About

Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is a United Kingdom-based holding company. The Company is engaged in the processing and manufacture of food worldwide and textile retailing in the United Kingdom and continental Europe. The Company operates in five segments: grocery, sugar, agriculture, ingredients and retail. Its subsidiaries... (more)

Overall

Beta: --
Market Cap (Mil.): 6,960.52
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 793.67
Annual Dividend: --
Yield (%): --

Financials

  ASBFF.PK Industry Sector
P/E (TTM): 19.27 551.18 165.11
EPS (TTM): 0.69 -- --
ROI: 6.25 1.77 2.08
ROE: 7.72 3.74 4.37
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FACTBOX-How UK retailers fared over Christmas

Feb 3 (Reuters) - Britain's retailers have coped better than many analysts expected in the recession, helped by cost cutting and a boost to consumers from lower mortgage rates and a smaller than anticipated drop in employment.

03 Feb 2010

Court rejects Australia CSR sugar spin-off

* Court rejects demerger on basis of asbestos liabilities

03 Feb 2010

UPDATE 3-UK fashion retailer New Look launches $1 bln IPO

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - British budget fashion chain New Look launched its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday, hoping to take advantage of a tentative recovery in new issues and banish the ghosts of the last big UK retail IPOs.

02 Feb 2010

Rapemeal seen threatened by UK biofuels expansion

PETERBOROUGH, England (Reuters) - Rapeseed meal's place in animal feed rations in Britain looks under threat with the first of two major bioethanol refineries due to enter commercial production soon, industry sources said on Thursday.

28 Jan 2010

Rapemeal seen threatened by UK biofuels expansion

* Wheat distillers could replace rapemeal in cattle rations

28 Jan 2010

Soya dependence seen as threat to EU pigs, poultry

* Slow GMO approvals also put EU producers at disadvantage

28 Jan 2010

UPDATE 3-H&M Q4 beats forecasts, 2010 starts strongly

STOCKHOLM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Swedish clothing retailer Hennes & Mauritz stoked hopes for a turnaround in 2010 on Thursday, with a sharp rise in December and January sales and better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

28 Jan 2010

FACTBOX-How UK retailers fared over Christmas

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Britain's retailers have coped better than many analysts expected in the recession, helped by cost cutting and a boost to consumers from lower mortgage rates and a smaller than anticipated drop in employment.

28 Jan 2010

FACTBOX-How UK retailers fared over Christmas

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Britain's retailers have coped better than many analysts expected in the recession, helped by cost cutting and a boost to consumers from lower mortgage rates and a smaller than anticipated drop in employment.

27 Jan 2010

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