Associated British Foods plc (LON:ABF)

Associated British Foods Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 18 analysts polled by S&P Global, Associated British Foods stock has a consensus rating of "Sell" and an average price target of 1,811p. The average 1-year stock price forecast is 9.02% lower than the current stock price, while the lowest is 1,510p (-24.12%) and the highest is 2,000p (+0.50%).

Price Target: 1,811p (-9.02%)

Analyst Consensus: Sell

Price Target

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Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	1,510p	1,811p	1,810p	2,000p
Change	-24.12%	-9.02%	-9.05%	+0.50%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Associated British Foods stock is "Sell". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to lead to lower returns than market as a whole.

Recommendation Trends

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Rating	Jun '26	Jul '26	Aug '26	Sep '26	Oct '26	Nov '26
Strong Buy	1	1	1	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	11	11	11	11	11	12
Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	4	4	4	4	4	4
Total	18	18	18	17	17	18

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Unknown Analyst Jefferies No rating	Jefferies	Sell Reiterates 1,650p	Sell	Reiterates	1,650p	-17.09%	Nov 5, 2026
Monique Pollard Citi	Citi	Sell Maintains 1,520p → 1,510p	Sell	Maintains	1,520p → 1,510p	-24.12%	Nov 5, 2026
Richard Edwards Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Sell Maintains 1,600p → 1,700p	Sell	Maintains	1,600p → 1,700p	-14.57%	Nov 5, 2026
Matthew Clements Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains 1,950p → 1,900p	Hold	Maintains	1,950p → 1,900p	-4.52%	Nov 4, 2026
Unknown Analyst Shore Capital No rating	Shore Capital	Hold Reiterates 1,910p	Hold	Reiterates	1,910p	-4.02%	Oct 7, 2026

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Financial Forecast

• EPS This Year:
  1.47

Fiscal Year	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Sep 17, 2022	Sep 16, 2023	Sep 14, 2024	Sep 16, 2025	Sep 12, 2026	Sep 30, 2027
Revenue	17.00B	19.75B	20.07B	19.46B	19.58B	19.87B
Revenue Growth	22.42%	16.20%	1.64%	-3.06%	0.63%	1.49%
Operating Income	1.28B	1.40B	1.91B	1.65B	1.46B	1.43B
Net Income	700.00M	1.04B	1.46B	1.03B	930.00M	956.16M
EPS	-	-	-	-	-	1.47
Forward PE	10.68	13.39	11.58	10.63	12.02	13.57
Dividend / Share	0.44	0.47	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.61
Dividend Growth	63.67%	8.24%	33.19%	-	-	-3.04%
Free Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	508.16M
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	17

EPS and Forward PE are based on non-GAAP adjusted numbers. Financial currency is GBP.

Revenue Forecast

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Revenue	2027	2028	2029
High	20.4B
Avg	19.9B
Low	19.3B

Revenue Growth

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Revenue Growth	2027	2028	2029
High	4.4%
Avg	1.5%
Low	-1.6%

EPS Forecast

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EPS	2027	2028	2029
High	1.52
Avg	1.47
Low	1.37

EPS Growth

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EPS Growth	2027	2028	2029
High	-13.2%
Avg	-16.1%
Low	-21.7%

Data Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence and TipRanks Last updated: Nov 5, 2026

Price targets, consensus ratings and financial forecasts are provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Individual analyst data is provided by TipRanks. Price targets and consensus ratings update every hour to every three days, while individual analyst data updates in near real-time.

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