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

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

Beazley declared 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 a boost from Beazley's previous dividend of $3.90. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Beazley's Dividend History.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Beazley's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 490 to GBX 700. On average, they expect Beazley's stock price to reach GBX 607.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% 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 trended somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Beazley earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Some companies that are related to Beazley include Admiral Group (ADM), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Sirius International Insurance Group (SG), Hastings Group (HSTG), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), ADMIRAL GRP/ADR (AMIGY), INS AUS GRP LTD/ADR (IAUGY), RSA Insurance Group (RSNAY), RSA Insurance Group (RSAIF), Sampo Oyj (SAXPF) and SUNCORP GRP LTD/S (SNMCY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Beazley investors own include Fenner (FENR), City of London Investment Group (CLIG), Coretx (COR), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Bodycote (BOY), Netflix (NFLX), Bank of America (BAC), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) and The Parkmead Group (PMG).

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 563.

Beazley has a market capitalization of £2.96 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.