LON:GFS - G4S Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

G4S declared a dividend on Thursday, March 8th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 3rd will be given a dividend of GBX 6.11 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 3rd. This is a positive change from G4S's previous dividend of $3.59. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View G4S's Dividend History.

G4S plc (LON:GFS) issued its earnings results on Thursday, March, 8th. The company reported $17.90 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $18.20 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $7.83 billion for the quarter. G4S had a return on equity of 38.18% and a net margin of 4.13%. View G4S's Earnings History.

13 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for G4S's shares. Their predictions range from GBX 245 to GBX 370. On average, they expect G4S's share price to reach GBX 314 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for G4S.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for G4S in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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 headlines about GFS stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. G4S earned a daily sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company an impact score of 44.76 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

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 270.70.

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.