Bloomsbury Publishing(BMY)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

Market Cap

£125.06m

Change Today

Price Up4.25p

Share Price

170.00p

BMY Overview

Bloomsbury Publishing is in the media sector and is currently trading at 170.00p per share. In the last year Bloomsbury Publishing's share price has ranged from 118.00p to 175.25p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'buy'.

1 Day Chart (29-Aug-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.4% 2.5%
Div Cover 4.0 2.3
Op Mrgn 11.0% 11.8%
ROCE 20.0%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 10.6 17.8
PEG 0.0 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.8 1.5
Pr/Book 1.2  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 100.9% -43.4%
PBT 243.6% -43.9%
EPS 221.8% -40.5%
DPS 9.3% 5.3%

BMY Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a83.11 a13.63 16.45p 15.8 0.4 +42% 2.15p 0.8%
31-Dec-04 84.45 16.70 17.12p 17.7 4.4 +4% 3.00p 1.0%
31-Dec-05 109.11 20.13 20.30p 16.6 0.9 +19% 3.60p 1.1%
31-Dec-06 74.77 5.20 4.99p 51.3 n/a -75% 3.66p 1.4%
31-Dec-07 150.21 17.86 16.06p 9.4 0.0 +222% 4.00p 2.6%

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

BMY Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 84.97 10.03 9.55p 17.8 n/a -40% 4.21p 2.5%
31-Dec-09 88.07 10.89 10.33p 16.5 2.0 +8% 4.57p 2.7%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Altium Securities, Goldman Sachs, Investec Securities, Numis Securities

BMY Company Announcements

Interim Results 29-Aug-2008 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 21-Aug-2008 11:50 RNS
Notice of Results 24-Jul-2008 11:55 RNS

BMY ShareCast News

London close: New 2-month closing high 29-Aug-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Commodities boost resource sto... 29-Aug-2008 ShareCast
London midday: Commodity issues take lead 29-Aug-2008 ShareCast

BMY Top Newspaper Links

Icahn Calls Bristol-Myers's $4.3 Billion Offer T... 05-Aug-2008 Washington Post
Plenty more left in book Pott 02-Apr-2008 Sun
Bloomsbury profit to fade without Harry Potter o... 02-Apr-2008 Times

Latest BMY Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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.

 

BMY Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 170.00p Price Up
Change Today +4.25p
52 Week High 175.25p
52 Week Low 118.00p
Volume 46,370
Shares Issued 73.56m
Market Cap £125.06m
Beta 0.35
RiskGrade 191

BMY Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
22.22% below the market average22.22% below the market average22.22% below the market average22.22% below the market average22.22% below the market average
50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average
Price Trend
37.42% above the market average37.42% above the market average37.42% above the market average37.42% above the market average37.42% above the market average
65.47% above the sector average65.47% above the sector average65.47% above the sector average65.47% above the sector average65.47% above the sector average
Income
40.96% below the market average40.96% below the market average40.96% below the market average40.96% below the market average40.96% below the market average
51.72% below the sector average51.72% below the sector average51.72% below the sector average51.72% below the sector average51.72% below the sector average
Growth
95.48% above the market average95.48% above the market average95.48% above the market average95.48% above the market average95.48% above the market average
92.31% above the sector average92.31% above the sector average92.31% above the sector average92.31% above the sector average92.31% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 0
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

BMY Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 22-Oct-08 21-May-08
Paid 18-Nov-08 01-Jul-08
Amount 0.75p 3.30p

Trades for 29-Aug-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 5,362 @ 170.00p
16:32 1,600 @ 170.50p
16:29 41 @ 169.25p
16:27 83 @ 169.50p
16:27 850 @ 169.25p

BMY Key Personnel

CEO Nigel Newton

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