Bunzl (BZLFY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Bunzl plc is a multinational distribution and outsourcing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The company supplies essential business-to-business products and provides related services that help organizations manage procurement, inventory and delivery across a range of industries.

Its product portfolio includes foodservice packaging and supplies, cleaning and hygiene products, personal protective equipment, workplace safety equipment, healthcare consumables, retail supplies and catering equipment. Bunzl also offers customized distribution, purchasing and inventory-management solutions designed to streamline customers’ supply chains.

Bunzl serves customers through operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, continental Europe, North America and Australasia. The company traces its origins to 1854 and has developed from a family trading business into an international specialist distributor, expanding primarily through organic growth and acquisitions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $18.07 to $18.22
• 50-Day Range: $17.16 to $19.43
• 52-Week Range: $13.32 to $19.50
• Volume: 16,271 shs
• Average Volume: 42,353 shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.82 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 3.73%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Bunzl Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bunzl scored higher than 33% 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: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Bunzl has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.17, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bunzl has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Bunzl are expected to grow by 4.00% in the coming year, from $1.25 to $1.30 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bunzl has a PEG Ratio of 4.78. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bunzl has a P/B Ratio of 3.21. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Bunzl has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Bunzl has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.23, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bunzl has recently increased by 32.10%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Bunzl is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.72%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Bunzl will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.31% next year. This indicates that Bunzl will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Bunzl has a news sentiment score of 0.67. 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 0.54 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Bunzl this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.00% of the stock of Bunzl is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.06% of the stock of Bunzl is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Today: 10/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: Food Distributors
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:BZLFY
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:BNL
• CIK: 1072397
• Web: www.bunzl.com
• Phone: 442077255000
• Fax: 44-20-7725-5001
• Employees: 26,777
• Year Founded: 1854

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.58
• P/E Growth: 4.78
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.62 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.76
• Cash Flow: $2.01 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.08
• Book Value: $5.68 per share
• Price / Book: 3.21

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 648,630,000
• Free Float: 642,140,000
• Market Cap: $11.82 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.81