LON:BOYBodycote Share Price, Forecast & News

Bodycote's stock was trading at GBX 641 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BOY shares have decreased by 19.0% and is now trading at GBX 519. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bodycote in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Bodycote.

Bodycote is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Bodycote.

Bodycote PLC (LON:BOY) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March, 6th. The company reported $49.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $47.20 by $2.00. The firm had revenue of $690.20 million for the quarter. View Bodycote's earnings history.

Bodycote declared a dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 23rd will be given a dividend of GBX 14 per share on Friday, June 5th. This represents a yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 23rd. This is an increase from Bodycote's previous dividend of GBX 6. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Bodycote's dividend history.

13 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Bodycote's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 510 to GBX 1,060. On average, they anticipate Bodycote's stock price to reach GBX 693.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Bodycote.

Media coverage about BOY stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bodycote earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutBodycote.

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Bodycote trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "BOY."

Shares of BOY 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 BOY stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 519.

Bodycote has a market capitalization of £993.66 million and generates £719.70 million in revenue each year. Bodycote employs 5,647 workers across the globe.

The official website for Bodycote is www.bodycote.com.

Bodycote's mailing address is Springwood Court, Springwood Close, MACCLESFIELD, SK10 2XF, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1625-505300.