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Premier Foods plc
Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods · LSE
$201.00
Data: 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$1.8B
Total market value of the company
13.65
Reasonably valued
12.22
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+3.9%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
11.6%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
9.6%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$235.00
+17% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
STRONG_BUY
Consensus view from 7 analysts covering this stock
About Premier Foods plc

Premier Foods plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells branded and own label food products in the United Kingdom, other European countries, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Grocery and Sweet Treats. The company's products portfolio categories include flavourings and seasonings under the Bisto, OXO, Paxo, and Saxa brands; cooking sauces and accompaniments under the Sharwood's, Loyd Grossman, Homepride, and Spice Tailor brand names; quick meals, snacks, and soups under the Batchelors, Nissin, and Sharwood's brands; ambient desserts under the Ambrosia, Bird's, Mr Kipling, and Angel Delight brands; and ambient cakes under the Mr Kipling and Cadbury brands. The company also provides dumplings under the Atora brand name; plain flour under the Be-Ro brand; cup noodles under NISSIN brand; breakfast, such as granola, breakfast drinks, and porridge under FUEL10K and Ambrosia brands; and flour for baking under the McDougalls brand name. It offers its products through supermarkets, discounters, convenience stores, and wholesale and food service operators, as well as e-commerce channels. Premier Foods plc was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Saint Albans, the United Kingdom.

https://www.premierfoods.co.uk

Country: United Kingdom Employees: 4,000 Industry: Packaged Foods
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
0.567
Good returns relative to risk taken
-0.0186
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
0.428
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
9.5%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-22.1%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
8
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.61
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$216.50
7% below the year high
52W Low
$165.20
22% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,823,036
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
N/A
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
N/A
165.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$0.15
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

24.06
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
0.75
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.56
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
38.7%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
18.9%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$131M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$1.2B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$137M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
7
Target High
$290.00
Target Median
$235.00
Target Low
$230.00
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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