profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Tate & Lyle
£5.61-0.09% today
+46.5% in 1 year
1-year low £3.291-year high £5.69
Trading close to its highest price of 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 £25.57 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 Tate & Lyle sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £1.75 billion in 2023 to £2.01 billion in 2026, with £97.0 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Tate & Lyle handed back 86% of the cash it generated last year.
£88M
Free cash flow 2026£105M
Bought back its own shares£2M
Paid as dividends£88M
Cash vs. debt£344M vs. £1.3B
Tate & Lyle vs. similar companies
Tate & Lyle grows in the middle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tate & Lyle | 25.6× · 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 Tate & Lyle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,751 | 1,647 | 1,736 | 2,006 | |
| 733 | 708 | 706 | 622 | |
| 228 | 235 | 106 | 244 | |
| 279 | 320 | 254 | 360 | |
| 190 | 188 | 143 | 97 | |
| 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.35 | – | |
| 41.9% | 43.0% | 40.7% | 31.0% | |
| 13.0% | 14.3% | 6.1% | 12.2% | |
| 10.9% | 11.4% | 8.2% | 4.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,507 | 2,282 | 3,722 | 3,666 |
| Cash | 475 | 437 | 334 | 344 |
| Total debt | 713 | 590 | 1,306 | 1,294 |
| Total liabilities | 1,317 | 1,043 | 2,134 | 2,068 |
| 1,189 | 1,238 | 1,590 | 1,598 | |
| 411 | 404 | 415 | – | |
| 7.3% | 9.3% | 3.3% | 4.9% | |
| 16.0% | 15.2% | 9.0% | 6.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 208 | 164 | 230 | |
| 78 | 110 | 121 | 125 | |
| -12 | 98 | 43 | 105 | |
| Dividends paid | 570 | 76 | 80 | 88 |
| 13 | 25 | 223 | 2 | |
| 20 | 13 | 12 | 8 |
Valuation
- 25.6×
- –
- –
- 1.6×
- 1.2×
- 23.6×
- 9.5×
- 4.2%
- 3.9%
- 3.5%
Profitability
- 31.0%
- 12.2%
- 4.8%
- –
- 4.9%
- 6.2%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +4.6%
- –
- –
- –
- +1.0%
Financial health
- 2.6×
- 0.81
- –
- 3.3×
- 2.71
- –
- –
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 16%of 670
Top 42%of 674
Bottom 28%of 624
Bottom 44%of 673
Bottom 44%of 668
3.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$35a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
90.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 83.8%
News
No recent news on file.
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
1/7Passes 1 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
45No pass
Benjamin Graham
67Pass
Philip Fisher
36No pass
Peter Lynch
40No pass
Joel Greenblatt
24No pass
Charlie Munger
33No pass
Terry Smith
36No pass
Questions about Tate & Lyle
Is Tate & Lyle a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 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 Tate & Lyle AI analysis
What does Tate & Lyle do?
Tate & Lyle plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverages, and other industries in North America, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. It is in Packaged Foods, based in London, United Kingdom, with 4,840 employees.
Does Tate & Lyle pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.5% a year, about 91% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out £88.0 million in dividends.
Is Tate & Lyle stock halal?
No. Tate & Lyle does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 52% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Tate & Lyle stock done over the past year?
Up 46.5% over the past twelve months, to £5.61. It traded between £3.29 and £5.69, close to its high.
Who are Tate & Lyle'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 Tate & Lyle's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.