Associated British Foods (ASBFY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Associated British Foods plc is a diversified international food, ingredients, agriculture and retail group. The company operates through five principal businesses: Grocery, Ingredients, Agriculture, Sugar and Retail. Its food products include tea, coffee, cereal, bread, baking ingredients, condiments and other grocery items sold under brands such as Twinings, Ovaltine, Jordans, Ryvita, Kingsmill and Silver Spoon.

Through its ingredients operations, Associated British Foods supplies yeast, bakery ingredients and other specialty ingredients to food manufacturers and commercial bakeries. Its agriculture businesses provide animal feed, agricultural products and related services, while its sugar operations produce and process sugar in markets including the United Kingdom and southern Africa.

The company also owns Primark, an international value-fashion retailer offering clothing, accessories, beauty products and home merchandise. Associated British Foods serves customers across the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, China and other international markets through its manufacturing, distribution and retail operations. The group traces its origins to 1935 and is headquartered in London, England.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $24.82 to $25.35
• 50-Day Range: $25.18 to $28.71
• 52-Week Range: $23.36 to $31.11
• Volume: 59,009 shs
• Average Volume: 24,630 shs
• Market Capitalization: $17.70 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.75%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Associated British Foods Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Associated British Foods scored higher than 27% 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: 1.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Associated British Foods has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.83, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Associated British Foods has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 2.38%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Associated British Foods are expected to grow by 2.38% in the coming year, from $2.10 to $2.15 per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Associated British Foods has a P/B Ratio of 1.23. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued 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 Associated British Foods has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Associated British Foods has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.52, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Associated British Foods has recently increased by 161.73%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Associated British Foods pays a meaningful dividend of 1.60%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Associated British Foods will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.47% next year. This indicates that Associated British Foods will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.67

News Sentiment

Associated British Foods 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Associated British Foods this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

Associated British Foods has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:ASBFY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.abf.co.uk
• Phone: 442073996500
• Fax: 44-0-20-7399-6580
• Employees: 138,000
• Year Founded: 1935

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• 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: 0.26
• Current Ratio: 1.51
• Quick Ratio: 0.69

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $25.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.70
• Cash Flow: $3.76 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.70
• Book Value: $20.41 per share
• Price / Book: 1.23

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 702,950,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $17.70 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.88