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 3.5% and is now trading at GBX 618.50. 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 3 sell ratings, 4 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) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March, 6th. The company reported $49.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $47.20 by $2.00. The firm had revenue of $690.20 million for the quarter. View Bodycote's earnings history.

Bodycote announced a dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 23rd will be paid a dividend of GBX 14 per share on Friday, June 5th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 23rd. This is a positive change from Bodycote's previous dividend of GBX 6. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Bodycote's dividend history.

13 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Bodycote's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 520 to GBX 1,060. On average, they anticipate Bodycote's stock price to reach GBX 683.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Bodycote.

Media stories about BOY stock have trended negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Bodycote earned a media sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Bodycote.

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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 618.50.

Bodycote has a market capitalization of £1.18 billion 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.