Shares of Bunzl plc (LON:BNZL – Get Free Report) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 6,407.14.
Several brokerages have recently issued reports on BNZL. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Bunzl from £280 to £300 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Bunzl from GBX 2,610 to GBX 2,800 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a GBX 2,600 price objective on shares of Bunzl in a research note on Tuesday, September 1st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 3,000 price objective on shares of Bunzl in a research report on Wednesday, September 2nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and issued a GBX 1,900 price objective on shares of Bunzl in a research note on Tuesday, September 1st.
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Bunzl Trading Up 1.8%
Shares of BNZL opened at GBX 2,668 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 2,710.42 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 2,547.72. Bunzl has a fifty-two week low of GBX 1,981 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,898. The stock has a market capitalization of £8.57 billion, a PE ratio of 17.67, a P/E/G ratio of 5.40 and a beta of 0.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 95.61, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 1.38.
Bunzl (LON:BNZL – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 1st. The company reported GBX 65.70 EPS for the quarter. Bunzl had a net margin of 4.82% and a return on equity of 20.61%. Sell-side analysts expect that Bunzl will post 213.3413462 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Bunzl Company Profile
Bunzl plc operates as a distribution and services company in the North America, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally. The company offers food packaging, films, labels, cleaning and hygiene supplies, and personal protection equipment to grocery stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores. It also provides food packaging, disposable tableware, guest amenities, catering equipment, agricultural supplies, cleaning and hygiene products, and safety items to hotels, restaurants, contract caterers, food processors, commercial growers, and the leisure sector; and gloves, boots, hard hats, ear and eye protection, and other workwear, as well as cleaning and hygiene supplies, and asset protection products to industrial and construction, and ecommerce sectors.
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