Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Brookfield Business Partners L.P. is a private equity firm specializes in acquisition. The firm typically invests in business services, construction, energy, and industrials sector. It prefers to take majority stake in companies. The firm seeks returns of at least 15% on its investments. Brookfield Business Partners L.P. is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Brookfield Business Partners L.P. operates as a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$32.80 to C$33.91
• 50-Day Range: C$26.48 to C$35.41
• 52-Week Range: C$20.72 to C$35.60
• Volume: 49,427 shs
• Average Volume: 41,405 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$2.44 billion
• P/E Ratio: 3.66
• Dividend Yield: 1.04%
• Price Target: C$32.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Brookfield Business Partners Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Brookfield Business Partners scored higher than 31% 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

Brookfield Business Partners has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Brookfield Business Partners has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

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

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Brookfield Business Partners is 3.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 134.38.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Brookfield Business Partners is 3.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 528.82.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Brookfield Business Partners has a PEG Ratio of 2.61. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Brookfield Business Partners has a P/B Ratio of 3.81. 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 BBU.UN.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Brookfield Business Partners has a dividend yield of 1.00%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Brookfield Business Partners does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Brookfield Business Partners is 3.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

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

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BBU.UN.

News and Social Media

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

News Sentiment

Brookfield Business Partners 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 0.42 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Brookfield Business Partners this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Brookfield Business Partners to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

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

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Brookfield Business Partners insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought C$11,582.00 in company stock and sold C$0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.96% of the stock of Brookfield Business Partners is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

78.17% of the stock of Brookfield Business Partners is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BBU.UN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BBU.UN shares performed this year?

Brookfield Business Partners' stock was trading at C$27.35 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BBU.UN shares have increased by 19.9% and is now trading at C$32.80.
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Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 9/27 Dividend: 8/30/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/27/2024
• Today: 11/21/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Conglomerates
• Sub-Industry: Construction
• Current Symbol: TSE:BBU.UN
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: bbu.brookfield.com
• Phone: +1-441-2943309
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 16,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: C$32.00
• High Stock Price Target: C$32.00
• Low Stock Price Target: C$32.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.4%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): C$8.96
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 3.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.98
• P/E Growth: 2.61
• Net Income: C$483 million
• Net Margins: 0.93%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 20.49%
• Return on Assets: 2.45%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 241.05
• Current Ratio: 1.00
• Quick Ratio: 0.65

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$51.76 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.05
• Cash Flow: C$26.36 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.24
• Book Value: C$8.61 per share
• Price / Book: 3.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 74,280,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$2.44 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.45