LON:BEZ - Beazley Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Beazley trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "BEZ."

Beazley announced a dividend on Thursday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 28th will be given a dividend of GBX 7.80 per share on Wednesday, March 27th. This represents a yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 28th. This is an increase from Beazley's previous dividend of $3.90. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Beazley's Dividend History.

9 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Beazley's shares. Their predictions range from GBX 490 to GBX 650. On average, they expect Beazley's stock price to reach GBX 586 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Beazley.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Beazley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Beazley.

News stories about BEZ stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Beazley earned a media sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Some companies that are related to Beazley include American Financial Group (AFG), Admiral Group (ADM), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Navigators Group (NAVG), NMI (NMIH), Sirius International Insurance Group (SG), State Auto Financial (STFC), Hastings Group (HSTG), James River Group (JRVR), MBIA (MBI), EMC Insurance Group (EMCI), Global Indemnity (GBLI), Federated National (FNHC) and Kingsway Financial Services (KFS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Beazley investors own include Bodycote (BOY), Bank of America (BAC), Netflix (NFLX), Bluerock Residential Growth REIT (BRG), Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), Innovus Pharmaceuticals (INNV), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Tesco (TSCDY) and Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX).

Shares of BEZ 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 BEZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 520.

Beazley has a market capitalization of £2.73 billion and generates £2.15 billion in revenue each year. Beazley employs 1,384 workers across the globe.

The official website for Beazley is http://www.beazley.com.

Beazley's mailing address is Plantation Place S 60 Great Tower Street, LONDON, EC3R 5AD, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at 44 20 7667 0623.