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BT Group (BT.A) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 145 -1.40 (-0.96%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:01 PM ET)

About BT Group Stock (LON:BT.A)

Key Stats

Today's Range
143.15
146.10
50-Day Range
136.70
160.90
52-Week Range
101.70
161.95
Volume
40.75 million shs
Average Volume
27.68 million shs
Market Capitalization
£14.18 billion
P/E Ratio
1,611.11
Dividend Yield
5.52%
Price Target
N/A
Consensus Rating
N/A

Company Overview

BT Group plc provides communications services worldwide. Its Consumer segment sells telephones, baby monitors, and Wi-Fi extenders through high street retailers, online BT Shop, and Website BT.com; and offers home phone, copper and fiber broadband, TV, and mobile services in various packages. The company's EE segment offers 2G, 3G, and 4G mobile network services; broadband, fixed-voice, and TV services; and postpaid and prepaid plans, and emergency services network. This segment also sells 4G mobile phones, tablets, connected devices, and mobile broadband devices from various manufacturers. Its Business and Public Sector segment provides fixed voice, mobility, fiber and connectivity, and networked IT services to retailers, utilities, public sector, healthcare, sports, construction, finance, and educational sectors. The company's Global Services segment offers business communications and ICT services comprising BT Connect, BT Security, BT One, BT Contact, BT Compute, BT Advise, and BT for financial markets. This segment serves approximately 5,500 customers in 180 countries. Its Wholesale and Ventures segment enables communications providers and other organizations to provide fixed or mobile phone services. Its ventures provide mass-market services, such as directory enquiries and payphones; and enterprise services comprising BT Fleet and BT Redcare. This segment also provides broadband and Ethernet, voice, hosted communication, mobile virtual network operator, managed solutions, machine-to-machine, roaming, and media services. The company's Openreach segment engages in the provision of services over the local access network; and installation and maintenance of fiber and copper communications networks that connect homes and businesses. The company was formerly known as Newgate Telecommunications Limited and changed its name to BT Group plc in September 2001. BT Group plc was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

BT Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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49th Percentile Overall Score

BT.A MarketRank™: 

BT Group scored higher than 49% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    There is not enough analysis data for BT Group.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of BT Group is 1,611.11, 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 BT Group is 1,611.11, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 28.41.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    BT Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.38. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    BT Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.13. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for BT.A.
  • Dividend Leadership

    BT Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.40%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

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

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of BT Group is 8,888.89%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Read more about BT Group's dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for BT.A.
  • News Sentiment

    BT 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 0.57 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for BT Group this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 1 people have searched for BT.A on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 1 people have added BT Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, BT Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £47,600 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    43.86% of the stock of BT Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    Only 27.72% of the stock of BT Group is held by institutions.

  • Read more about BT Group's insider trading history.
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BT.A Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

BT Group's stock was trading at GBX 123.60 at the start of the year. Since then, BT.A stock has increased by 17.3% and is now trading at GBX 145.
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Shares of BT.A stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that BT Group investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), BT Group (BT), BP (BP), Barclays (BARC), HSBC (HSBA) and GSK (GSK).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Telecom Services
Sub-Industry
Communication
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
98,400
Year Founded
N/A

Profitability

Net Income
£855 million
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£20.80 billion
Cash Flow
GBX 40.93 per share
Book Value
GBX 128 per share

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
9,780,000,000
Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£14.18 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.69
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This page (LON:BT.A) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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