Bunzl acquires Blueleaf Care and Bunzl stock gains 1.20 percent

Published on 10/08/2026 at 11:58 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Bunzl announced Blueleaf Care's GBP 58 million 2025 revenue deal on October 8, 2026. Bunzl stock costs EUR 32.07 after EUR 31.69, plus 1.20 percent.

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Bunzl stock (ISIN GB00B0744B38) was trading at EUR 32.07 at Lang & Schwarz on October 8, 2026 at 11:48 a.m. CEST, up 1.20 percent versus the prior close of EUR 31.69. Bunzl announced the acquisition of Blueleaf Care on October 8, 2026, with Blueleaf having generated GBP 58 million in revenue in 2025, according to Investegate.

Blueleaf expands care distribution

Blueleaf supplies care homes with consumables, cleaning solutions, continence care, equipment, furniture and personal protective equipment. Bunzl disclosed no purchase consideration, so the measurable scale of the transaction is the acquired business's GBP 58 million revenue base from 2025, rather than a stated deal value.

The acquisition broadens Bunzl's offering in the UK care home market. That adds a healthcare distribution asset to a group whose first-half performance was led by operational improvement in North American distribution and growth across its wider business.

H1 margin gains face reversal

In the first half of 2026, revenue at constant exchange rates increased 4.10 percent, while underlying revenue grew 3.20 percent. Adjusted operating profit rose 8.00 percent year over year to GBP 441 million, and the operating margin reached 7.30 percent from 7.00 percent in the prior period, according to the Yahoo Finance transcript of the September 1, 2026 call.

The same transcript said the 7.30 percent underlying margin excluded the effect of a U.S. tariff refund. Management expected selling-price normalization and the reversal of temporary inventory benefits to weigh on second-half margins, even as it guided to modest adjusted operating profit growth for 2026.

EUR 32.07 in trading

The acquisition gives Bunzl another concrete growth asset as the group balances bolt-on expansion with margin normalization. The first-half figures show the comparison investors need: adjusted operating profit grew 8.00 percent, while the operating margin improved by 0.30 percentage points to 7.30 percent before the expected second-half pressures.

At Lang & Schwarz, Bunzl was trading at EUR 32.07 on October 8, 2026 at 11:48 a.m. CEST, plus 1.20 percent versus the prior close of EUR 31.69. The primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange, where the finance quote showed a 52-week range of GBp 1,981.00 to GBp 2,898.00 and market capitalization of GBP 8.7 billion as of October 8, 2026. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Bunzl stock.