BT Group (BT.A) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

BT Group is the UK’s leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital products, solutions and services. BT Group consists of four customer-facing units: Consumer serves individuals and families in the UK; Business covers companies and public services in the UK; International serves multinational organisations headquartered outside the UK and overseas public sector customers; Openreach is an independently governed, wholly owned subsidiary wholesaling fixed access infrastructure services to its customers – over 700 communications providers across the UK. British Telecommunications Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.bt.com/about

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 221.50 to 229
• 50-Day Range: 190.85 to 213.40
• 52-Week Range: 173 to 242.09
• Volume: 225.66 million shs
• Average Volume: 40.33 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £22.42 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.06
• Dividend Yield: 3.94%
• Price Target: GBX 157
• Consensus Rating: Hold

BT Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

BT Group scored higher than 29% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

BT Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

BT Group has a consensus price target of GBX 157, representing about 31.0% downside from its current price of GBX 227.40.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

BT Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of BT Group is 21.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.00.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of BT Group is 21.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 25.98.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

BT Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.38. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

BT Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.78. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BT.A.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

BT Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.94%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

BT Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of BT Group is 76.02%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

BT Group has a news sentiment score of 0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for BT Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, BT Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.22% of the stock of BT Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

44.67% of the stock of BT Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/21/2026
• Today: 10/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Diversified Telecommunication Services
• Sub-Industry: Integrated Telecommunication Services
• Current Symbol: LON:BT.A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.btplc.com
• Phone: +44-20-73565000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 98,400
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for BT Group: GBX 157
• High Price Target: GBX 310
• Low Price Target: GBX 3
• Potential Upside/Downside: -31.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 10.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.08
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.91
• P/E Growth: 0.38
• Net Income: £855 million
• Net Margins: 4.11%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 6.33%
• Return on Assets: 3.77%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 187.58
• Current Ratio: 0.89
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £19.65 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.14
• Cash Flow: GBX 64.28 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.54
• Book Value: GBX 128 per share
• Price / Book: 1.78

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 9,853,621,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £22.44 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.69