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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 6th will be paid 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) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 9th. The company reported $7.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $8.20 by $0.80. G4S had a net margin of 4.13% and a return on equity of 38.18%. View G4S's Earnings History.

12 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for G4S's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 245 to GBX 350. On average, they anticipate G4S's stock price to reach GBX 310 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.5% 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).

Press coverage about GFS stock has been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. G4S earned a coverage optimism score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company an impact score of 47.63 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. 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 251.10.

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.