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Last updated: April 2026

ABF PEER ANALYSIS

Associated British Foods PLC — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

ABFAssociated British Foods PLC

🇬🇧 UK · LSE · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

Value itDuel
PriceFinancialsPeers

Overall Profile & Returns

· Packaged Foods

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile
ValuationProfitabilityGrowthFinancial HealthDividend
ABFIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year
Split-adjusted
ABF-2.6%OFSYM+35.4%GOKNR+1.8%BESLR-4.0%MOPAS-10.6%AKHAN—
Year-to-Date (YTD)
ABF-7.0%OFSYM-16.9%GOKNR+21.5%BESLR+13.0%MOPAS-15.9%AKHAN—
1-Year
Split-adjusted
ABF-2.6%CCH+33.7%BNZL+18.7%IMB+4.8%SBRY+28.7%TSCO+19.0%
Year-to-Date (YTD)
ABF-7.0%CCH+37.9%BNZL+32.5%IMB-6.6%SBRY+6.4%TSCO+7.9%

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better
ABF14.63OFSYM27.70GOKNR17.41BESLR16.33MOPAS47.81AKHAN169.07Median 18.51

ROE

Higher is better
ABF8.5%OFSYM7.5%GOKNR5.1%BESLR3.4%MOPAS4.9%AKHAN5.2%Median 3.4%

Net Margin

Higher is better
ABF4.9%OFSYM1.6%GOKNR3.0%BESLR1.6%MOPAS1.9%AKHAN1.9%Median 1.9%

Revenue Growth

Higher is better
ABF-2.2%OFSYM-7.5%GOKNR-0.6%BESLR10.2%MOPAS2.4%AKHAN-30.4%Median 3.5%

P/E

Lower is better
ABF14.63CCH23.79BNZL19.10IMB—SBRY20.20TSCO16.58Median 18.51

ROE

Higher is better
ABF8.5%CCH26.2%BNZL16.3%IMB—SBRY5.9%TSCO15.5%Median 3.4%

Net Margin

Higher is better
ABF4.9%CCH8.1%BNZL3.9%IMB—SBRY1.1%TSCO2.4%Median 1.9%

Revenue Growth

Higher is better
ABF-2.2%CCH6.0%BNZL2.1%IMB—SBRY2.7%TSCO5.4%Median 3.5%

All Metrics

Valuation
MetricABFOFSYMGOKNRBESLRMOPASAKHANInd. Median
P/E14.63●27.7017.4116.3347.81169.0718.51
P/B1.211.770.770.47●1.901.781.59
EV/EBITDA6.906.784.754.63●16.4214.3110.83
P/S0.720.440.530.26●0.920.780.80
Financial Health
MetricABFOFSYMGOKNRBESLRMOPASAKHANInd. Median
Current Ratio1.511.552.01●1.381.871.781.55
Debt/Equity32.6%103.5%36.8%50.3%32.4%●57.0%48.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA1.232.441.061.68-0.69●3.251.99
Profitability
MetricABFOFSYMGOKNRBESLRMOPASAKHANInd. Median
Net Margin4.9%●1.6%3.0%1.6%1.9%1.9%1.9%
ROE8.5%●7.5%5.1%3.4%4.9%5.2%3.4%
ROA5.0%●3.3%3.1%1.5%2.3%2.4%2.0%
EBITDA Margin12.6%10.1%14.2%●8.9%5.4%7.1%10.1%
Growth + Dividend
MetricABFOFSYMGOKNRBESLRMOPASAKHANInd. Median
Rev. Growth-2.2%-7.5%-0.6%10.2%●2.4%-30.4%3.5%
NI Growth-27.6%●-44.5%-68.9%-67.3%-35.4%-30.3%-16.5%
Div. Yield3.3%●0.0%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Payout47.3%0.0%26.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Valuation
MetricABFCCHBNZLIMBSBRYTSCOInd. Median
P/E14.63●23.7919.10—20.2016.5818.51
P/B1.21●5.713.145.531.262.581.59
EV/EBITDA6.9013.619.59—6.24●8.0910.83
P/S0.721.930.74—0.23●0.400.80
Financial Health
MetricABFCCHBNZLIMBSBRYTSCOInd. Median
Current Ratio1.51●1.191.390.700.560.591.55
Debt/Equity32.6%●101.7%103.8%278.4%107.3%131.6%48.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA1.230.69●2.03—2.602.181.99
Profitability
MetricABFCCHBNZLIMBSBRYTSCOInd. Median
Net Margin4.9%8.1%●3.9%—1.1%2.4%1.9%
ROE8.5%26.2%●16.3%—5.9%15.5%3.4%
ROA5.0%8.3%●5.1%—1.8%4.6%2.0%
EBITDA Margin12.6%14.9%●9.8%—6.3%6.8%10.1%
Growth + Dividend
MetricABFCCHBNZLIMBSBRYTSCOInd. Median
Rev. Growth-2.2%6.0%●2.1%—2.7%5.4%3.5%
NI Growth-27.6%12.5%-5.8%—51.8%●9.9%-16.5%
Div. Yield3.3%2.3%2.8%5.8%●4.1%3.1%0.0%
Payout47.3%39.8%52.7%—147.4%52.4%0.0%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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