Babcock International Group (BAB)

Sector:

Defense and Aeronautics

Index:

FTSE 100

1,155.50p
   
  • Change Today:
    -21.50p
  • 52 Week High: 1,502.00
  • 52 Week Low: 921.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 492.77m
  • Volume: 194,145
  • Market Cap: £5,694m
  • 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 0.0% 0.0%
Div Cover n/a n/a
Op Mrgn 5.9% n/a
ROCE 34.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 28.2 n/a
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.1 n/a
Pr/Book 9.3  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 7.2% n/a
PBT -13.8% n/a
EPS -14.3% n/a
DPS n/a n/a

BAB Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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 49.10p 14.7 0.2 +59% n/a 0.0%
31-Mar-26 5,177.70 283.70 42.10p 27.5 n/a -14% n/a 0.0%

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

BAB Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 10-Mar-2026 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 31-Dec-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 29-Dec-2025 07:00 RNS

BAB ShareCast News

UK government unveils £15bn hike in defence spen... 30-Jun-2026 ShareCast
Royal Navy to replace ageing destroyers with hyb... 29-Jun-2026 ShareCast
Babcock FY revenue rises but profit hit by friga... 22-Jun-2026 ShareCast

BAB Top Newspaper Links

Should you buy shares in Babcock? 08-Jul-2026 Times
Babcock says Brexit and Covid beset Royal Navy c... 22-Jun-2026 Guardian
Babcock warns on profits after £140m charge on T... 13-May-2026 Times

Latest BAB Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
03-Aug-26 Sell David Mellors 1,144.33p 24,804 £283,839.03
03-Aug-26 Transfer From David Mellors 0.000p 52,623 £0.00

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.

 

BAB Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,155.50p
Change Today -21.50p
% Change -1.83 %
52 Week High 1,502.00
52 Week Low 921.00
Volume 194,145
Shares Issued 492.77m
Market Cap £5,694m
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

BAB Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 13-Aug-26 04-Dec-25
Paid 25-Sep-26 16-Jan-26
Amount 5.00p 2.50p

Trades for 18-Aug-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
14:30 46 @ 1,155.50p
14:30 129 @ 1,155.50p
14:30 5 @ 1,154.52p
14:30 129 @ 1,154.50p
14:30 520 @ 1,154.50p

BAB Key Personnel

Chair Ruth Cairnie
CFO David Mellors
CEO Harry Holt

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