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 stock has increased by 2.1% and is now trading at GBX 654.18. 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, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $47.20 by $2.00. The business 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 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Bodycote's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 510 to GBX 1,060. On average, they expect Bodycote's share price to reach GBX 677.69 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Bodycote.

Headlines about BOY stock have been trending very positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Bodycote earned a coverage optimism score of 3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating 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 654.18.

Bodycote has a market capitalization of £1.25 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.