Premier Foods (PFD)

Sector:

Food

Index:

FTSE 250

194.20p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.30p
  • 52 Week High: 209.20
  • 52 Week Low: 167.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 868.80m
  • Volume: 894,189
  • Market Cap: £1,687.20m
  • 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.

1 Day Chart (11-08-2026)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart
Barclays logo

Digital Look Charts Sponsored by Barclays Stockbrokers

Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 4.7 n/a
Op Mrgn 17.1% n/a
ROCE 22.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 11.9 n/a
PEG 1.3 n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.4 n/a
Pr/Book 1.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 2.3% n/a
PBT 12.8% n/a
EPS 9.0% n/a
DPS 20.0% n/a

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 Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 17-Jul-2026 14:30 RNS
Result of AGM 16-Jul-2026 14:35 RNS
Quarter 1 Trading Update 16-Jul-2026 07:00 RNS

Premier Foods ShareCast News

Q1 sales lifted by Sweet Treats at Premier Foods 16-Jul-2026 ShareCast
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 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

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
17-Jul-26 Buy Malcolm Waugh 192.79p 5,156 £9,940.25
21-May-26 Buy Duncan Leggett 202.67p 6,344 £12,857.38
21-May-26 Sell Duncan Leggett 202.60p 6,344 £12,852.94

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

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 194.20p
Change Today -1.30p
% Change -0.67 %
52 Week High 209.20
52 Week Low 167.00
Volume 894,189
Shares Issued 868.80m
Market Cap £1,687.20m
Beta 0.01
RiskGrade 174

Premier Foods Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
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

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 11-Aug-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 40,000 @ 194.20p
16:35 15,000 @ 194.20p
16:35 70 @ 194.20p
16:35 5,270 @ 194.20p
16:35 76 @ 194.20p

Premier Foods Key Personnel

CEO Alex Whitehouse
CFO Duncan Leggett

Top of Page