Associated British Foods Share Discussion Threads

[philanderer] 21/7/2016 13:52

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[tlobs2] 20/7/2016 20:18

Capital Group appear to rate ABF highly.

Where next for Primark....... a few dozen Primarni outlets in China? :-)

[philanderer] 20/7/2016 13:18

20 July 2016

UK Commercial Property Trust will develop a new 50,000 sq ft Primark anchor store as part of the refurbishment of its Charles Darwin Shopping Centre in Shrewsbury.

[philanderer] 19/7/2016 23:26

Primark opens two new US stores

[philanderer] 19/7/2016 16:48

Lemon Quay Primark to open in October 2016

[philanderer] 18/7/2016 09:47

Capital Group have gone over 10%

[philanderer] 13/7/2016 17:28

Beats me :-S

Nice purchase by a non-exec director today anyway :-)

[gateside] 12/7/2016 14:17

The broker upgrades are all over the place for ABFThe trading update was positive. How on earth do Goldmans rate it a sell?

[philanderer] 12/7/2016 13:36

12th july Goldmans sell tp 2475p

reiterates

[philanderer] 11/7/2016 13:49

upgrade:

11th july RBC sector perform tp 2700p

[philanderer] 07/7/2016 12:57

Investors Chronicle:

Primark-owner Associated British Foods (ABF) has seen its shares recover most of the ground lost since the EU referendum result. Management said its clothing retailer operates discrete supply chains for its stores in the UK, US and eurozone, meaning it undertakes “relatively little cross border trading” between the UK and the EU. Sterling’s drop should have an adverse transactional impact on profit margins on Primark’s UK sales, which amount to half of turnover.

But British sugar’s margins would see a favourable transactional effect, and there would be a translational benefit on group profits earned outside the UK, which last year made up half the total.

It added with group revenue for the 40 weeks to 18 June up 3 per cent at constant currencies, and a better-than-expected third quarter performance, it no longer expected a decline in adjusted EPS for the full year. Sell.

[philanderer] 07/7/2016 12:34

Fingers crossed G :-)


'FTSE bounces back, AB Foods heads for best day in 16 years'

[gateside] 07/7/2016 09:59

Thanks for the broker updates. Let's hope this is back over 3000p soon.

[philanderer] 07/7/2016 09:07

Never fails this one :-)

[tlobs2] 07/7/2016 07:55

A very positive trading update. Well done lads and lasses.

[gateside] 07/7/2016 07:18

Solid looking trading update this morning

[philanderer] 05/7/2016 10:08

6th july Jefferies hold tp 2600p

[philanderer] 04/7/2016 00:55

preview...

Thursday July 7

Primark owner Associated British Foods’ trading update is expected to show that the group’s long-term fundamentals are still robust despite short-term headwinds since June 23. Although brokers have already moved to cut the FTSE 100 company’s earnings per share targets this year to reflect worse consumer confidence, its retail and sugar businesses are still expected to yield mid-term profit growth. Primark sales accelerated in the second half of last year as a result of new store roll-outs.

Meanwhile, the recovery in sugar profits is anticipated to enjoy a bounce as a result of lower costs and the likelihood of rising EU prices as a result of low stocks. ABF opened its third Primark store in the US on June 10, which analysts said had “a positive reception”.

[philanderer] 30/6/2016 16:34

HSBC retains buy , target cut from 3770p to 3300p

[philanderer] 28/6/2016 13:55

(ShareCast News) -

Berenberg upgraded Primark owner Associated British Foods to 'buy' from 'hold' but cut the price target to 2,760p from 3,450p.
The bank noted shares have dropped more than 30% in the last three months and 20% in the last month alone, providing an entry point.

It argued that initially, fears were around trading momentum in the UK which was -1% at the first half due to the poor performance of the high street generally and unseasonable weather.

Berenberg said the company's third-quarter update on 7 July is likely to confirm such fears and guidance may come under pressure.

[gateside] 27/6/2016 20:09

But surely people will still need to buy food and there will be a greater demand for cheap but fashionable clothes?Surprised ABF has been hit so hard.

[philanderer] 27/6/2016 14:07

off a cliff..

Paul Markham, who manages a £4bn global equities fund at Newton Investment Management, says: “The market has already decided to make for the door in terms of the sectors that will be hurt.’’

He adds: “The problem for the FTSE 250 is the potential for recession that will hit the more consumer discretionary sectors.

[philanderer] 27/6/2016 13:03

Chart support looks to have gone, but very tempted to add here.