Associated British Foods PLC

Associated British Foods Plc engages in the business of manufacturing and trading of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Grocery, Sugar, Agriculture, Ingredients and Retail. The Grocery segment produces beverages, sweeteners, vegetable oils, bread, baked goods, cereals, herbs and spices, and meat products. The Sugar segment processes and markets sugar beet and sugar cane. The Agriculture segment produces and distributes animal feeds. The Ingredients segment manufactures bakers' yeast, enzymes, lipids, yeast extracts, and bakery ingredients. The Retail segment sells clothes and accessories through the Primark and Penneys retail stores. The company was founded in November 1935 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Primark owner, Associated British Foods PLC (LSE:ABF), launched a fresh share buyback and rewarded shareholders with a bumper dividend after reporting double-digit growth in revenue and profit. The FTSE 100-listed company said in the 52 weeks to September 16, revenue rose 16% to £19.75 billion from £17.00 billion the year before, pre-tax profit climbed 25% to £1.34 billion from £1.08 billion and EPS jumped to 134.2p from 88.6p.

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For Associated British Foods PLC (LSE:ABF), news about its Primark fast-fashion chain will dominate the results, along with any follow-up to its £500 million share buyback and guidance for the coming year

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Primark's strong performance is set to be the talk of Associated British Foods PLC (LSE:ABF)'s full-year update next Tuesday, 7 November. Expectations are that the fashion retailer will pen like-for-like sales growth at roughly 9% to £9 billion for the year, as laid out by ABF itself last month.

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Associated British Foods has faced challenges in its food and clothing divisions due to cost inflation and pandemic-related lockdowns. The company's revenue has recovered to pre-pandemic levels, but profitability remains a challenge. The outlook for the company is positive, with expected growth in sales and profit, but the valuation of the shares is considered high.

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Associated British Foods plc (LON: ABF) is up more than 5.0% this morning after raising outlook for its fiscal 2023. AB Foods stock has upside to £24 It's the second time that the food and retail company has raised its guidance for the current financial year.

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Primark owner, Associated British Foods PLC (LSE:ABF) raised guidance for profit for the second time in four months boosted by a strong performance in its food division. The FTSE 100-listed firm now expects full-year operating profit to be “moderately ahead” of last year.

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Associated British Foods PLC (LSE:ABF), the owner of Primark, British Sugar and a wide range of food brands, is expected to provide a pre-close update on Tuesday after a year in which it upped prices, introduced click-and-collect service and earlier in the summer upped profit guidance

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Primark, the discount fashion retailer, has expanded its click-and-collect trial to 32 sites in London. The service allows customers to shop online from a range of kids' products before collecting them in-store, a company statement revealed.

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Investment bank RBC Capital Markets recently raised its price target for Associated British Foods PLC (LSE:ABF) from 2,300.00 to 2,350.00, citing its robust recovery in sales and the potential for margin improvement in the 2024 fiscal year. ABF's largest business, Primark, has a strong presence in Europe and the US and continues to be a leading value player in the UK retail space.

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Primark owner Associated British Foods PLC (LSE:ABF) is having no qualms about reduced consumer spending after a strong showing in the third quarter saw sales jump, analysts have said. “If the consumer is beginning to have doubts about spending, such reticence is not coming Primark's way,” interactive investor analyst Richard Hunter noted after ABF penned a 16% rise in sales to £4.7bn during the third quarter.

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