Premier Foods plc

BATS-CHIXE:PFDL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.6b

Premier Foods Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 3/6

Premier Foods has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 19.5%, while the Food industry saw earnings growing at 8.8% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 6.3% per year. Premier Foods's return on equity is 7.8%, and it has net margins of 9.6%.

Key information

19.5%

Earnings growth rate

19.1%

EPS growth rate

Food Industry Growth3.9%
Revenue growth rate6.3%
Return on equity7.8%
Net Margin9.6%
Next Earnings Update15 May 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Premier Foods makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

BATS-CHIXE:PFDL Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
28 Sep 241,1441092510
28 Jun 241,1411112510
30 Mar 241,1381132510
30 Dec 231,1091052530
30 Sep 231,081982520
30 Jun 231,044952410
01 Apr 231,006922300
01 Jan 23966922180
01 Oct 22926932050
01 Jul 22913852010
02 Apr 22901781960
02 Jan 22910812000
02 Oct 21920842040
02 Jul 21933952090
03 Apr 219471062150
03 Jan 21924922120
26 Sep 20902782090
26 Jun 20875622060
28 Mar 20847472020
28 Dec 19840132380
28 Sep 19833-212740
28 Jun 19829-272760
30 Mar 19824-342770
30 Dec 18824-142410
29 Sep 1882462050
29 Jun 1882272040
31 Mar 1881972020
31 Dec 17807342030
30 Sep 17796612040
30 Jun 17793332100
01 Apr 1779062150
01 Jan 17784-192270
01 Oct 16779-432390
01 Jul 16775-52400
02 Apr 16772342410
03 Oct 15769-32780
03 Jul 15770-392900
04 Apr 15771-743020
30 Jun 14827-892560
31 Mar 14842-682510
31 Dec 13843-472340

Quality Earnings: PFDL has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: PFDL's current net profit margins (9.6%) are higher than last year (9.1%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: PFDL has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 19.5% per year.

Accelerating Growth: PFDL's earnings growth over the past year (11.4%) is below its 5-year average (19.5% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: PFDL earnings growth over the past year (11.4%) did not outperform the Food industry 25.3%.


Return on Equity

High ROE: PFDL's Return on Equity (7.8%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 12:43
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2024/03/30

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Analyst Sources

Premier Foods plc is covered by 27 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Patrick FolanBarclays
Corinne MailletBarclays
Jeffrey StentBNP Paribas Exane