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: 314 to 329
• 50-Day Range: 309.50 to 349.50
• 52-Week Range: 211.71 to 362.50
• Volume: 983,371 shs
• Average Volume: 779,933 shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.53 billion
• P/E Ratio: 6,349.50
• Dividend Yield: 0.94%
• Price Target: GBX 297
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Baltic Classifieds Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Baltic Classifieds Group scored higher than 11% 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 6,349.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.35.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Baltic Classifieds Group is 6,349.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 297.37.

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 4.60. 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: 0.22

News Sentiment

Baltic Classifieds Group has a news sentiment score of 0.22. 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 11 news articles for Baltic Classifieds Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Baltic Classifieds Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Baltic Classifieds Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £11,029,094.77 in 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

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Baltic Classifieds Group's stock was trading at GBX 236.50 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, BCG stock has increased by 34.2% and is now trading at GBX 317.48.
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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
• Ex-Dividend for 1/24 Dividend: 12/12/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Dividend Payable: 1/24/2025

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: -6.4%
• 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: 6,349.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: 33.74
• 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: 21.18
• Cash Flow: GBX 10.77 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 29.47
• Book Value: GBX 69 per share
• Price / Book: 4.60

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 481,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.53 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.43