Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

502.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      2.00p
  • 52 Week High: 706.00
  • 52 Week Low: 468.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 81.61m
  • Volume: 240,350
  • Market Cap: £409.68m
  • RiskGrade: 201
  • Beta: 1.16

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 3.1% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.7 2.5
Op Mrgn 9.2% 13.1%
ROCE 30.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 11.9 12.6
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.1 1.2
Pr/Book 1.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 5.3% -7.8%
PBT -21.7% 34.2%
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-26 332.88 43.63 41.02p 12.2 n/a -2% 16.20p 0.0%
28-Feb-27 341.53 43.38 40.89p 12.3 n/a -0% 17.00p 0.0%
29-Feb-28 348.16 44.70 42.45p 11.8 3.1 +4% 18.11p 0.0%

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BMY Company Announcements

Unaudited Interim Results 23-Oct-2025 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 02-Oct-2025 17:22 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 22-Sep-2025 16:20 RNS

BMY ShareCast News

Bloomsbury raises full-year profit expectations 23-Oct-2025 ShareCast
Bestselling Bloomsbury author lands major Hollyw... 08-Oct-2025 ShareCast
Guardian CFO Keith Underwood to join Bloomsbury 18-Sep-2025 ShareCast

BMY Top Newspaper Links

AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bl... 27-Oct-2025 Guardian
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

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 502.00p
Change Today 2.00p
% Change 0.40 %
52 Week High 706.00
52 Week Low 468.00
Volume 240,350
Shares Issued 81.61m
Market Cap £409.68m
Beta 1.16
RiskGrade 201

BMY Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average
48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average
Price Trend
42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average
19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average
Income
31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average
15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average
Growth
36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average
24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 1
Neutral 0
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
strong_buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

BMY Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 30-Oct-25 24-Jul-25
Paid 28-Nov-25 22-Aug-25
Amount 4.08p 11.54p

Trades for 03-Nov-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:38 53,000 @ 502.00p
16:35 11 @ 502.00p
16:35 1,479 @ 502.00p
16:35 54,458 @ 502.00p
16:35 537 @ 502.00p

BMY Key Personnel

CEO Nigel Newton
CFO Keith Underwood

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