Balfour Beatty (BBY)

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282.30p
  • Change Today: 0.80p
  • 52 Week High: 323.75
  • 52 Week Low: 244.20
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 685.31m
  • Volume: 3,570,182
  • Market Cap: £1,934.62m
  • RiskGrade: 110
  • Beta: 0.88

Balfour Beatty Overview

The engineering and construction group completes work for the international rail, road, utility systems and buildings markets. It is the second biggest construction company in the UK and the fifteenth biggest in the world and was responsible for building the largest proportion of the M25 motorway.

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Balfour Beatty Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.5% 4.5%
Div Cover 2.7 2.6
Op Mrgn 2.4% 3.2%
ROCE 291.2%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 8.1 8.5
PEG 72.8 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 8.4% 12.1%
PBT -1.1% 19.3%
EPS 0.1% -4.0%
DPS 13.9% -0.6%

Balfour Beatty Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-05 3,837.00 141.00 20.99p 14.8 0.4 +39% 7.05p 2.3%
31-Dec-06 4,487.00 109.00 20.64p 18.7 n/a -2% 7.92p 2.1%
31-Dec-07 6,466.00 157.00 30.48p 14.2 0.3 +48% 10.02p 2.3%
31-Dec-08 8,261.00 270.00 34.66p 8.3 0.6 +14% 11.15p 3.9%
31-Dec-09 8,954.00 267.00 34.70p 7.4 n/a 0% 12.70p 4.9%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Balfour Beatty Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-10 10,039.09 318.56 33.32p 8.5 n/a -4% 12.62p 4.5%
31-Dec-11 10,346.92 337.28 35.62p 7.9 1.1 +7% 13.19p 4.7%

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Balfour Beatty Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 15-Mar-2010 18:29 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 12-Mar-2010 18:29 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 08-Mar-2010 16:39 RNS

Balfour Beatty ShareCast News

Balfour Beatty upbeat despite spending threat 04-Mar-2010 ShareCast
Balfour Beatty wins HK contract 25-Feb-2010 ShareCast
Carillion wins motorway deal 18-Feb-2010 ShareCast

Balfour Beatty Top Newspaper Links

Balfour Beatty in £24m PPP deals 05-Mar-2010 The Scotsman
Balfour Beatty celebrates new contracts with Qin... 24-Dec-2009 Times
Balfour Beatty seals £91m schools deal 24-Dec-2009 The Scotsman

Latest Balfour Beatty Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
08-Mar-10 Buy Michael J Donovan 285.00p 2,858 £8,145.30
05-Mar-10 Buy Iain Ferguson 288.40p 10,000 £28,840.00

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Balfour Beatty Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 282.30p Price Up
Change Today +0.80p
% Change +0.28%
52 Week High 323.75
52 Week Low 244.20
Volume 3,570,182
Shares Issued 685.31m
Market Cap £1,934.62m
Beta 0.88
RiskGrade 110

Balfour Beatty Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
0.79% below the market average0.79% below the market average0.79% below the market average0.79% below the market average0.79% below the market average
60.98% below the sector average60.98% below the sector average60.98% below the sector average60.98% below the sector average60.98% below the sector average
Price Trend
53.25% below the market average53.25% below the market average53.25% below the market average53.25% below the market average53.25% below the market average
19.15% below the sector average19.15% below the sector average19.15% below the sector average19.15% below the sector average19.15% below the sector average
Income
74.00% above the market average74.00% above the market average74.00% above the market average74.00% above the market average74.00% above the market average
40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average
Growth
51.69% above the market average51.69% above the market average51.69% above the market average51.69% above the market average51.69% above the market average
68.18% above the sector average68.18% above the sector average68.18% above the sector average68.18% above the sector average68.18% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 9
Buy 0
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 11
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Balfour Beatty Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 21-Apr-10 07-Oct-09
Paid 05-Jul-10 04-Dec-09
Amount 7.20p 5.50p

Trades for 15-Mar-2010

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 430,633 @ 282.30p
16:29 62 @ 282.80p
16:29 441 @ 282.90p
16:29 759 @ 282.90p
16:29 500 @ 282.90p

Balfour Beatty Key Personnel

CEO Ian P Tyler
Finance Director Duncan Magrath
CEO George Pierson
Chair Keith Hawksworth

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