Babcock International Group (BAB)

Sector:

Defense and Aeronautics

Index:

FTSE 100

1,299.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      15.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,502.00
  • 52 Week Low: 610.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 499.40m
  • Volume: 1,196,925
  • Market Cap: £6,487m
  • RiskGrade: 290
  • Beta: 0.56

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 0.5% 0.0%
Div Cover 7.7 6.2
Op Mrgn 7.5% 8.1%
ROCE 45.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 25.8 22.9
PEG 0.4 2.0
Pr/Revenue 1.3 1.3
Pr/Book 10.4  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 10.0% 5.7%
PBT 51.9% 25.9%
EPS 63.3% 11.4%
DPS 30.0% 38.9%

BAB Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
31-Mar-25 4,831.30 329.10 50.30p 14.4 0.2 +63% 6.50p 0.9%

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-26 5,105.80 414.38 56.05p 23.2 2.0 +11% 9.03p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 5,366.41 447.42 62.06p 20.9 1.9 +11% 11.75p 0.0%
31-Mar-28 5,618.13 488.72 68.59p 18.9 1.8 +10% 12.50p 0.0%

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BAB Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 13-Feb-2026 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 12-Feb-2026 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 11-Feb-2026 07:00 RNS

BAB ShareCast News

Citi downgrades Babcock to 'neutral' from 'buy' 05-Feb-2026 ShareCast
London close: Stocks finish volatile week in the... 23-Jan-2026 ShareCast
Babcock CEO to retire at end of year; To be repl... 23-Jan-2026 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
20-Jan-26 Buy Dividends David Mellors 1,458.00p 254 £3,703.32
16-Jan-26 Buy Dividends David Mellors 1,489.00p 69 £1,027.41
16-Jan-26 Buy Dividends David Mellors 1,488.00p 67 £996.96

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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 1,299.00p
Change Today 15.00p
% Change 1.17 %
52 Week High 1,502.00
52 Week Low 610.50
Volume 1,196,925
Shares Issued 499.40m
Market Cap £6,487m
Beta 0.56
RiskGrade 290

BAB Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
81.95% below the market average81.95% below the market average81.95% below the market average81.95% below the market average81.95% below the market average
27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average
Price Trend
95.90% above the market average95.90% above the market average95.90% above the market average95.90% above the market average95.90% above the market average
83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average
Income
60.61% below the market average60.61% below the market average60.61% below the market average60.61% below the market average60.61% below the market average
33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average
Growth
85.90% above the market average85.90% above the market average85.90% above the market average85.90% above the market average85.90% above the market average
27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average27.27% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 3
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 11
buy
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BAB Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 04-Dec-25 21-Aug-25
Paid 16-Jan-26 30-Sep-25
Amount 2.50p 4.50p

Trades for 13-Feb-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
14:38 0 @ 1,300.00p
14:38 0 @ 1,300.00p
14:38 0 @ 1,300.00p
14:38 0 @ 1,300.00p
14:38 0 @ 1,300.00p

BAB Key Personnel

Chair Ruth Cairnie
CEO David Lockwood
CFO David Mellors

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