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

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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 147.07 to 150.60
• 50-Day Range: 136.70 to 150.55
• 52-Week Range: 101.70 to 152.20
• Volume: 280.10 million shs
• Average Volume: 29.79 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £14.48 billion
• P/E Ratio: 1,645.56
• Dividend Yield: 5.40%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

BT Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

BT Group scored higher than 52% 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: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for BT Group.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of BT Group is 1,648.33, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 123.44.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of BT Group is 1,648.33, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 33.77.

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 1.16. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued 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 BT.A.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

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.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.00

Short Interest

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.22

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 0.54 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for BT Group this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added BT Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -83% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

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.

BT.A Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BT.A shares performed this year?

BT Group's stock was trading at GBX 123.60 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BT.A shares have increased by 20.0% and is now trading at GBX 148.35.
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How do I buy shares of BT Group?

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What other stocks do shareholders of BT Group own?

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

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Telecom Services
• Sub-Industry: Communication
• Current Symbol: LON:BT.A
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.btplc.com
• Phone: +44-20-73565000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 98,400
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.09
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,665.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.84
• P/E Growth: 0.38
• Net Income: £855 million
• Net Margins: 4.11%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 6.33%
• Return on Assets: 3.77%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 187.58
• Current Ratio: 0.89
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £20.80 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.70
• Cash Flow: GBX 42.30 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.54
• Book Value: GBX 128 per share
• Price / Book: 1.17

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 9,780,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £14.66 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.69