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

Associated British Foods Reports Preliminary Fiscal Year Sales Update; Shares Remain Expensive

No-moat Associated British Foods issued the full-year period trading update for the 52 weeks ending Sept. 16. Most notably, Primark's like-for-like sales were in line with our expectations. We are maintaining our fair value estimate at GBP 2,440 and no moat rating. The shares are currently trading in the 2-star territory.
Management expects Primark’s full-year revenue to grow at 20% or 13%, in constant currency, compared with last year. Primark’s sales growth was positively impacted by market s...
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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, 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.

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Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM

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