Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

503.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      5.50p
  • 52 Week High: 754.00
  • 52 Week Low: 469.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 81.61m
  • Volume: 263,920
  • Market Cap: £410.49m
  • RiskGrade: 201

BMY Overview

The Group's Mission is to grow a high quality global publishing business delivering high value to its contributors, readers and shareholders. Our overall growth strategy and long-term focus remains unchanged; to invest in high value intellectual property, to publish works of excellence and originality, to build our diversified portfolio of content and services across our Consumer and Non-Consumer Divisions, and to diversify into digital channels to build quality revenues and increase earnings.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.2% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.7 n/a
Op Mrgn 9.2% n/a
ROCE 29.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 11.4 n/a
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.1 n/a
Pr/Book 1.8  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 5.3% n/a
PBT -21.7% n/a
EPS -11.3% n/a
DPS 5.0% n/a

BMY Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
28-Feb-21 185.14 17.35 18.93p 14.2 0.9 +15% 8.86p 3.3%
28-Feb-22 230.11 22.18 26.43p 15.4 0.4 +40% 10.74p 2.6%
28-Feb-23 264.10 25.42 31.07p 13.5 0.7 +18% 11.75p 2.8%
29-Feb-24 342.70 41.50 47.40p 11.5 0.2 +53% 14.69p 2.7%
28-Feb-25 361.00 32.50 42.03p 14.5 n/a -11% 15.43p 2.5%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

BMY Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 02-Oct-2025 17:22 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 22-Sep-2025 16:20 RNS
Appointment of Chief Financial & Operating Officer 18-Sep-2025 07:00 RNS

BMY ShareCast News

Guardian CFO Keith Underwood to join Bloomsbury 18-Sep-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks fall after rise in UK consu... 16-Jul-2025 ShareCast
Strong blockbuster sales boost Bloomsbury 16-Jul-2025 ShareCast

BMY Top Newspaper Links

Bloomsbury looks for some Harry Potter magic to ... 24-Oct-2014 Telegraph
Bloomsbury suffers as e-books lose their magic 24-Oct-2014 The Independent
Publisher sees rise in profits 21-May-2014 The Herald

Latest BMY Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

BMY Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 503.00p
Change Today 5.50p
% Change 1.11 %
52 Week High 754.00
52 Week Low 469.50
Volume 263,920
Shares Issued 81.61m
Market Cap £410.49m
RiskGrade 201

BMY Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average
48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average
Price Trend
42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average
19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average
Income
31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average
15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average
Growth
36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average
24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average

BMY Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 24-Jul-25 31-Oct-24
Paid 22-Aug-25 29-Nov-24
Amount 11.54p 3.89p

Trades for 03-Oct-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:47 1,081 @ 502.01p
16:35 114,090 @ 493.42p
16:35 184 @ 503.00p
16:35 52,684 @ 503.00p
16:35 1,489 @ 503.00p

BMY Key Personnel

CEO Nigel Newton
CFO Keith Underwood

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