Balfour Beatty Past Earnings Performance

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Balfour Beatty has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 23.5%, while the Construction industry saw earnings growing at 16% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 2.5% per year. Balfour Beatty's return on equity is 19.3%, and it has net margins of 2.9%.

Key information

23.5%

Earnings growth rate

28.5%

EPS growth rate

Construction Industry Growth-12.0%
Revenue growth rate2.5%
Return on equity19.3%
Net Margin2.9%
Next Earnings Update12 Mar 2025

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Balfour Beatty makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

DB:BIH Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Jun 248,06723000
31 Mar 248,03021400
31 Dec 237,99319700
30 Sep 237,91622500
30 Jun 237,83825200
31 Mar 237,73427000
31 Dec 227,62928800
30 Sep 227,40323700
01 Jul 227,17618600
01 Apr 227,18116300
31 Dec 217,18514000
30 Sep 217,30110200
02 Jul 217,4166300
02 Apr 217,3684700
31 Dec 207,3203000
30 Sep 207,3766700
26 Jun 207,43110400
26 Mar 207,37211700
31 Dec 197,31313000
30 Sep 197,06212100
28 Jun 196,81111200
28 Mar 196,72312400
31 Dec 186,63413500
30 Sep 186,61317620
29 Jun 186,59221730
29 Mar 186,75419050
31 Dec 176,91616260
30 Sep 177,0309360
30 Jun 177,1442350
31 Mar 177,0341350
31 Dec 166,923240
30 Sep 166,868-3040
01 Jul 166,812-6230
01 Apr 166,884-13430
31 Dec 156,955-20630
30 Sep 157,375-28170
26 Jun 157,175-410100
26 Mar 157,220-356130
31 Dec 147,264-302160
30 Sep 146,689-231140
27 Jun 146,732-106110
27 Mar 147,110-79100
31 Dec 137,488-5390

Quality Earnings: BIH has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: BIH's current net profit margins (2.9%) are lower than last year (3.2%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BIH's earnings have grown significantly by 23.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: BIH's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: BIH had negative earnings growth (-8.7%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Construction industry average (7.4%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: BIH's Return on Equity (19.3%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 19:18
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Analyst Sources

Balfour Beatty plc is covered by 24 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert ChantryBerenberg
Arnaud LehmannBofA Global Research
Michael DonnellyCanaccord Genuity