Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

623.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -10.00p
  • 52 Week High: 672.00
  • 52 Week Low: 441.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 81.61m
  • Volume: 239,121
  • Market Cap: £508.42m
  • RiskGrade: 201
  • Beta: 0.00

BMY Overview

The Group's Mission is to grow a high quality global publishing business delivering high value to its contributors, readers and shareholders. Our overall growth strategy and long-term focus remains unchanged; to invest in high value intellectual property, to publish works of excellence and originality, to build our diversified portfolio of content and services across our Consumer and Non-Consumer Divisions, and to diversify into digital channels to build quality revenues and increase earnings.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.5% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.8 n/a
Op Mrgn 10.9% n/a
ROCE 28.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 14.4 n/a
PEG 2.0 n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.6 n/a
Pr/Book 2.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -9.7% n/a
PBT 5.2% n/a
EPS 7.1% n/a
DPS 5.0% n/a

BMY Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
28-Feb-22 230.11 22.18 26.43p 15.4 0.4 +40% 10.74p 2.6%
28-Feb-23 264.10 25.42 31.07p 13.5 0.7 +18% 11.75p 2.8%
29-Feb-24 342.70 41.50 47.40p 11.5 0.2 +53% 14.69p 2.7%
28-Feb-25 361.00 32.50 42.03p 14.5 n/a -11% 15.43p 2.5%
28-Feb-26 325.90 34.20 45.00p 10.3 1.5 +7% 16.20p 3.5%

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

BMY Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 04-Sep-2026 14:22 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 02-Sep-2026 14:07 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholdings 02-Sep-2026 12:00 RNS

BMY ShareCast News

Bloomsbury reaffirms outlook after full-year pro... 20-May-2026 ShareCast
Bloomsbury shares spark on 2027 profit outlook 05-Mar-2026 ShareCast
Bloomsbury opens Asian office as it looks to boo... 28-Jan-2026 ShareCast

BMY Top Newspaper Links

Bloomsbury looks for some Harry Potter magic to ... 24-Oct-2014 Telegraph
Bloomsbury suffers as e-books lose their magic 24-Oct-2014 The Independent
Publisher sees rise in profits 21-May-2014 The Herald

Latest BMY Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
29-Aug-26 Transfer From Jenny Ridout 0.000p 33,080 £0.00
29-Aug-26 Transfer From Nigel Newton 0.000p 138,045 £0.00
21-Aug-26 Buy Dividends John Bason 652.00p 206 £1,343.12

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 623.00p
Change Today -10.00p
% Change -1.58 %
52 Week High 672.00
52 Week Low 441.50
Volume 239,121
Shares Issued 81.61m
Market Cap £508.42m
Beta 0.00
RiskGrade 201

BMY Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average48.59% above the market average
48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average48.72% above the sector average
Price Trend
42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average42.99% below the market average
19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average19.05% below the sector average
Income
31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average31.56% above the market average
15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average15.79% above the sector average
Growth
36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average36.77% above the market average
24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average24.32% above the sector average

BMY Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 23-Jul-26 30-Oct-25
Paid 21-Aug-26 28-Nov-25
Amount 12.12p 4.08p

Trades for 04-Sep-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:47 1,837 @ 624.92p
16:41 5,414 @ 623.00p
16:35 1,592 @ 623.00p
16:35 285 @ 623.00p
16:35 84,808 @ 623.00p

BMY Key Personnel

CEO Nigel Newton

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