Bunzl (BZLFY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Bunzl plc is an international distribution and outsourcing company that supplies essential products and services to businesses across a range of industries. Its customers include organizations in the foodservice, retail, grocery, healthcare, hospitality, cleaning, safety and industrial sectors.

The company distributes products such as food packaging and disposable supplies, cleaning and hygiene products, personal protective equipment, catering equipment, workplace safety supplies, healthcare consumables and retail packaging. Bunzl also provides procurement, inventory management, replenishment and other customized supply-chain services designed to help customers manage their purchasing and day-to-day operations.

Bunzl traces its origins to 1854 and has developed from a family business into a global distribution group through organic growth and acquisitions. It serves customers across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The company is headquartered in London and operates through a network of regional businesses supported by group-level leadership and infrastructure.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $17.38 to $17.58
• 50-Day Range: $17.39 to $19.43
• 52-Week Range: $13.32 to $19.50
• Volume: 20,908 shs
• Average Volume: 22,653 shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.30 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 3.90%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Bunzl Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bunzl scored higher than 47% 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: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Bunzl has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.14, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bunzl has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

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 4.59. 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 3.07. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 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 1.44, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bunzl has recently decreased by 13.93%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Bunzl is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.87%, 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: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Bunzl has a news sentiment score of 1.00. 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 0.68 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

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: 9/16/2026
• 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: 13.94
• P/E Growth: 4.59
• 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: 0.72
• Cash Flow: $2.00 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.73
• Book Value: $5.68 per share
• Price / Book: 3.07

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 648,600,000
• Free Float: 642,116,000
• Market Cap: $11.30 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.82