Overview
Babcock International Group PLC is a UK-based engineering services conglomerate primarily engaged in delivering complex and critical support services and solutions. Primarily operating within the defense, emergency services, and civil nuclear sectors, Babicotnk is renowned for its integral role in the UK's naval defense sector, including maintaining and supporting warships and submarines. Additionally, the company extends its expertise to civil aviation, with comprehensive engineering services that cover fleet management and training for pilots and engineers. Key projects include the management of the Devonport and Clyde naval bases in the UK and overseas ventures such as managing Australia’s naval shipbuilding programs. Babcock’s strategic initiatives demonstrate a robust focus on integrating innovative solutions across its global operations, aimed at enhancing efficiency and sustainability within core business areas.
Basic Stats
The share price of Babcock International Group PLC as of 5 September 2025 is 1,091.00 GBX / share. This is an increase of 7.38% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Babcock International Group PLC as of 5 September 2025 is 5,390.36 GBX MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Babcock International Group PLC from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 5,390.36 MM |
| EV | 5,512.46 MM |
| Shares Out. | 504.72 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 0.49 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.61 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-08-21 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.58 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 6.90 MM |
| Short Interest | |
| Short Float | |
| Days to Cover | |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 112.96 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.35 |
| Beta | 0.80 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | 3.06 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | 5.68 |
| PE Ratio | 21.81 |
| Price/Book | 8.67 |
| Price/TBV | -17.80 |
| Book/Market | 0.12 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.06 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.04 |
| ROA | 0.07 |
| ROE | 0.46 |
| ROIC | 0.15 |
| CROIC | 0.06 |
| OCROIC | 0.19 |
| Implied Volatility | |
| Put/Call OI Ratio |
| Growth | 73.35 /100 |
| Profitability | 85.18 /100 |
| Quality Score | 81.95 /100 |
| Value Score | 58.94 /100 |
| Momentum Score | 64.54 /100 |
| Stability (Low Vol) Score | 62.43 /100 |
| Analyst Sentiment | 61.95 /100 |
| Fund Sentiment | 90.66 /100 |
| Insider Sentiment | |
| Officer Sentiment | |
| Dividend Score | |
| QVM Score | |
| Piotroski F-SCORE | 9.00 /9 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Babcock International Group PLC is 1,156.68 GBX. The forecasts range from a low of 757.50 GBX to a high of 1,417.50 GBX. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Babcock International Group PLC. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-22 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-11-22 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2022-11-08 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2022-11-07 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-10-06 | Barclays | Equal Weight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-09-26 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-08-19 | Barclays | Equal Weight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-07-28 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-20 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-11 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-03-25 | Barclays | Equal Weight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-02-28 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-02-25 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-02-25 | Shore Capital | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2022-02-15 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-02-15 | Shore Capital | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2022-02-09 | Barclays | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2022-01-20 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2022-01-06 | Barclays | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-12-14 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-12-07 | Shore Capital | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-12-07 | Peel Hunt Limited | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-12-07 | Liberum Capital | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-24 | Liberum Capital | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-10 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Downgrade | |
| 2021-09-14 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-09-03 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-08-27 | Barclays | Upgrade | Upgrade | |
| 2021-08-16 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-08-13 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2021-08-10 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-08-02 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-07-30 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2021-04-16 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-04-14 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Upgrade | |
| 2021-04-13 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2021-04-13 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-01-18 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2020-12-09 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2020-12-01 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2020-06-17 | Citigroup | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2020-06-12 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2020-06-11 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2020-06-09 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2020-06-05 | Citigroup | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2020-02-12 | Peel Hunt LLP | Add | Reiterate | |
| 2020-01-08 | Peel Hunt LLP | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-11-20 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-11-20 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-10-15 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-09-13 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-17 | RBC Capital Markets | Sector Perform | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-17 | Peel Hunt LLP | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-06 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-05-28 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-05-22 | Peel Hunt LLP | Hold | Downgrade | |
| 2019-05-22 | Liberum Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-02-05 | Numis | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2018-12-19 | Peel Hunt LLP | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2018-11-26 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2018-11-22 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2018-11-19 | Peel Hunt LLP | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2018-11-12 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2018-11-05 | RBC Capital Markets | Sector Perform | Downgrade | |
| 2018-10-16 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2018-05-17 | Numis | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-12-01 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-weight | Downgrade | |
| 2017-11-23 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-21 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-13 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-07 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2017-09-19 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2017-08-17 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2017-05-26 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-05-26 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-05-25 | Peel Hunt LLP | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-05-23 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-04-03 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-01-09 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2016-12-21 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-11-18 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-10-19 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-10-18 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-10-10 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-10-03 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-09-29 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-09-12 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-09-08 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-08-22 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-08-01 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-07-22 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-07-18 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-30 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Downgrade | |
| 2016-06-28 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-27 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-23 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-06 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-05-27 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-05-27 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-05-26 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-05-26 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-05-23 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-04-05 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-04-01 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-03-17 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-03-14 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-03-02 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-25 | Citigroup | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-17 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-10 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-01 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-01 | Exane BNP Paribas | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2015-12-01 | Citigroup | Sell | Downgrade | |
| 2015-12-01 | Charles Stanley | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-25 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-25 | Exane BNP Paribas | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-24 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-24 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-23 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-19 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-10 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2015-10-13 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-10-13 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-10-13 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2015-09-21 | Exane BNP Paribas | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2015-09-17 | Exane BNP Paribas | Underperform | Downgrade | |
| 2015-08-10 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2015-07-27 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2015-07-09 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2015-05-20 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2015-05-18 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-05-18 | Charles Stanley | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-05-12 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-05-11 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2015-04-07 | Charles Stanley | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2015-03-31 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-03-30 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-03-30 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2015-03-23 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-03-16 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Downgrade | |
| 2015-02-23 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-02-20 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-02-10 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-01-30 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-01-23 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2014-12-17 | Exane BNP Paribas | Underperform | Initiate | |
| 2014-12-10 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2014-12-09 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2014-11-28 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2014-11-25 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2014-11-20 | Shore Capital | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2014-11-20 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2014-11-20 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2014-11-20 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-11-20 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-11-11 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2014-10-31 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2014-10-29 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2014-10-16 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2014-10-07 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2014-10-06 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-10-06 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2014-10-06 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2014-09-29 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-09-26 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2014-08-01 | WH Ireland | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-07-29 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2014-07-24 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-07-21 | WH Ireland | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-07-21 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-06-13 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2014-06-11 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2014-06-10 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-06-10 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2014-06-10 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2014-06-10 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-05-21 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-05-21 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-05-19 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-05-13 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2014-04-22 | Investec | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2014-04-01 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2014-03-28 | Goldman Sachs | Strong Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-03-27 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-03-27 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-03-20 | Citigroup | Neutral | Downgrade | |
| 2014-02-12 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2014-02-11 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-02-11 | Investec | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-02-05 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-01-20 | Seymour Pierce | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-12-17 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-25 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Downgrade | |
| 2013-11-25 | Numis Securities | Hold | Downgrade | |
| 2013-11-25 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-25 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-25 | Investec | Hold | Downgrade | |
| 2013-11-14 | Liberum Capital | Sell | Downgrade | |
| 2013-11-14 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-13 | Seymour Pierce | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-13 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-12 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-12 | Investec | Add | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-08 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-10-18 | Liberum Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-10-02 | Seymour Pierce | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-09-30 | Westhouse Securities | Add | Reiterate | |
| 2013-09-30 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2013-09-30 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-09-26 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-09-20 | Liberum Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-09-10 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2013-07-23 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-07-11 | Westhouse Securities | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2013-07-11 | Liberum Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-07-11 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-07-11 | Espirito Santo Securities | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2013-07-11 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-07-10 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2013-06-28 | Espirito Santo Securities | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2023-03-01 | Peel Hunt Limited | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2023-04-20 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2023-05-30 | Deutsche | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2023-07-20 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2023-09-11 | Bank of America | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2023-11-14 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2023-11-14 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2024-02-08 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2024-05-07 | Deutsche | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2024-07-17 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2025-06-26 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2024-11-13 | Berenberg Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2024-11-13 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2025-04-23 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2025-04-23 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2025-03-03 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2025-05-21 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2025-05-29 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2025-09-05 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2025-08-18 | RBC Capital Markets | Outperform | Reiterate |
