LON:BEZBeazley Share Price, Forecast & News

Beazley's stock was trading at GBX 497.40 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BEZ shares have decreased by 15.2% and is now trading at GBX 421.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Beazley in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Beazley.

Beazley announced a dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 27th will be paid a dividend of GBX 8.20 per share on Monday, March 30th. This represents a yield of 1.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. This is a boost from Beazley's previous dividend of GBX 4.10. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Beazley's dividend history.

10 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Beazley's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 385 to GBX 625. On average, they expect Beazley's share price to reach GBX 497.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Beazley.

Media coverage about BEZ stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Beazley earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Beazley.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Beazley investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Fenner (FENR), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Mastercard (MA), City of London Investment Group (CLIG), Coretx (COR), Discovery Inc Series C (DISCK), iShares S&P 400 MidCap ETF (IJH), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) and Saia (SAIA).

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

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 421.60.

Beazley has a market capitalization of £2.57 billion and generates £2.64 billion in revenue each year. Beazley employs 1,384 workers across the globe.

The official website for Beazley is 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.