Balfour Beatty (BBY) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group. With 26,000 employees across the UK, US and Hong Kong, we’re leading the transformation of our industry to meet the challenges of the future. Trusted by our customers to deliver sustainable solutions and strengthen communities, we finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities. Collaborating with governments, our customers and partners, we deliver powerful new solutions, shape thinking, create skylines and inspire a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 783.50 to 813
• 50-Day Range: 755.50 to 871
• 52-Week Range: 486.40 to 874
• Volume: 330,693 shs
• Average Volume: 6.09 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £3.86 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.55
• Dividend Yield: 1.71%
• Price Target: GBX 856.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Balfour Beatty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Balfour Beatty scored higher than 30% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Balfour Beatty has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Balfour Beatty is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Balfour Beatty has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Balfour Beatty is 15.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.43.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Balfour Beatty is 15.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 24.96.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Balfour Beatty has a PEG Ratio of 3.75. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Balfour Beatty has a P/B Ratio of 3.68. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BBY.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Balfour Beatty pays a meaningful dividend of 1.71%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Balfour Beatty does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Balfour Beatty is 24.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Balfour Beatty this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 36 people have searched for BBY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -37% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Balfour Beatty insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £1,845,354.42 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.22% of the stock of Balfour Beatty is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

60.87% of the stock of Balfour Beatty is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/11/2026
• Today: 6/11/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Engineering & Construction
• Sub-Industry: Retail
• Current Symbol: LON:BBY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.balfourbeatty.com
• Phone: +44-20-72166800
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 105,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Balfour Beatty: GBX 856.67
• High Price Target: GBX 985
• Low Price Target: GBX 715
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 52
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.74
• P/E Growth: 3.75
• Net Income: £219.98 million
• Net Margins: 2.77%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 23.73%
• Return on Assets: 1.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 89.50
• Current Ratio: 1.02
• Quick Ratio: 0.84

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £9.49 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.41
• Cash Flow: GBX 416.13 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.95
• Book Value: GBX 220.50 per share
• Price / Book: 3.68

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 477,017,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £3.87 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.60