Babcock International Group (BAB)

Sector:

Defense and Aeronautics

Index:

FTSE 250

478.40p
   
  • Change Today:
      5.80p
  • 52 Week High: 565.50p
  • 52 Week Low: 383.60p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 505.60m
  • Volume: 449,792
  • Market Cap: £2,418.77m
  • RiskGrade: 290
  • Beta: 0.02

BAB Overview

Babcock is an international defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets. We provide a range of products and service solutions to enhance our customers’ defence capabilities and critical assets. Our business is underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration and engineering, infrastructure management and specialist training. We help our customers around the world to cost effectively improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.0% 0.0%
Div Cover 6.2 5.3
Op Mrgn 5.5% 7.2%
ROCE 48.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 15.5 10.9
PEG 0.2 0.3
Pr/Revenue 0.6 0.5
Pr/Book 6.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -1.1% 4.7%
PBT 3395.2% 52.7%
EPS 74.0% 40.9%
DPS n/a 64.1%

BAB Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-20 4,428.50 (88.90) 58.40p 6.6 n/a -30% 7.20p 1.9%
31-Mar-21 3,971.60 (1,811.00) (24.60)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Mar-22 4,101.80 182.30 30.70p 10.6 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Mar-23 4,438.60 6.20 17.70p 16.9 n/a -42% n/a 0.0%
31-Mar-24 4,390.10 216.70 30.80p 16.9 0.2 +74% 5.00p 1.0%

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

BAB Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-25 4,595.18 330.94 43.40p 11.0 0.3 +41% 8.21p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 4,779.91 366.20 48.91p 9.8 0.8 +13% 10.94p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 4,992.73 399.65 53.65p 8.9 0.9 +10% 14.45p 0.0%

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BAB Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 04-Oct-2024 14:52 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 03-Oct-2024 16:13 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 01-Oct-2024 15:04 RNS

BAB ShareCast News

London close: Stocks finish higher as BoE holds ... 19-Sep-2024 ShareCast
Babcock holds guidance as underlying profits rise 19-Sep-2024 ShareCast
Sector movers: Defence shares drag on market ami... 03-Sep-2024 ShareCast

BAB Top Newspaper Links

Babcock signs £140million deal with Ministry of ... 18-Dec-2014 Daily Mail
Babcock seals deal worth £2bn to maintain UK mil... 18-Dec-2014 Telegraph
Britain’s Babcock beats off US rivals to service... 20-Nov-2014 The Independent

Latest BAB Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
02-Oct-24 Buy Dividends David Mellors 474.00p 1,283 £6,081.42
05-Sep-24 Sell David Mellors 500.58p 276,512 £1,384,150.26
05-Sep-24 Exercise of option David Mellors 0.000p 586,808 £0.00

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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.

 

BAB Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 478.40p
Change Today 5.80p
% Change 1.23 %
52 Week High 565.50p
52 Week Low 383.60p
Volume 449,792
Shares Issued 505.60m
Market Cap £2,418.77m
Beta 0.02
RiskGrade 290

BAB Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
74.47% below the market average74.47% below the market average74.47% below the market average74.47% below the market average74.47% below the market average
40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average
Price Trend
40.78% above the market average40.78% above the market average40.78% above the market average40.78% above the market average40.78% above the market average
45.45% below the sector average45.45% below the sector average45.45% below the sector average45.45% below the sector average45.45% below the sector average
Income
40.34% below the market average40.34% below the market average40.34% below the market average40.34% below the market average40.34% below the market average
50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average
Growth
58.43% above the market average58.43% above the market average58.43% above the market average58.43% above the market average58.43% above the market average
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 3
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 11
buy
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BAB Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 22-Aug-24 23-Nov-23
Paid 30-Sep-24 19-Jan-24
Amount 3.30p 1.70p

Trades for 09-Oct-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:36 4,647 @ 478.40p
16:35 169,652 @ 478.40p
16:35 1 @ 478.40p
16:35 1,058 @ 478.40p
16:35 203 @ 478.40p

BAB Key Personnel

Chair Ruth Cairnie
CEO David Lockwood
CFO David Mellors

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