Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG) is the leading online classifieds group in the Baltics, which owns and operates twelve leading vertical and generalist online classifieds portals in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. BCG's online classifieds portfolio comprises four business lines – automotive, real estate, jobs & services and generalist. The portals are accessible through the websites of the Group's various brands via desktop and mobile.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 197.30 to 212.60
• 50-Day Range: 173 to 212.40
• 52-Week Range: 168 to 361.50
• Volume: 2.73 million shs
• Average Volume: 10.04 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £844.61 million
• P/E Ratio: 18.46
• Dividend Yield: 1.78%
• Price Target: GBX 256.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Baltic Classifieds Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Baltic Classifieds Group scored higher than 76% 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: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Baltic Classifieds Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Baltic Classifieds Group has a consensus price target of GBX 256.50, representing about 26.4% upside from its current price of GBX 203.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Baltic Classifieds Group has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Baltic Classifieds Group is 18.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.51.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Baltic Classifieds Group is 18.97, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 17.91.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Baltic Classifieds Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.62. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Baltic Classifieds Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.96. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued 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 BCG.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Baltic Classifieds Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.78%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Baltic Classifieds Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Baltic Classifieds Group is 36.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.31

News Sentiment

Baltic Classifieds Group has a news sentiment score of 1.31. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Baltic Classifieds Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Baltic Classifieds Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £2,371.33 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.65% of the stock of Baltic Classifieds Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

58.99% of the stock of Baltic Classifieds Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Interactive Media & Services
• Sub-Industry: Interactive Media & Services
• Current Symbol: LON:BCG
• CIK: N/A
• Web: balticclassifieds.com
• Phone: 370 52 075061
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 130
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Baltic Classifieds Group: GBX 256.50
• High Price Target: GBX 373
• Low Price Target: GBX 183
• Potential Upside/Downside: +28.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.25
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 10.70
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.69
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.25
• P/E Growth: 1.62
• Net Income: £45.57 million
• Net Margins: 57.81%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 15.59%
• Return on Assets: 5.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 24.77
• Current Ratio: 1.70
• Quick Ratio: 2.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £88.49 million
• Price / Sales: 9.67
• Cash Flow: GBX 6.79 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 29.47
• Book Value: GBX 68.51 per share
• Price / Book: 2.92

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 427,650,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £855.30 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.06