Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

524.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -127.00p
  • 52 Week High: 754.00
  • 52 Week Low: 521.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 81.61m
  • Volume: 2,384,080
  • Market Cap: £427.63m
  • 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 2.9% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.7 2.5
Op Mrgn 9.2% 12.7%
ROCE 29.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 12.5 12.8
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.2 1.2
Pr/Book 2.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 5.3% -3.3%
PBT -21.7% 36.0%
EPS -11.3% -2.4%
DPS 5.0% 5.0%

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 Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
28-Feb-26 349.02 44.20 41.01p 12.8 n/a -2% 16.20p 0.0%
28-Feb-27 356.22 46.40 43.30p 12.1 2.2 +6% 17.00p 0.0%

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BMY Company Announcements

Annual Financial Report 22-May-2025 07:00 RNS
Notice of Preliminary Results 15-May-2025 07:00 RNS
Appointment of Joint Corporate Broker 15-Apr-2025 07:00 RNS

BMY ShareCast News

Bloomsbury Publishing profits drop but revenue r... 22-May-2025 ShareCast
Bloomsbury Publishing sees FY ahead of forecasts 20-Mar-2025 ShareCast
Bloomsbury Publishing inks new long-term supply ... 24-Jan-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 524.00p
Change Today -127.00p
% Change -19.51 %
52 Week High 754.00
52 Week Low 521.00
Volume 2,384,080
Shares Issued 81.61m
Market Cap £427.63m
RiskGrade 201

BMY Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
11.33% above the market average11.33% above the market average11.33% above the market average11.33% above the market average11.33% above the market average
20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average
Price Trend
17.99% below the market average17.99% below the market average17.99% below the market average17.99% below the market average17.99% below the market average
16.28% above the sector average16.28% above the sector average16.28% above the sector average16.28% above the sector average16.28% above the sector average
Income
2.86% below the market average2.86% below the market average2.86% below the market average2.86% below the market average2.86% below the market average
22.22% below the sector average22.22% below the sector average22.22% below the sector average22.22% below the sector average22.22% below the sector average
Growth
23.97% above the market average23.97% above the market average23.97% above the market average23.97% above the market average23.97% above the market average
26.32% above the sector average26.32% above the sector average26.32% above the sector average26.32% above the sector average26.32% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 1
Neutral 0
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
strong_buy
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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 22-May-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:21 3 @ 530.00p
16:02 11 @ 528.00p
15:39 14 @ 530.00p
16:00 1,036 @ 528.00p
15:51 17 @ 529.00p

BMY Key Personnel

CEO Nigel Newton

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