profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Cranswick
£55.30+1.10% today
+10.2% in 1 year
1-year low £48.401-year high £56.90
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay £22.03 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Cranswick sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £2.01 billion in 2022 to £2.72 billion in 2025, with £134 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Cranswick handed back 95% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks £25M£50M
Free cash flow 2025£79M
Bought back its own shares£25M
Paid as dividends£50M
Cash vs. debt£6M vs. £178M
Cranswick vs. similar companies
Cranswick grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranswick | 22.0× · Fair price | ||
 Nestlé | 24.5× · Fair price | ||
 Danone | 23.9× · Fair price | ||
 JBS | 21.3× · Fair price | ||
 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food | 29.3× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Cranswick's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,009 | 2,323 | 2,599 | 2,723 | |
| 278 | 309 | 377 | 409 | |
| 134 | 149 | 182 | 192 | |
| 199 | 220 | 254 | 281 | |
| 104 | 111 | 113 | 134 | |
| 1.95 | 2.08 | 2.10 | 2.46 | |
| 13.9% | 13.3% | 14.5% | 15.0% | |
| 6.7% | 6.4% | 7.0% | 7.1% | |
| 5.2% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 4.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,143 | 1,265 | 1,384 | 1,531 |
| Cash | 0 | 20 | 27 | 6 |
| Total debt | 70 | 123 | 127 | 178 |
| Total liabilities | 374 | 422 | 473 | 543 |
| 769 | 843 | 912 | 988 | |
| 53 | 54 | 54 | 55 | |
| 12.0% | 11.3% | 12.1% | 12.3% | |
| 13.5% | 13.2% | 12.4% | 13.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | 153 | 228 | 216 | |
| 94 | 85 | 101 | 138 | |
| 66 | 68 | 128 | 79 | |
| Dividends paid | 33 | 36 | 44 | 50 |
| – | 0 | 16 | 25 | |
| 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
Valuation
- 22.0×
- –
- 2.72
- 3.1×
- 1.1×
- 37.6×
- 11.2×
- 2.7%
- 4.5%
- 1.7%
Profitability
- 15.0%
- 7.1%
- 4.9%
- –
- 12.3%
- 11.9%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +10.7%
- +8.1%
- –
- –
- +0.8%
Financial health
- 0.6×
- 0.18
- –
- 20.7×
- 1.69
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 34%of 670
Bottom 34%of 674
Bottom 39%of 624
Top 24%of 673
Bottom 29%of 668
1.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$17a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
36.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 62.9%
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
52No pass
Philip Fisher
41No pass
Peter Lynch
32No pass
Joel Greenblatt
34No pass
Charlie Munger
36No pass
Terry Smith
26No pass
Questions about Cranswick
Is Cranswick a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Cranswick AI analysis
What does Cranswick do?
Cranswick plc engages in the production and supply of food products to grocery retailers, food service sector, and other food producers in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and internationally. It is in Packaged Foods, based in Hessle, United Kingdom, with 16,000 employees.
Does Cranswick pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.7% a year, about 37% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out £49.5 million in dividends.
Is Cranswick stock halal?
No. Cranswick does not pass our halal screen: it produces or processes pork. How we check
How has Cranswick stock done over the past year?
Up 10.2% over the past twelve months, to £55.30. It traded between £48.40 and £56.90 and is 2.8% below its high.
Who are Cranswick's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nestlé, Danone, JBS and Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Cranswick's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.