profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Premier Foods
£1.96+0.20% today
+7.5% in 1 year
1-year low £1.671-year high £2.10
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, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay £12.35 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 Premier Foods sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £1.01 billion in 2023 to £1.18 billion in 2026, with £137 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Premier Foods handed back 18% of the cash it generated last year.
£24M
Free cash flow 2026£134M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends£24M
Cash vs. debt£242M vs. £339M
Premier Foods vs. similar companies
Premier Foods grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Foods | 12.3× · Cheap | ||
 Nestlé | 25.0× · Fair price | ||
 Danone | 24.6× · Fair price | ||
 JBS | 19.8× · Fair price | ||
 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food | 29.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Premier Foods'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 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,006 | 1,138 | 1,149 | 1,176 | |
| 358 | 432 | 439 | 455 | |
| 132 | 178 | 181 | 201 | |
| 178 | 225 | 233 | 254 | |
| 92 | 113 | 125 | 137 | |
| 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.16 | |
| 35.6% | 38.0% | 38.2% | 38.7% | |
| 13.1% | 15.6% | 15.8% | 17.1% | |
| 9.1% | 9.9% | 10.9% | 11.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,406 | 2,332 | 2,252 | 2,224 |
| Cash | 64 | 102 | 192 | 242 |
| Total debt | 339 | 338 | 335 | 339 |
| Total liabilities | 1,000 | 1,005 | 810 | 814 |
| 1,406 | 1,327 | 1,442 | 1,410 | |
| 881 | 884 | 885 | 882 | |
| 5.7% | 8.1% | 7.9% | 8.9% | |
| 6.5% | 8.5% | 8.7% | 9.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 122 | 158 | 186 | |
| 20 | 33 | 41 | 52 | |
| 67 | 89 | 117 | 134 | |
| Dividends paid | 10 | 12 | 15 | 24 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Valuation
- 12.3×
- –
- 0.87
- 1.3×
- 1.4×
- 12.6×
- 7.0×
- 8.0%
- 8.1%
- 1.4%
Profitability
- 38.7%
- 17.1%
- 11.6%
- –
- 8.9%
- 7.6%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +5.3%
- +14.2%
- –
- –
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 0.4×
- 0.24
- –
- 8.3×
- 0.75
- –
- –
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.
Bottom 44%of 669
Top 25%of 672
Top 24%of 623
Top 50%of 671
Top 29%of 666
1.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$14a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
17.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 18.0%
News
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 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
63Pass
Benjamin Graham
73Pass
Philip Fisher
62Pass
Peter Lynch
63Pass
Joel Greenblatt
48No pass
Charlie Munger
48No pass
Terry Smith
42No pass
Questions about Premier Foods
Is Premier Foods a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 4 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 Premier Foods AI analysis
What does Premier Foods do?
Premier Foods plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells branded and own label food products in the United Kingdom, other European countries, and internationally. It operates through Grocery and Sweet Treats segments. It is in Packaged Foods, based in Saint Albans, United Kingdom, with 4,385 employees.
Does Premier Foods pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.4% a year, about 18% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out £24.2 million in dividends.
Is Premier Foods stock halal?
Yes. Premier Foods passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 20% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Premier Foods stock done over the past year?
Up 7.5% over the past twelve months, to £1.96. It traded between £1.67 and £2.10 and is 6.7% below its high.
Who are Premier Foods'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 Premier Foods's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.