The Bid & Ask

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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

ABF.L

Concerning the House

Associated British Foods plc engages in the food, ingredients, and retail businesses worldwide. It operates through five segments: Retail, Grocery, Ingredients, Sugar, and Agriculture. The Retail segment is involved in buying and merchandising clothing and accessories through the Primark and Penneys retail chains, which offer women's, men's, and kidswear, as well as beauty, homeware, and accessories. The Grocery segment manufactures grocery products, including hot beverages, sugar, vegetable oils, balsamic vinegars, bread and baked goods, cereals, ethnic food and meat products to retail, wholesale, and foodservice businesses. The Ingredients segment manufactures yeast and bakery ingredients, specialty ingredients focused on enzymes, procession extracts, health and nutrition, and pharmaceutical delivery systems. The Sugar segment is involved in growing and processing sugar beet and sugar cane. The Agriculture segment manufactures specialty feed ingredients, premix, and compound animal feed; and other products and services for the agriculture sector. The company was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. Associated British Foods plc operates as a subsidiary of Wittington Investments Limited.

United Kingdom · www.abf.co.uk

Quotation

$2,065.00

+22.00 (+1.1%)

52w hi$2,336.28
52w lo$1,758.81
Vol473.64K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.07

Short+0.15
Medium-0.01
Long+0.09

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Associated British Foods plc

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

Market cap$14.44B
Enterprise value$13.98B
Trailing P/E15.53x
Forward P/E13.06x
EV / EBITDA6.34x
P / S (ttm)0.74x
Profit margin4.9%
Return on equity8.5%
Revenue growth+1.1%
Earnings growth-6.3%
Debt / equity8.37
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.04
Corr SPX0.03
Annual vol26.4%
Annual ret-6.4%
Sharpe-0.24
Max DD-30.2%

Window: 504 trading days (491 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.29
Sector+0.02
Technical+0.13
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$2,046.00$2,071.00$2,046.00$2,065.00473.64K
Aug 12$2,064.00$2,071.00$2,039.00$2,043.00745.98K
Aug 11$2,078.00$2,093.00$2,066.94$2,073.001.01M
Aug 10$2,128.00$2,130.00$2,083.00$2,083.00571.57K
Aug 7$2,121.00$2,133.00$2,097.00$2,130.00540.00K