Babcock International Group (BAB)

Sector:

Defense and Aeronautics

Index:

FTSE 100

922.20p
   
  • Change Today:
    -27.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,502.00
  • 52 Week Low: 921.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 489.87m
  • Volume: 1,178,445
  • Market Cap: £4,517.62m
  • RiskGrade: 290

BAB Overview

Babcock is an international defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets. We provide a range of products and service solutions to enhance our customers’ defence capabilities and critical assets. Our business is underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration and engineering, infrastructure management and specialist training. We help our customers around the world to cost effectively improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.0% 0.0%
Div Cover n/a 5.6
Op Mrgn 5.9% 8.4%
ROCE 34.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 28.2 21.8
PEG n/a 2.0
Pr/Revenue 1.1 1.3
Pr/Book 9.3  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 7.2% 6.1%
PBT -13.8% 63.2%
EPS -14.3% 54.5%
DPS n/a n/a

BAB Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-22 4,101.80 182.30 30.70p 10.6 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Mar-23 4,438.60 6.20 17.70p 16.9 n/a -42% n/a 0.0%
31-Mar-24 4,390.10 216.70 30.80p 16.9 0.2 +74% 5.00p 1.0%
31-Mar-25 4,831.30 329.10 49.10p 14.7 0.2 +59% n/a 0.0%
31-Mar-26 5,177.70 283.70 42.10p 27.5 n/a -14% n/a 0.0%

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

BAB Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-27 5,495.98 463.11 65.06p 14.6 0.3 +54% 11.64p 0.0%
31-Mar-28 5,779.92 505.82 72.82p 13.0 1.1 +12% 14.00p 0.0%

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BAB Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 02-Oct-2026 07:00 RNS
Total Voting Rights 01-Oct-2026 11:38 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 01-Oct-2026 10:43 RNS

BAB ShareCast News

Babcock secures short‑term MoD extension 30-Sep-2026 ShareCast
Babcock sees FY in line as military buildup cont... 16-Sep-2026 ShareCast
UK government unveils £15bn hike in defence spen... 30-Jun-2026 ShareCast

BAB Top Newspaper Links

Should you buy shares in Babcock? 08-Jul-2026 Times
Babcock says Brexit and Covid beset Royal Navy c... 22-Jun-2026 Guardian
Babcock warns on profits after £140m charge on T... 13-May-2026 Times

Latest BAB Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
30-Sep-26 Sell David Mellors 988.72p 135,451 £1,339,231.18
30-Sep-26 Exercise of option David Mellors 0.000p 287,451 £0.00
29-Sep-26 Buy Dividends David Mellors 993.00p 749 £7,437.57

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.

 

BAB Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 922.20p
Change Today -27.00p
% Change -2.84 %
52 Week High 1,502.00
52 Week Low 921.00
Volume 1,178,445
Shares Issued 489.87m
Market Cap £4,517.62m
RiskGrade 290

BAB Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
94.19% below the market average94.19% below the market average94.19% below the market average94.19% below the market average94.19% below the market average
23.08% below the sector average23.08% below the sector average23.08% below the sector average23.08% below the sector average23.08% below the sector average
Price Trend
88.81% above the market average88.81% above the market average88.81% above the market average88.81% above the market average88.81% above the market average
84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average84.62% above the sector average
Income
95.78% below the market average95.78% below the market average95.78% below the market average95.78% below the market average95.78% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Growth
42.43% above the market average42.43% above the market average42.43% above the market average42.43% above the market average42.43% above the market average
16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 2
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 10
buy
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BAB Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 13-Aug-26 04-Dec-25
Paid 25-Sep-26 16-Jan-26
Amount 5.00p 2.50p

Trades for 02-Oct-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 4,000 @ 922.20p
16:35 1,011 @ 922.20p
16:35 539,233 @ 922.20p
16:35 1 @ 922.20p
16:35 228 @ 922.20p

BAB Key Personnel

Chair Ruth Cairnie
CFO David Mellors
CEO Harry Holt

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