LON:GFS - G4S Stock Price, News, & Analysis

G4S trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "GFS."

G4S declared a dividend on Thursday, August 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 6th will be given a dividend of GBX 3.59 per share on Friday, October 12th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 6th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View G4S's Dividend History.

G4S plc (LON:GFS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 9th. The company reported $7.40 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $8.20 by $0.80. G4S had a return on equity of 38.18% and a net margin of 4.13%. View G4S's Earnings History.

12 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for G4S's shares. Their predictions range from GBX 245 to GBX 350. On average, they expect G4S's share price to reach GBX 310.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for G4S.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for G4S in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for G4S.

Some companies that are related to G4S include Halma (HLMA), London Security (LSC), CompX International (CIX), Marlowe (MRL), Sprue Aegis (SPRP), Nanotech Security (NTS), Hills (HIL), Synectics (SNX), Command Security (MOC), Avante Logixx (XX), Westminster Group (WSG), Future Fibre Technologies (FFT), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), Thruvision Group (THRU) and Mortice (MORT).

Media stories about GFS stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. G4S earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company an impact score of 46.55 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for G4S.

Shares of GFS 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 GFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 252.40.

G4S has a market capitalization of £3.87 billion.

G4S's mailing address is 5th Fl, 105 Victoria Street, LONDON, SW1E 6QT, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-87707000.