LON:GFS - G4S Share Price, Forecast & News

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

G4S declared a dividend on Friday, August 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 5th will be given a dividend of GBX 3.59 per share on Friday, October 11th. This represents a yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 5th. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View G4S's Dividend History.

G4S plc (LON:GFS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 9th. The company reported $7.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $8.20 by $0.80. View G4S's Earnings History.

G4S is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 11th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for G4S.

9 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for G4S's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 195 to GBX 285. On average, they expect G4S's stock price to reach GBX 228.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for G4S.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for G4S in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for G4S.

Press coverage about GFS stock has been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. G4S earned a news sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for G4S.

Some companies that are related to G4S include Halma (HLMA), London Security (LSC), Marlowe (MRL), CompX International (CIX), Wrap Technologies (WRTC), Wrap Technologies (WRTC), Hills (HIL), Redflex (RDF), Thruvision Group (THRU), Ava Risk Group (AVA), Xtek (XTE), Avante Logixx (XX), Nanotech Security (NTS), Command Security (MOC) and Synectics (SNX).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other G4S investors own include BT Group - CLASS A (BT.A), Barclays (BARC), Glencore (GLEN), FLIR Systems (FLIR), HSBC (HSBA), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Rolls-Royce (RR), Tesco (TSCO), Vodafone Group (VOD) and Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK).

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 209.30.

G4S has a market capitalization of £3.25 billion and generates £7.65 billion in revenue each year. G4S employs 546,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About G4S.

The official website for G4S is http://www.g4s.com/.

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.