Associated British Foods (ABF.L)
A diversified global conglomerate operating across food ingredients, grocery brands, and the fast-fashion retail chain Primark.
What Associated British Foods does
Associated British Foods is a diversified international food, ingredients, and retail group. Its operations span sugar production, grocery brands, agriculture, ingredients, and the international fashion retailer Primark.
Themes: fast fashion, food production, sugar industry, agribusiness, consumer staples, retail apparel
Fundamentals
- Price£21.23 as of 2026-08-03 close
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- 1-year return-2.5% 2025-08-01 close £21.78 → 2026-08-03 close £21.23
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How Associated British Foods looks technically
Associated British Foods (ABF.L) is trading 5.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 103 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 10, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though buyers have been pushing harder than sellers lately — pressure, not a trend. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 67, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-01-07, pushing above its recent trading range. Trading volume is unusually light — only about 0% of its 30-day average.
Trend
| Distance from the 200-day | +5.7% | it is trading 5.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend |
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| 50-day moving average | £19.43 | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is £19.43 |
| 200-day moving average | £20.09 | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is £20.09 |
| Since the 50/200 cross | 103 sessions | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 103 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | +5.7% | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 5.7% above |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | 10.4 | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 10, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though buyers have been pushing harder than sellers lately — pressure, not a trend |
Momentum
| 14-day RSI | 67.1 | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 67, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) |
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| Since the MACD crossed zero | 5 sessions | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) |
Range
| 52-week high | £23.59 | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was £23.59 |
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| From the 52-week high | -10.0% | it is 10.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) |
| Above the 52-week low | +22.8% | it is 22.8% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) |
| Below the 52-week high | 10.0% | it is 10.0% below its highest point of the past year |
| Since a 20-day breakout | 1 session | it just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-01-07, pushing above its recent trading range |
| Since a 55-day breakout | 1 session | it just made a new 55-day high, its first since 2026-01-07, pushing above its recent trading range |
| All-time high | £36.06 | its highest closing price on record is £36.06 (set on 2015-12-02) |
| From the all-time high | -41.1% | it is 41.1% below its all-time high |
| All-time low | £8.18 | its lowest closing price on record is £8.18 (set on 2010-01-04) |
| Above the all-time low | +159.7% | it is 159.7% above its all-time low |
Volatility
| Band width vs its own 6 months | 73rd percentile | day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 73% of it) |
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| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | £19.17 – £20.17 – £21.18 | most of its recent trading has stayed between about £19.17 and £21.18 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles |
Volume
| Volume vs its 30-day average | 0.00× | trading volume is unusually light — only about 0% of its 30-day average |
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Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Broke out to a new 20-day high · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · volume and relative volume
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-03. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Fluctuations in commodity prices, particularly sugar and wheat.","Sensitivity to consumer discretionary spending levels impacting the Primark retail segment.","Supply chain disruptions and inflationary pressure on input costs."]
Competitors & peers
- Tesco (TSCO.L)
- J Sainsbury (SBRY.L)
- Unilever (ULVR.L)
- Nestlé (NESN.SW)
- Danone (BN.PA)
- Inditex (ITX.MC)
- H&M (HM-B.ST)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Associated British Foods (ABF.L) do?
Associated British Foods is a diversified international food, ingredients, and retail group. Its operations span sugar production, grocery brands, agriculture, ingredients, and the international fashion retailer Primark.
Who are Associated British Foods's (ABF.L) competitors?
Notable peers of Associated British Foods (ABF.L) include Tesco, J Sainsbury, Unilever, Nestlé and Danone. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Associated British Foods (ABF.L) overbought or oversold right now?
Associated British Foods (ABF.L) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 67, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-03). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on ABF.L come from?
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Last updated 2026-08-03.
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