LON:GBGGB Group Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding GB Group plc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 689 -4.00 (-0.58 %) (As of 06/4/2020 04:20 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 687.28Now: GBX 689▼ 69850-Day Range 611MA: GBX 657.98▼ 69052-Week Range 465Now: GBX 689▼ 806Volume2,236 shsAverage Volume194,592 shsMarket Capitalization£1.34 billionP/E Ratio82.02Dividend Yield0.48%BetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsInsider TradesHeadlines GB Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides identity data intelligence services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Fraud, Risk & Compliance and Customer & Location Intelligence. The company offers ID verification services, which helps in verifying identities remotely without the physical presentation of documentation for combat ID fraud, money laundering, and restricting access to under-age content, purchases, and gambling; and ID employ and comply that provides background checks through an online verification and authentication of individuals. It also offers ID compliance and fraud solutions that provides fraud detection, risk management, and consumer on-boarding solutions; ID location intelligence, which includes software and services for accurate consumer registration and validation of records; and ID engage that provides database and up-to-date identity information for contact strategies. In addition, the company offers an ID trace and investigate solution that provides picture of the UK's population and properties in order to locate and contact the right individual. GB Group plc was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Chester, the United Kingdom.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 1.2 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingGB Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 709.40, GB Group has a potential upside of 3.0% from its current price of GBX 689.Amount of Analyst CoverageGB Group has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 3.4 Community Rank Outperform VotesGB Group has received 403 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesGB Group has received 184 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentGB Group has received 68.65% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about GB Group and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe GBG will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe GBG will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipGB Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 0.48%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthGB Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of GB Group is 35.71 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, GB Group insiders have sold 14,440.21% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £15,600 in company stock and sold £2,268,272.16 in company stock. Previous Next 0.0 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for GB Group are expected to decrease by -100.00% in the coming year, from GBX 1,165.90 to GBX 0 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of GB Group is 82.02, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 15.86.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of GB Group is 82.02, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 38.10.Price to Book Value per Share RatioGB Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.94. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 1.2Community Rank: 3.4Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 0.0 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.41 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Technical & System Software Sub-IndustryN/A SectorComputer and Technology Current SymbolLON:GBG Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.gbgplc.com Phone+44-1244-657333Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio24.57 Current Ratio1.09 Quick Ratio1.09Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio82.02 Forward P/E Ratio0.59 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£179.51 million Price / Sales7.45 Cash FlowGBX 12.09 per share Price / Cash Flow57.01 Book ValueGBX 174.90 per share Price / Book3.94Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees800 Outstanding Shares194,194,000Market Cap£1.34 billion Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable LSE:GBG Rates by TradingView Receive GBG News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for GBG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. GB Group (LON:GBG) Frequently Asked Questions How has GB Group's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? GB Group's stock was trading at GBX 668 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GBG shares have increased by 3.1% and is now trading at GBX 689. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of GB Group? 6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GB Group in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for GB Group. How were GB Group's earnings last quarter? GB Group plc (LON:GBG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company reported $9.00 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $5.20 by $3.80. View GB Group's earnings history. How often does GB Group pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for GB Group? GB Group declared a dividend on Wednesday, June 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 18th will be paid a dividend of GBX 2.99 per share on Friday, August 23rd. This represents a dividend yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 18th. This is a boost from GB Group's previous dividend of GBX 2.65. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View GB Group's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for GBG? 6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for GB Group's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 626 to GBX 768. On average, they expect GB Group's share price to reach GBX 709.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for GB Group. Has GB Group been receiving favorable news coverage? News coverage about GBG stock has been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. GB Group earned a daily sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutGB Group. Who are some of GB Group's key competitors? Some companies that are related to GB Group include Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUP), Iress (IRE), Micro Focus International (MCRO), Emis Group (EMIS), Absolute Software (ABT), SDL (SDL), Ideagen (IDEA), Wandisco (WAND), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Tecsys (TCS), Dotdigital Group (DOTD), Microgen (MCGN), Covata (CVT), IDOX (IDOX) and Eckoh (ECK). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of GB Group own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other GB Group investors own include BT Group (BT), Digital Globe Services (DGS), OptiBiotix Health (OPTI), Active Energy Group (AEG), HomeAway (AWAY), Burford Capital (BUR), Dialight (DIA), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Fidelity Special Values (FSV) and Hotel Chocolat Group (HOTC). Who are GB Group's key executives? GB Group's management team includes the following people: Mr. Christopher Graham Clark, CEO & Exec. Director (Age 50)Mr. David John Wilson, CFO, COO & Exec. Director (Age 57)Mr. Nicolas Richard Brown, Group MD & Exec. Director (Age 58)Mr. Tony Stansfield, Chief Technology OfficerMr. Mike Cook, Chief Information Officer What is GB Group's stock symbol? GB Group trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "GBG." How do I buy shares of GB Group? Shares of GBG 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. What is GB Group's stock price today? One share of GBG stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 689. How big of a company is GB Group? GB Group has a market capitalization of £1.34 billion and generates £179.51 million in revenue each year. GB Group employs 800 workers across the globe. What is GB Group's official website? The official website for GB Group is www.gbgplc.com. How can I contact GB Group? GB Group's mailing address is The Foundation, Herons Way, CHESTER, CH4 9GB, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1244-657333. This page was last updated on 6/4/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff
