Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Baltic Classifieds Group PLC owns and operates online classifieds portals for automotive, real estate, jobs and services, and general merchandise in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It operates online classifieds portals for automotive, such as Autoplius.lt and Auto24.ee; real estate portals, including Aruodas.lt, KV.ee, City24.ee, and City24.lv; job and service portals, which include CVbankas.lt, GetaPro.lv, GetaPro.ee, and Paslaugos.lt; and generalist online classifieds portals comprising Skelbiu.lt, Kainos.lt, Osta.ee, and Kuldnebörs.ee. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 326 to 332.50
• 50-Day Range: 283.50 to 339.50
• 52-Week Range: 204 to 345.72
• Volume: 10.93 million shs
• Average Volume: 790,863 shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.60 billion
• P/E Ratio: 6,650.00
• Dividend Yield: 0.90%
• Price Target: GBX 297
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Baltic Classifieds Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Baltic Classifieds Group scored higher than 9% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Baltic Classifieds Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Baltic Classifieds Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Baltic Classifieds Group is 6,650.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 127.28.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Baltic Classifieds Group is 6,650.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 312.36.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Baltic Classifieds Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.62. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Baltic Classifieds Group has a P/B Ratio of 4.82. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BCG.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Baltic Classifieds Group has a dividend yield of 0.85%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Baltic Classifieds Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Baltic Classifieds Group is 6,000.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BCG.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Baltic Classifieds Group has a news sentiment score of 0.10. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.48 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Baltic Classifieds Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for BCG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Baltic Classifieds Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 8.91% of the stock of Baltic Classifieds Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

68.84% of the stock of Baltic Classifieds Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BCG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BCG shares performed this year?

Baltic Classifieds Group's stock was trading at GBX 236.50 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, BCG stock has increased by 40.6% and is now trading at GBX 332.50.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Baltic Classifieds Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Baltic Classifieds Group investors own include Tiffany & Co. (TIF), VanEck Russia ETF (RSX) and Booking (BKNG).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/18 Dividend: 9/12/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/18/2024
• Today: 11/21/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Internet Content & Information
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: LON:BCG
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: balticclassifieds.com
• Phone: 370 52 075061
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 130
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 297
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 300
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 294
• Potential Upside/Downside: -9.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.05
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 6,540.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 34.75
• P/E Growth: 1.62
• Net Income: £32.05 million
• Net Margins: 44.45%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 9.61%
• Return on Assets: 5.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 15.05
• Current Ratio: 2.20
• Quick Ratio: 2.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £72.09 million
• Price / Sales: 21.82
• Cash Flow: GBX 11.10 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 29.47
• Book Value: GBX 69 per share
• Price / Book: 4.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 481,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.57 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.43