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Associated British Foods plc (ABF.L)

London Stock Exchange Consumer Defensive Packaged FoodsView data quality →
58.2Fair

ValueMarkers Composite Index

Top 72%#12,459 of 44,707
Undervalued

41% below intrinsic value ($44)

UndervaluedFair ValueOvervalued
Piotroski
6/9
Neutral
Beneish
-10.00
Low Risk
Altman
3.25
Safe
DCF Value
$44
Undervalued
ROIC
7.4%
Low
P/E
13.2
Value
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Associated British Foods plc (ABF.L) — VMCI valuation read

Headline read on ABF.L: VMCI of 58/100 versus a Consumer Defensive sector median of 50. The 8-point above-median position is what makes Associated British Foods plc a relative-value candidate in the mid-cap cohort, before any pillar-level review.

Form 4 filings on ABF.L: zero in the trailing 30 days. The absence of insider transactions is itself a data point, just a low-information one. The thesis runs on financials and price action until that changes.

**Investor frame.** Three reads on ABF.L: value (ABF.L trades at 23.0x earnings, 28% above the Consumer Defensive median of 18.0x), quality (ROIC of 15.0% sits 5.0pp above the Consumer Defensive median (10.0%)), and risk (net debt to EBITDA of 1.0x leaves covenant headroom). The value read also implies an EV/EBITDA gap of +4.0x against the Consumer Defensive 12.0x baseline.

ABF.L rose 0.2% over the trailing 7 days, with a -3.7% read on a 30-day basis.

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.

CEO: George Garfield Weston138,000 employeesGBwww.abf.co.uk

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