LON:GFSG4S Share Price, Forecast & News

G4S's stock was trading at GBX 102.70 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GFS shares have increased by 15.9% and is now trading at GBX 119. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for G4S in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for G4S.

G4S is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 12th 2020. View our earnings forecast for G4S.

G4S plc (LON:GFS) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 9th. The company reported $7.40 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $8.20 by $0.80. View G4S's earnings history.

G4S announced a dividend on Wednesday, March 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 30th will be given a dividend of GBX 6.11 per share on Friday, June 12th. This represents a yield of 5.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 30th. This is a positive change from G4S's previous dividend of GBX 3.59. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View G4S's dividend history.

10 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for G4S's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 85 to GBX 285. On average, they expect G4S's share price to reach GBX 148.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for G4S.

Headlines about GFS stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. G4S earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 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 several days. View the latest news about G4S.

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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), Rolls-Royce (RR), FLIR Systems (FLIR), G4S/ADR (GFSZY), HSBC (HSBA), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) and Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK).

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

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 119.

G4S has a market capitalization of £1.85 billion and generates £7.76 billion in revenue each year. G4S employs 546,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for G4S is 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.