Associated British Foods

ABF · LSE · GBp

1,839.50 GBpChange from previous close: +0.46%Absolute change: +8.50 GBp

Close · October 2, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
£12.85B
Enterprise value
£16.19B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
13.8
Forward P/E
12.4
PEG
2.27
Price/book
114.0
Price/sales
0.66
EV/EBITDA
7.34
EV/revenue
0.83

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
7.4%
Operating margin
6.6%
Net margin
4.9%
ROE
8.5%
ROA
4.9%
Revenue growth (year over year)
-0.4%
Earnings growth (year over year)
-11.8%

Financial health

Total cash
£712M
Total debt
£3.74B
Debt/equity
0.32
Current ratio
1.51
Quick ratio
0.63

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
0.63 GBp
Dividend yield
3.4%
Payout ratio
47.3%
Ex-dividend date
May 28, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
1,804.71 GBp
Median price target
1,800.00 GBp
High price target
2,040.00 GBp
Low price target
1,520.00 GBp
Analysts with a price target
17
Consensus
Sell
Forward EPS
1.49 GBp
EPS estimate, current year
1.53 GBp

Shares and trading

Beta
0.80
Average volume
821.72K
Shares outstanding
698.32M
Float
256.41M
Institutional ownership
21.1%
Insider ownership
60.6%