Report
Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

ABF Reports Strong 3Q Sales Update; Shares Remain Expensive

In its third-quarter update, ABF reported strong sales at 13% constant-currency growth. Adjusted for currency, the level of growth was 20%, as the company benefited from the depreciation in the British pound sterling following Brexit. The main contributor was Primark, which achieved 13% year-to-date growth at constant currency, driven by increased retail selling space and growth in like-for-like sales. We have revised our fair value estimate upward to GBP 2,440 to account for the better-than-exp...
Underlying
Associated British Foods plc

Associated British Foods is an international food, ingredients and retail group. Co. operates in five segments: Grocery, which manufactures grocery products, including hot beverages, sugar and sweeteners, vegetable oils, bread and baked goods, cereals, ethnic foods, and meat products; Sugar, which grows and processes sugar beet and sugar cane for sale to industrial users; Agriculture, which manufactures animal feeds and provides other products and services for the agriculture sector; Ingredients, which manufactures bakers' yeast, bakery ingredients, enzymes, lipids, yeast extracts and cereal specialities; and Retail, which buys and merchandises value clothing and accessories.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM

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