Babcock International Group (BAB)

Sector:

Defense and Aeronautics

Index:

FTSE 100

1,047.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      52.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,157.00
  • 52 Week Low: 462.40
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 503.76m
  • Volume: 1,893,043
  • Market Cap: £5,274m
  • RiskGrade: 290

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 0.6% 0.0%
Div Cover 7.7 6.1
Op Mrgn 7.5% 7.9%
ROCE 45.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 20.8 18.0
PEG 0.3 2.9
Pr/Revenue 1.1 1.0
Pr/Book 8.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 10.0% 4.4%
PBT 51.9% 21.1%
EPS 63.3% 6.7%
DPS 30.0% 36.0%

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 5,043.31 398.41 53.65p 19.5 2.9 +7% 8.84p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 5,266.01 433.49 59.81p 17.5 1.5 +12% 11.80p 0.0%
31-Mar-28 5,505.70 477.04 67.27p 15.6 1.3 +12% 12.24p 0.0%

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BAB Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 18-Aug-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 15-Aug-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 14-Aug-2025 07:00 RNS

BAB ShareCast News

London close: Stocks mixed as world watches Ukra... 18-Aug-2025 ShareCast
RBC Capital starts coverage of Babcock at 'outpe... 18-Aug-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks slip on slew of UK data 30-Jun-2025 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
04-Aug-25 Sell David Mellors 1,007.96p 156,485 £1,577,312.08
04-Aug-25 Transfer From David Mellors 0.000p 332,093 £0.00
04-Aug-25 Sell David Mellors 1,007.96p 36,667 £369,590.07

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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 1,047.00p
Change Today 52.00p
% Change 5.23 %
52 Week High 1,157.00
52 Week Low 462.40
Volume 1,893,043
Shares Issued 503.76m
Market Cap £5,274m
RiskGrade 290

BAB Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
83.26% below the market average83.26% below the market average83.26% below the market average83.26% below the market average83.26% 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
96.03% above the market average96.03% above the market average96.03% above the market average96.03% above the market average96.03% 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
60.5% below the market average60.5% below the market average60.5% below the market average60.5% below the market average60.5% 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
86.08% above the market average86.08% above the market average86.08% above the market average86.08% above the market average86.08% 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 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 10
buy
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BAB Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 21-Aug-25 05-Dec-24
Paid 30-Sep-25 17-Jan-25
Amount 4.50p 2.00p

Trades for 18-Aug-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
15:11 1 @ 1,046.00p
14:59 5 @ 1,046.00p
14:58 11 @ 1,043.00p
15:02 7 @ 1,046.00p
15:00 25 @ 1,045.00p

BAB Key Personnel

Chair Ruth Cairnie
CEO David Lockwood
CFO David Mellors

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