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Company snapshot — Premier Foods PLC

PFD.L in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Premier Foods makes and sells branded and own-label packaged foods across the UK and other markets, organised into a Grocery segment and a Sweet Treats segment. Its brands cover flavourings such as Bisto and OXO, cooking sauces such as Sharwood's and Loyd Grossman, quick meals under Batchelors and Nissin, and desserts and cakes under Ambrosia and Mr Kipling. Products reach shoppers through supermarkets, discounters, convenience stores, wholesalers and online retail. The company is based in Saint Albans, England.
Where it sits in the stack
Premier Foods carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, within the Packaged Foods industry of our wider universe.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group has no comparison set for this name; the market sometimes places it alongside Associated British Foods, another diversified UK food group with grocery and branded lines.
Why Closelook tracks it
Premier Foods holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score, so no module readings exist to weigh yet; the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
How demand for its grocery and dessert brands moves as UK household spending shifts, since that is the volume the current chart reading reflects.

Premier Foods PLC (PFD.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PFD.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Packaged Foods · UK · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaged Foods · UK

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PFD.L on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.77%, annual · last 3.36 GBP on 2026-06-25

Dividends and capital return

What PFD.L pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.36 GBP per share · a 1.77% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +20.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.80 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 3.36 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-25
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.80 GBP (partial) · 2026: 3.36 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-06-26

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Premier Foods PLC (PFD.L)?

Premier Foods PLC trades as PFD.L on the LSE exchange (UK) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is PFD.L in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Premier Foods PLC is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does PFD.L trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -2% vs the 50-day and +0.3% vs the 200-day average, 9.4% below the 52-week high and +17% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Premier Foods PLC do?

Premier Foods makes and sells branded and own-label packaged foods across the UK and other markets, organised into a Grocery segment and a Sweet Treats segment. Its brands cover flavourings such as Bisto and OXO, cooking sauces such as Sharwood's and Loyd Grossman, quick meals under Batchelors and Nissin, and desserts and cakes under Ambrosia and Mr Kipling. Products reach shoppers through supermarkets, discounters, convenience stores, wholesalers and online retail. Closelook's peer group has no comparison set for this name; the market sometimes places it alongside Associated British Foods, another diversified UK food group with grocery and branded lines.

Where does Premier Foods PLC sit in the AI build-out?

Premier Foods carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, within the Packaged Foods industry of our wider universe. Premier Foods holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score, so no module readings exist to weigh yet; the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

Does Premier Foods PLC pay a dividend?

Premier Foods PLC has paid 3.36 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 1.77% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 3.36 GBP on 2026-06-25. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PFD.L, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Packaged Foods. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.