Bunzl (BZLFY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Bunzl plc is a multinational distribution and outsourcing specialist headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The company focuses on the supply of non-food consumable products to a broad range of end markets, serving as an intermediary between manufacturers and end users. Through its global network, Bunzl leverages its scale and expertise in supply chain management to provide customers with streamlined procurement, inventory management and logistics services.

The company’s product portfolio spans several key categories, including disposable packaging materials, cleaning and hygiene supplies, personal protective equipment, catering disposables and retail point-of-sale items. Bunzl’s customers operate in sectors as diverse as foodservice, healthcare, retail, safety and convenience. By offering single-source solutions and value-added services—such as kitting, quality control, waste management and just-in-time delivery—the group helps clients reduce complexity and drive cost efficiencies in their own operations.

Bunzl serves customers in more than 30 countries across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, operating regional divisions to adapt to local market requirements. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Frank van Zanten—who joined the company in 2010 and was appointed CEO in 2016—Bunzl has pursued a strategy of targeted acquisitions to deepen its product range and expand its geographic footprint. The company remains focused on sustainable growth, continuous improvement and the development of long-term customer partnerships.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $15.85 to $16.19
• 50-Day Range: $14.39 to $16.78
• 52-Week Range: $13.32 to $17.73
• Volume: 19,616 shs
• Average Volume: 24,168 shs
• Market Capitalization: $10.28 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 4.35%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Bunzl Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bunzl scored higher than 21% 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: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Bunzl has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bunzl has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 2.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Bunzl are expected to grow by 2.50% in the coming year, from $1.20 to $1.23 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bunzl has a PEG Ratio of 7.49. 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 2.79. 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

0.01% 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 1.88, 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 112.92%, 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 4.35%, 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 56.10% next year. This indicates that Bunzl will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.07

News Sentiment

Bunzl has a news sentiment score of -0.07. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.79 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles 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: 5/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: FOOD - MISC/DIVERSIFIED
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• 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: 13.21
• P/E Growth: 7.49
• 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: 0.62
• Current Ratio: 1.39
• Quick Ratio: 0.80

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.62 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.66
• Cash Flow: $2.01 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.90
• Book Value: $5.68 per share
• Price / Book: 2.79

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 648,420,000
• Free Float: 641,939,000
• Market Cap: $10.28 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.88