Premier Foods (PFD)

Sector:

Food

Index:

FTSE 250

198.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -2.40p
  • 52 Week High: 209.20
  • 52 Week Low: 167.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 868.80m
  • Volume: 2,461,732
  • Market Cap: £1,720.22m
  • RiskGrade: 174
  • Beta: 0.01

Premier Foods Overview

As one of the UK’s largest food producers, we’re passionate about food and believe, each and every day, we have the opportunity to enrich life for everyone. We employ over 4,000 dedicated colleagues operating from 15 sites across the country, supplying a range of retail, wholesale, foodservice and other customers with our iconic brands which feature in millions of homes every day. We operate primarily in the ambient food sector, which is one of the largest sectors within the total UK grocery market. We operate in four key Grocery categories: Flavourings & Seasonings; Quick Meals, Snacks & Soups; Ambient Desserts and Cooking Sauces & Accompaniments. Within Sweet Treats we operate in the Ambient Cakes category.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.7% 0.0%
Div Cover 4.7 4.4
Op Mrgn 17.1% 16.6%
ROCE 22.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 12.5 12.5
PEG 1.4 3.0
Pr/Revenue 1.5 1.4
Pr/Book 1.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 2.3% 5.2%
PBT 12.8% 12.5%
EPS 9.0% -0.3%
DPS 20.0% 6.5%

Premier Foods Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Mar-23 1,006.40 112.40 12.90p 9.5 0.8 +12% 1.44p 1.2%
01-Apr-23 1,006.40 112.40 12.90p 9.5 n/a n/a 1.44p 1.2%
30-Mar-24 1,137.50 151.40 13.70p 10.9 1.8 +6% 1.73p 1.2%
29-Mar-25 1,149.00 161.30 14.50p 12.8 2.1 +6% 2.80p 1.5%
28-Mar-26 1,175.50 181.90 15.80p 11.4 1.3 +9% 3.36p 1.9%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Premier Foods Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-27 1,236.34 204.71 15.75p 12.6 n/a -0% 3.58p 0.0%
31-Mar-28 1,280.29 213.96 16.72p 11.8 1.9 +6% 4.22p 0.0%

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Premier Foods Company Announcements

Notice of AGM 02-Jun-2026 11:11 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 01-Jun-2026 14:46 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 22-May-2026 15:00 RNS

Premier Foods ShareCast News

New products help boost profits at Premier Foods 14-May-2026 ShareCast
Premier Foods considering £200m bid for Crosta M... 19-Mar-2026 ShareCast
Premier Foods lifts FY profit outlook after stro... 21-Jan-2026 ShareCast

Premier Foods Top Newspaper Links

Premier Foods to reform system of demanding paym... 08-Dec-2014 Guardian
Premier Foods uses its loaf and agrees to repack... 08-Dec-2014 Daily Mail
Premier Foods backtracks on supplier demands - b... 08-Dec-2014 Telegraph

Latest Premier Foods Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Premier Foods Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 198.00p
Change Today -2.40p
% Change -1.20 %
52 Week High 209.20
52 Week Low 167.00
Volume 2,461,732
Shares Issued 868.80m
Market Cap £1,720.22m
Beta 0.01
RiskGrade 174

Premier Foods Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
42.24% below the market average42.24% below the market average42.24% below the market average42.24% below the market average42.24% below the market average
53.85% below the sector average53.85% below the sector average53.85% below the sector average53.85% below the sector average53.85% below the sector average
Price Trend
51.95% above the market average51.95% above the market average51.95% above the market average51.95% above the market average51.95% above the market average
20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average
Income
34.08% below the market average34.08% below the market average34.08% below the market average34.08% below the market average34.08% below the market average
50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average
Growth
9.83% above the market average9.83% above the market average9.83% above the market average9.83% above the market average9.83% above the market average
38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 0
Neutral 0
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 7
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Premier Foods Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Final
Ex-Div 25-Jun-26 26-Jun-25
Paid 24-Jul-26 25-Jul-25
Amount 3.36p 2.80p

Trades for 19-Jun-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:58 98,663 @ 198.00p
16:58 33,001 @ 198.00p
16:57 206 @ 198.00p
16:35 50,000 @ 198.00p
16:35 1,596,969 @ 198.00p

Premier Foods Key Personnel

CEO Alex Whitehouse
CFO Duncan Leggett

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