Balfour Beatty Share Forecast, Price & News

Balfour Beatty's stock was trading at GBX 264.60 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BBY stock has decreased by 13.8% and is now trading at GBX 228.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Balfour Beatty in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Balfour Beatty plc (LON:BBY) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 14th. The company reported $20.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $18.80 by $2.10. The firm earned $6.92 billion during the quarter.
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Balfour Beatty announced a dividend on Wednesday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 21st will be given a dividend of GBX 4.30 per share on Friday, July 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. This is an increase from Balfour Beatty's previous dividend of GBX 2.10. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Balfour Beatty's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 265 to GBX 350. On average, they anticipate Balfour Beatty's share price to reach GBX 308.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.4% from the stock's current price.
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Media headlines about BBY stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Balfour Beatty earned a media sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.
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Balfour Beatty trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "BBY."

Shares of BBY and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of BBY stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 228.

Balfour Beatty has a market capitalization of £1.57 billion and generates £7.43 billion in revenue each year. Balfour Beatty employs 19,474 workers across the globe.

The official website for Balfour Beatty is www.balfourbeatty.com.

Balfour Beatty's mailing address is Canary Wharf, 5 Churchill Place, LONDON, E14 5HU, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-72166800.