Balfour Beatty

(BBY)
Sector: Construction & Materials
443.80p
3.20p 0.73
Last updated: 09:30:24

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Today's buy and sell prices

The price at which you can buy a share or investment. It is usually higher than the bid (sell) price. It’s the price you are being offered. Offer 444.00p
The price at which you can sell a share or investment. It is lower than the offer (buy) price. Bid 443.40p
The difference between the bid and offer prices expressed as a percentage. When you buy shares you pay a higher price than you get when you sell them. The difference between these prices is the profit made by the market maker who puts the deals together. Spread 0.14

Today's trading

Range The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. 437.00p-445.00p
The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. Volume 43,818.00
The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. Today's open 442.00p
At the end of the trading day there is an official closing price for every share. The previous session’s close is used as the base to calculate the following day’s price changes. Previous close 434.20p

Yearly summary

The highest and lowest prices the shares have traded at over a rolling 52-week period. It gives you a good indication of how the share price is performing now relative to its recent past performance. 52wk range 316.40p-455.40p

Fundamentals and health

A measure of the company's worth on the stock market. We display the previous closing share price multiplied by the number of shares in issue. Market capitalisation £2,294.55
The number of shares a company has in circulation, in millions. Shares in issue 525.78
The main valuation used by investors and a way of gauging whether a company's share price is cheap or expensive compared to competitors. You get PE by dividing the share price by the earnings per share (EPS). Our figure is last basic unadjusted - reported - annual EPS / current share price x 100. Companies also quote adjusted EPS figures to remove the effect of one-off exceptional figures from the profit figures. There is debate among investors as to whether this should be used. We use basic EPS – the purest figure. PE ratio 8.9
PEG ratio n/a
An important ratio for showing how much profit after tax and other deductions (net profit) is actually being earned per share. You divide the net profit by the number of shares in issue. Expressed in pence per share. Looking at whether the EPS is rising or falling over time is one of the most important indicators of whether a company is really making money for its shareholders. Our figure is undiluted, meaning it is not adjusted for exceptional costs. EPS 35.30p
Earnings per share growth illustrates the growth of earning per share over the last two reporting periods. It helps investors identify stocks that are increasing or decreasing in profitability. A minus sign indicates negative growth. EPS growth -22
Return on capital employed measures a company's profitability in relation to how much capital is invested in the business. Generally, the higher the figure the better but with all these ratios it is best to compare companies from the same sector. A high double digit figure may mean a company has an advantage over its competitors because of a unique product but an oil company, for example, will have higher capital outlay than an online retailer. Our formula: [Pre-tax profit / (total assets – short-term liabilities)] * 100 ROCE 14.91
Also known as the acid test ratio, it's a quick guide to how well a company can pay its short-term debts. Above 1 is considered healthy. A ratio of 1.5 would mean the company has £1.50 of liquid (accessible) assets to cover each £1 of debt (current liabilities). Formula: Current assets minus inventory / current liabilities. Quick ratio 0.97
Indicates whether a company can convert assets into cash to pay its debts within the next 12 months. It is calculated as current assets / current liabilities for the same period but will display as '0' for companies such as banks that don't distinguish between short and long-term liabilities. Current ratio 1.01
The amount of money a company paid to a shareholder for each share they own over the past 12 months, expressed in pence. Total dividends per share 11.50p
The dividends paid per share over the past 12 months (interim plus final) as a percentage of the share price. Our figure includes recurring special dividends. Dividend yield 3.5
The number of times the dividend could have been paid out from net profits. It is a good indicator of the company's ability to pay the dividend and its level of generosity. Formula: earnings per share / dividends per share. More than 2 is considered healthy, less than 1.5 may hint that a dividend is at risk of being cut. Dividend cover 3.24
Dividend per share growth 9.52

Balfour Beatty Fundamentals

The engineering and construction group completes work for the international rail, road, utility systems and buildings markets. It is the second biggest construction company in the UK and the fifteenth biggest in the world and was responsible for building the largest proportion of the M25 motorway.

Balfour Beatty Regulatory news

Date Time Headline Source
05/11/2024 07:00 BALFOUR BEATTY SECURES $746M (£575M) US CONTRACT RNS
01/11/2024 15:30 Director/PDMR Shareholding RNS
01/11/2024 07:10 Total Voting Rights RNS
29/10/2024 07:00 Appointment of Non-Executive Director RNS
02/10/2024 14:00 Director/PDMR Shareholding RNS
01/10/2024 07:23 Total Voting Rights RNS
30/09/2024 15:00 Director/PDMR Shareholding RNS
23/09/2024 07:10 Transaction in Own Shares RNS
20/09/2024 07:10 Transaction in Own Shares RNS
19/09/2024 07:10 Transaction in Own Shares RNS

Balfour Beatty Latest trades

Latest trades

Date Time Price Amount Value Type Buy / sell
25/11/2024 09:30:02 444p 4,158 £18,461.52 O Sell
25/11/2024 09:28:01 443p 30 £132.90 O Sell
25/11/2024 09:28:01 444p 87 £386.28 AT Sell
25/11/2024 09:28:01 444p 359 £1,593.96 AT Buy
25/11/2024 09:28:01 444p 85 £377.40 AT Buy

Analysis

Buy Sell Unknown
Quantity 53 68 15
Volume 7,506 37,554 1,128
Value £33,275 £166,425 £4,996

Balfour Beatty Director dealings

Trade date Director Volume / Price Trade value Trade type
30/10/2024 Leo Quinn 317,071 @ 448.00p £1,420,478.08 Sell
01/10/2024 Philip Harrison 240,000 @ 432.00p £1,036,800.00 Sell
27/09/2024 Leo Quinn 204,225 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer To
17/09/2024 Robert MacLeod 17,674 @ 422.15p £74,610.79 Buy
19/08/2024 Philip Harrison 360,000 @ 408.70p £1,471,320.00 Sell
21/06/2024 Leo Quinn 37,148 @ 349.13p £129,694.81 Buy
15/05/2024 Leo Quinn 189,921 @ 384.59p £730,417.17 Sell
31/03/2024 Philip Harrison 30,887 @ 381.54p £117,846.26 Sell
31/03/2024 Philip Harrison 65,617 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
31/03/2024 Leo Quinn 57,807 @ 381.54p £220,556.83 Sell

Balfour Beatty Broker views

Date Broker Recomm. Old target price New target price Notes
22/11/2024 Deutsche buy 500.00p 575.00p reiteration
15/08/2024 Berenberg Bank buy - 475.00p reiteration
10/03/2022 Liberum Capital buy 360.00p 360.00p reiteration
03/02/2022 Morgan Stanley equal-weight 320.00p 330.00p reiteration
09/12/2021 Liberum Capital buy - 360.00p reiteration
30/11/2021 Berenberg Bank buy - 350.00p reiteration
24/11/2021 Liberum Capital buy 360.00p 360.00p reiteration
18/08/2021 Numis buy 380.00p 395.00p reiteration
13/05/2021 Liberum Capital buy - 360.00p reiteration
13/05/2021 Numis buy - 380.00p reiteration
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