ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 19.57
Dividend & Yield0.34£ (2.50%)
Beta 1.11
Market capitalization 10.56B
Operating cash flow 2.24B
ESG Scores 26.0

Company description

Associated British Foods plc operates as a diversified food, ingredients, and retail company worldwide. It operates through five segments: Grocery, Sugar, Agriculture, Ingredients, and Retail. The Grocery segment manufactures and sells grocery products, including hot beverages, sugar and sweeteners, vegetable oils, balsamic vinegars, bread and baked goods, cereals, ethnic foods, and meat products to retail, wholesale, and foodservice businesses. The Sugar segment is involved in growing, processing, and selling sugar beet and sugar cane to industrial users. The Agriculture segment manufactures and sells animal feeds; and provides other products and services for the agriculture sector. The Ingredients segment manufactures bakers' yeast, bakery ingredients, enzymes, lipids, yeast extracts, and cereal specialties. The Retail segment is involved in buying and merchandising clothing and accessories through the Primark and Penneys retail chains, which offer womenswear, menswear, children's wear, footwear, accessories, homeware, and skincare products. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. Associated British Foods plc is a subsidiary of Wittington Investments Limited.

Sector: Consumer Defensive - Industry: Packaged Foods

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio1.18
Working Capital0.17
Return On Equity0.05
Debt To Equity0.01
Fixed Asset Ratio0.03
Fixed Interest Cover7.88

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-09-14 2019-09-14 2020-09-12 2021-09-18
Change To Liabilities 44M -174M 175M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -731M -518M -518M -561M
Net Borrowings -261M -292M -292M -318M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -691M -678M -678M -512M
Change To Operating Activities -28M 41M 41M -40M
Issuance Of Stock
Net Income 878M 455M 478M
Change In Cash 87M 551M 551M 280M
Effect Of Exchange Rate -6M -6M -6M -60M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 1.51B 1.75B 1.75B 1.41B
Depreciation 612M 916M 916M 897M
Change To Account Receivables 18M 81M 81M -98M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -47M -115M -115M -145M
Change To Netincome 187M 235M 235M 121M
Capital Expenditures -680M -561M -561M -551M

Income Statement 2019-09-14 2019-09-14 2020-09-12 2021-09-18
Research Development
Income Before Tax 1.17B 686M 686M 725M
Net Income 878M 455M 478M
Selling General Administrative 2.32B 2.24B 2.24B 2.26B
Gross Profit 3.64B 3.14B 3.13B
Ebit 1.31B 893M 875M
Operating Income 1.31B 893M 893M 875M
Interest Expense -42M -124M -124M -111M
Income Tax Expense 277M 221M 227M
Total Revenue 15.82B 13.94B 13.88B
Cost Of Revenue 12.19B 10.8B 10.75B
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -140M -207M -150M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 896M 465M 465M 498M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 878M 455M 455M 478M

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-09-14 2019-09-14 2020-09-12 2021-09-18
Total Liabilities 4.21B 7.23B 6.89B
Total Stockholder Equity 9.45B 9.36B 9.92B
Other Current Liabilities 665M 850M 728M
Total Assets 13.76B 16.67B 16.89B
Common Stock 45M 45M 45M
Other Current Assets 142M 145M 137M
Retained Earnings 8.83B 8.82B 9.69B
Treasury Stock 575M 491M 184M
Cash 1.5B 2B 2.27B
Total Current Liabilities 3.07B 3.15B 3.28B
Other Stockholder Equity 575M 491M 184M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 5.77B 8.64B 7.93B
Total Current Assets 5.6B 5.75B 6.11B
Net Tangible Assets 7.77B 7.73B 8.34B
Net Receivables 1.27B 1.23B 1.27B
Accounts Payable 1.15B 909M 938M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Bason (John George)Bought at price 18.99 per share.D2022-07-081.89k
Hauser (Wolfhart G)Bought at price 18.34 per share.D2022-07-053.24k
Adamo (Emma)Bought at price 19.84 per share.D2022-06-2945k
Allen (Graham)Bought at price 19.52 per share.D2022-04-261.8k
Allen (Graham)Bought at price 19.61 per share.D2022-04-262.2k
Weston (George Garfield)D2022-02-17
Bason (John George)Bought at price 28.97 per share.D2022-01-142.85k
Adamo (Emma)Sold at price 28.66 per share.D2022-01-1238.2k
Weston (George Garfield)Sold at price 25.57 per share.D2021-11-2223.9k
Weston (George Garfield)D2021-11-1934.64k
Weston (George Garfield)D2021-11-1916.05k
Bason (John George)D2021-11-1922.88k
Bason (John George)D2021-11-1910.6k
Cairnie (Ruth)D2021-11-09
Adamo (Emma)D2021-11-09
Allen (Graham)D2021-11-09
Mclintock (Michael J)D2021-11-09
Reid (Richard Harry)D2021-11-09
Hauser (Wolfhart G)D2021-11-09
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2021-11-05
Cairnie (Ruth)D2021-09-18
Hauser (Wolfhart G)D2021-09-18
Wittington Investments LtdD2021-09-18
Adamo (Emma)D2021-09-18
Allen (Graham)D2021-09-18
Associated British Foods Executive Share Incentive Plan 2003D2021-09-18
Mclintock (Michael J)D2021-09-18
Reid (Richard Harry)D2021-09-18
Bason (John George)Bought at price 30.41 per share.D2021-07-09505
Reid (Richard Harry)D2021-03-08
Weston (George Garfield)D2021-03-03118.15k
Weston (George Garfield)Sold at price 31.84 per share.D2021-01-21938.7k
Weston (George Garfield)Sold at price 31.39 per share.D2020-12-29253.62k
Weston (George Garfield)Sold at price 30.63 per share.D2020-12-2446.21k
Weston (George Garfield)Sold at price 31.23 per share.D2020-12-2470k
Weston (George Garfield)Sold at price 30.40 per share.D2020-12-2364.96k
Weston (George Garfield)Sold at price 31.12 per share.D2020-12-1634.97k
Weston (George Garfield)Sold at price 30.67 per share.D2020-12-14182.68k
Weston (George Garfield)Sold at price 52.63 per share.D2020-11-233.95k
Bason (John George)Sold at price 26.74 per share.D2020-11-231.52k
Bason (John George)D2020-11-205.52k
Weston (George Garfield)D2020-11-208.38k
Mclintock (Michael J)Bought at price 22.43 per share.D2020-11-039k
Mclintock (Michael J)D2020-10-30
Reid (Richard Harry)D2020-10-30
Bason (John George)D2020-10-30
Cairnie (Ruth)D2020-10-30
Capital Group Companies, Inc.D2020-10-30
Hauser (Wolfhart G)D2020-10-30
Weston (George Garfield)D2020-10-30
Adamo (Emma)D2020-10-30

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P:

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of -6.05% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

-6.05 %

Latent gain

-517.5 £

Invested capital

8553.5 £

Annualized return

-1.47 %
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Momentum strategy results on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P:

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -16.85% of return on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P. That represents -1629.0£ of latent gain with 9665.0£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give -16.13% of return on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P. That represents -1545.0£ of latent gain with 9581.0£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-16.85 %

Latent gain

-1629.0 £

Invested capital

9665.0 £

Annualized return

1.4 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

-16.13 %

Latent gain

-1545.0 £

Invested capital

9581.0 £

Annualized return

-4.43 %

Momentum equity curve on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P:

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P since the beginning:

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

Buy the dip entry openings on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P is 2.96%. That represents 173.5$ of latent gain with 5853.5£ of employed capital. The following chart shows ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

2.96 %

Latent gain

173.5 £

Invested capital

5853.5 £

Annualized return

1.4 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P:

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

Note: the dividends potentially given by ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P:

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P.

Equity curve comparison on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P investment comparison

Performance comparison on ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment -6.05% -517.5£ 8553.5£ -1.47%
Momentum 1 quarter -16.85% -1629.0£ 9665.0£ -4.34%
Momentum 2 quarters -16.13% -1545.0£ 9581.0£ -4.43%
Non-directional 2.96% 173.5£ 5853.5£ 1.4%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

-1.47 %

Momentum 1Q

-4.43 %

Momentum 2Q

-4.43 %

Non-directional

1.4 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P:

Positive correlations

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Negative correlation

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Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P
Country United Kingdom
City London
Address Weston Centre
Phone 44 20 7399 6500
Website www.abf.co.uk
FullTime employees 128000
Industry Packaged Foods
Sector Consumer Defensive
Exchange XLON
Ticker ABF.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC ORD 5 15/22P ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 10.5
Peer Environment Performance 10.513977272727
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil no
Nuclear no
Fur Leather no
GMO no
Coal no
Pesticides no
Animal Testing yes

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 11.0
Peer Social Performance 10.916022727273
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy 3
Peer Highest Controversy Performance 2.1022727272727
Adult no
Gambling no
Alcoholic no
Tobacco no
Catholic no
Controversial Weapons no
Small Arms no
Military Contract no
Peer Count yes

Related Controversy: Social Supply Chain Incidents


Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 4.5
Peer Governance Performance 6.3328409090909
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: 26.0
Environment Score: 10.5
Social Score: 11.0
Governance Score: 4.5

ESG Performance: AVG_PERF

Peer Group: Food Products

Peer Esg Score Performance: 27.763636363636

Rating Year: 2022

Rating Month: 8

Max Age: 86400

Percentile: 48