Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$30.89
+0.00% today
1Y Change
-1.15%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Bunzl plc (BZLFF) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $7.88B. The stock last traded around $30.89 and down 1.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +0.6%, EPS growth of -5.3%, a dividend yield of 3.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +0.6%, EPS -5.3%, free cash flow -10.7% with operating margin 8.4% and ROIC 8.9%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 17.3 and price/sales 0.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines BZLFF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
BZLFF is 19.14 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
BZLFF had 11.60 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
BZLFF beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
BZLFF
-1.15%
Normalized return
SPY
+17.99%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-19.14 pts
Relative to SPY
BZLFF Max Drawdown
-20.73%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for BZLFF and SPY.
| Year | BZLFF | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +12.20% | +6.71% | +5.50 pts | BZLFF |
| 2025 | -9.12% | +11.19% | -20.31 pts | SPY |
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
3.03%
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.98
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | $0.71 | $0.71 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Semi-Annual |
| May 23, 2025 | May 23, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 | $0.73 | $0.72 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 | Jan 3, 2025 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Semi-Annual |
| May 16, 2024 | May 17, 2024 | Jul 2, 2024 | $0.64 | $0.64 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 16, 2023 | Nov 17, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Semi-Annual |
| May 18, 2023 | May 19, 2023 | Jul 4, 2023 | $0.56 | $0.57 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Nov 18, 2022 | Jan 4, 2023 | $0.20 | $0.21 | Semi-Annual |
| May 19, 2022 | May 20, 2022 | Jul 4, 2022 | $0.51 | $0.50 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Nov 19, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Semi-Annual |
| May 20, 2021 | May 21, 2021 | Jul 1, 2021 | $0.54 | $0.54 | Semi-Annual |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Dec 4, 2020 | Jan 7, 2021 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Semi-Annual |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 16, 2020 | Nov 16, 2020 | $0.46 | $0.47 | Semi-Annual |
| May 21, 2020 | May 22, 2020 | Jul 1, 2020 | $0.44 | $0.44 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 14, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 | Jan 2, 2020 | $0.20 | $0.20 | Semi-Annual |
| May 23, 2019 | May 24, 2019 | Jul 1, 2019 | $0.44 | $0.44 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Nov 16, 2018 | Jan 2, 2019 | $0.19 | $0.15 | Semi-Annual |
| May 24, 2018 | May 25, 2018 | Jul 2, 2018 | $0.43 | $0.43 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 16, 2017 | Nov 17, 2017 | Jan 2, 2018 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Semi-Annual |
| May 25, 2017 | May 26, 2017 | Jul 3, 2017 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 17, 2016 | Nov 18, 2016 | Jan 3, 2017 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Semi-Annual |
| May 19, 2016 | May 20, 2016 | Jul 1, 2016 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 19, 2015 | Nov 20, 2015 | Jan 4, 2016 | $0.18 | $0.20 | Semi-Annual |
| May 21, 2015 | May 22, 2015 | Jul 1, 2015 | $0.38 | $0.42 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 6, 2014 | Nov 7, 2014 | Jan 2, 2015 | $0.17 | $0.20 | Semi-Annual |
| May 7, 2014 | May 9, 2014 | Jul 1, 2014 | $0.38 | $0.42 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 6, 2013 | Nov 8, 2013 | Jan 2, 2014 | $0.16 | $0.11 | Semi-Annual |
| May 8, 2013 | May 10, 2013 | Jul 1, 2013 | $0.30 | $0.22 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 7, 2012 | Nov 9, 2012 | Jan 2, 2013 | $0.14 | $0.10 | Semi-Annual |
| May 9, 2012 | May 11, 2012 | Jul 2, 2012 | $0.30 | $0.20 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 9, 2011 | — | — | $0.09 | $0.09 | Semi-Annual |
| May 11, 2011 | — | — | $0.18 | $0.18 | Semi-Annual |
| Nov 10, 2010 | — | — | $0.08 | $0.08 | Semi-Annual |
| May 5, 2010 | — | — | $0.17 | $0.17 | Annual |
| Mar 24, 1997 | Apr 1, 1997 | Jul 1, 1997 | $0.07 | $0.08 | Semi-Annual |
| Oct 21, 1996 | Oct 29, 1996 | Jan 2, 1997 | $0.04 | $0.04 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 25, 1996 | Apr 2, 1996 | Jul 1, 1996 | $0.06 | $0.07 | Semi-Annual |
| Sep 25, 1995 | Oct 3, 1995 | Jan 2, 1996 | $0.03 | $0.04 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 27, 1995 | Apr 13, 1995 | Jul 3, 1995 | $0.05 | $0.07 | Semi-Annual |
| Oct 3, 1994 | Oct 20, 1994 | Jan 3, 1995 | $0.03 | $0.04 | Semi-Annual |
Next Step
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