Compass is a global leader in food services, providing delicious and nutritious meals to millions of people across 30 countries, in addition to providing targeted support services.
Our extensive portfolio of B2B brands allows us to create a bespoke food and service offer for our clients and consumers. We operate across five distinct sectors to meet the different organisational requirements of clients and their evolving needs.
Our strategic focus on People, Performance and Purpose continues to underpin all that we do in our ambition to deliver value to all our stakeholders.
Significant market opportunity with a runway for growth
We estimate the global food services market for Compass to be worth c.$320 billion, of which we have less than 15% market share.
This provides us a significant runway for growth, with nearly three-quarters of the market still self-operated or in the hands of regional players.
For North America and Europe, our food services market estimate now includes vending.
In addition, there are further growth opportunities for Compass in targeted support services which are not included in this estimate.
Our competitive advantages
People and culture
Financial strength
Our sectors & portfolios of brands
Decentralised structure
Culinary & digital innovation
Scale in procurement
Rewarding our shareholders
Compass is a strong cash-generating business with a clear capital allocation model.
We invest both organically and through acquisitions to drive growth.
Our policy is to pay around 50% of underlying earning through an ordinary dividend, with further additional shareholder returns when appropriate. We do this whilst maintaining a resilient balance sheet, targeting net debt to EBITDA in the range of 1x-1.5x.
Consistent with this framework is the return of excess capital to shareholders through a share buyback programme.
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