Bunzl plc (BUZ1) Stock Price & Analysis
BUZ1 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 33.88 - EUR 33.88
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 22.96 - EUR 34.76
- Previous Close
- EUR 34.00
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 7
- Market Cap
- EUR 10.70B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 10.59B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 598.10M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 2.71B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 16.0
- Beta
- 0.12
- Next Earnings
- Mar 01, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 1.2
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 2.51%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Diversified Essential-Product Model
Bunzl’s exposure to essential products across 150 businesses and multiple sectors creates a diversified demand base. Recurring needs in safety, healthcare, cleaning and hygiene can support resilient customer relationships and reduce dependence on any single market or product category over the next several quarters.
Strong Cash Generation
High free-cash-flow conversion indicates that reported earnings are translating effectively into cash, strengthening funding for acquisitions, dividends and debt reduction. The consistency of conversion across several years makes cash generation a durable financial strength rather than a single-period improvement.
Acquisition-Led Expansion
Bunzl has an established bolt-on acquisition engine, a sizeable target pipeline and evidence of attractive returns from recent deals. Acquisitions can broaden customer relationships, product coverage and local distribution density, supporting recurring revenue growth alongside organic expansion.
Bears Say
Meaningful Leverage
Although debt declined materially in 2025, leverage remains meaningful relative to equity and leaves less room for error if operating conditions weaken. Debt service and refinancing requirements could constrain capital allocation between acquisitions, shareholder returns and further balance-sheet improvement.
Sustainable Margin Pressure
Recent margin support was partly driven by a temporary inventory inflation benefit that is expected to reverse, while selling-price deflation and higher variable costs continue. This creates a risk that revenue growth will not translate proportionally into operating-profit growth over coming quarters.
Working-Capital Intensity
Bunzl remains a strong cash generator, but investment in working capital can absorb cash as the business grows and customer or inventory requirements change. This may reduce the cash available for acquisitions, debt reduction and shareholder distributions even when operating margins improve.
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Company Description
Bunzl plc
Bunzl plc, a London-based company established in 1854, functions as an international distribution and services provider, operating across North America, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and other global markets. The firm supplies a comprehensive range of products tailored to various business sectors. It caters to grocery, supermarket, and convenience stores with essential items like food packaging, films, labels, cleaning and hygiene supplies, and personal protective equipment. The hospitality industry, encompassing hotels, restaurants, contract caterers, food processors, commercial growers, and the leisure sector, benefits from its offerings of disposable tableware, guest amenities, catering equipment, agricultural supplies, hygiene products, and safety items. For industrial, construction, and e-commerce clients, Bunzl provides workwear such as gloves, boots, hard hats, ear and eye protection, alongside cleaning and hygiene supplies, and asset protection solutions. Additionally, the company furnishes cleaning and facilities management companies, as well as industrial and public customers, with chemicals and hygiene paper. In the healthcare sector, serving hospitals, care homes, and other facilities, Bunzl delivers critical medical equipment, including gloves, masks, swabs, gowns, bandages, and various healthcare devices. Finally, it supplies packaging and other operational store essentials to a wide array of retail outlets, from chains and boutiques to department stores, home improvement centers, office supply companies, and their associated e-commerce channels.
- Sector
- Consumerdefensive
- Industry
- Industrial - Distribution
- CEO
- Frank Andre Van Zanten
- Employees
- 26,777
- Website
- www.bunzl.com
- Address
- York House, London, GL, W1H 7JT, GB
Bunzl plc (BUZ1) Earnings & Revenues
BUZ1 Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call conveyed a positive overall outlook, supported by broad-based volume growth, improved North America Distribution execution, higher profit, strong cash generation, an upgraded 2026 profit outlook, an active acquisition pipeline and shareholder returns through a GBP 500 million buyback and a 3% dividend increase. These positives were tempered by expectations for lower second-half margins, normalization of selling prices and temporary inflation benefits, higher operating costs, selected regional and end-market challenges, tariff refund repayments and tougher future comparatives.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 13 | 6 | 3 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Moving Averages | 10 | 0 | 2 |
