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Cranswick (CWK) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 4,925 -40.00 (-0.81%)
As of 03/10/2025 12:48 PM Eastern

About Cranswick Stock (LON:CWK)

Key Stats

Today's Range
4,900
4,995
50-Day Range
4,645
5,040
52-Week Range
3,970
5,260
Volume
70,900 shs
Average Volume
121,033 shs
Market Capitalization
£2.66 billion
P/E Ratio
23.44
Dividend Yield
1.83%
Price Target
GBX 5,070.67
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Cranswick is a leading and innovative British supplier of premium, fresh and added value food products, with revenues in excess of £2.0 billion. We produce and supply premium food to UK grocery retailers, the food service sector and other global food producers. Our core market is the United Kingdom where we provide a range of high quality, predominantly fresh food including Fresh Pork, Poultry, Convenience and Gourmet Products and more recently have further expanded our portfolio by adding high quality pet food. Cranswick is one of the first companies to offer a true farm to fork proposition, employing over 13,700 people across 20 well-invested and highly efficient facilities in the UK. Our ambitious sustainability strategy ‘Second Nature’ has been developed to deliver the Group’s vision to become the world’s most sustainable meat business. Cranswick has committed to be a Net Zero business across its operations by 2040.

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Cranswick Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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CWK MarketRank™: 

Cranswick scored higher than 27% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Cranswick has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Cranswick has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Cranswick's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Cranswick is 23.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.49.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Cranswick is 23.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 10.91.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Cranswick has a PEG Ratio of 2.62. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Cranswick has a P/B Ratio of 2.90. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for CWK.
  • Dividend Yield

    Cranswick pays a meaningful dividend of 1.83%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Cranswick does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Cranswick is 42.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Read more about Cranswick's dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for CWK.
  • News Sentiment

    Cranswick has a news sentiment score of 0.59. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.28 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Cranswick this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Cranswick insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £295.35 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 4.54% of the stock of Cranswick is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    84.55% of the stock of Cranswick is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Cranswick's insider trading history.
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CWK Stock News Headlines

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CWK Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Cranswick's stock was trading at GBX 4,865 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, CWK stock has increased by 1.2% and is now trading at GBX 4,925.
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Cranswick plc (LON:CWK) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company reported $132.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Cranswick had a net margin of 4.35% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.64%.

Shares of CWK stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Cranswick investors own include 32Red (TTR), Greencore Group (GNC), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Tesco (TSCO), Ashtead Group (AHT), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH) and GSK (GSK).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
11/26/2024
Ex-Dividend for 1/24 Dividend
12/12/2024
Dividend Payable
1/24/2025
Today
3/10/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
LON
Industry
Packaged Foods
Sub-Industry
Real Estate
Current Symbol
LON:CWK
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
52,000
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
GBX 5,070.67
High Stock Price Target
GBX 5,312
Low Stock Price Target
GBX 4,900
Potential Upside/Downside
+3.0%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
3 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
23.44
Forward P/E Ratio
19.05
P/E Growth
2.62
Net Income
£113.74 million
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£2.61 billion
Cash Flow
GBX 33.64 per share
Price / Cash Flow
146.39
Book Value
GBX 1,700.33 per share
Price / Book
2.90

Miscellaneous

Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£2.66 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.44
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This page (LON:CWK) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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