Bunzl plc (BZLFY)
Consumer Defensive · PNK · US
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Bunzl plc trades at USD18.86, which is 58% above the USD7.90 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 38 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 19.6 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
About Bunzl plc
Bunzl plc operates as a distribution and services company in the North America, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally. It provides personal protection and safety equipment, including gloves, boots, hard hats, ear and eye protection, other workwear, as well as cleaning and hygiene supplies and asset protection products; and healthcare consumables, such as gloves, masks, swabs, gowns, bandages, healthcare devices, and other healthcare related equipment. The company also offers cleaning and hygiene materials comprising chemicals and hygiene paper; goods-not-for-resale, including food packaging, films, labels, and other store supplies; non-food consumables, such as food packaging, disposable tableware, guest amenities, catering equipment, and agricultural supplies; and other products. It serves its products to industrial, construction, e-commerce, hospitals, care homes and other facilities serving the healthcare, public sector customers, grocery stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, hotels, restaurants, contract caterers, food processors, commercial growers, leisure, retail customers, and office supply companies. Bunzl plc was founded in 1854 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
BZLFY passes 2 of our 30 screens today
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Common questions
Is Bunzl plc (BZLFY) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of USD7.90, BZLFY at USD18.86 is 58% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation, and most of a DCF's output sits in a terminal value nobody can forecast.
What is BZLFY's P/E ratio?
BZLFY trades at 19.6 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
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