5JZ Stock Overview Bloomsbury Publishing Plc publishes academic, educational, and general fiction and non-fiction books for children, general reader, teachers, students, researchers, libraries, and professionals worldwide. More details
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Competitors Price History & Performance
Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Bloomsbury Publishing Historical stock prices Current Share Price UK£8.20 52 Week High UK£9.05 52 Week Low UK£5.00 Beta 0.64 1 Month Change 7.89% 3 Month Change 5.81% 1 Year Change 64.00% 3 Year Change 95.24% 5 Year Change n/a Change since IPO 262.83%
Recent News & Updates
First half dividend of UK£0.039 announced Oct 27
First half 2025 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.20 (vs UK£0.14 in 1H 2024) Oct 25
Bloomsbury Publishing plc Declares Interim Dividend, Payable on 29 November 2024 Oct 24
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Oct 24, 2024 Sep 30
Founder recently sold €493k worth of stock Aug 30
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.11 per share Jul 18 See more updates
First half dividend of UK£0.039 announced Oct 27
First half 2025 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.20 (vs UK£0.14 in 1H 2024) Oct 25
Bloomsbury Publishing plc Declares Interim Dividend, Payable on 29 November 2024 Oct 24
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Oct 24, 2024 Sep 30
Founder recently sold €493k worth of stock Aug 30
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.11 per share Jul 18
Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17% Jul 17
Bloomsbury Publishing plc Declares a Final Dividend Jul 17
Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.40 (vs UK£0.25 in FY 2023) Jun 19
Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.40 (vs UK£0.25 in FY 2023) Jun 18
Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17% May 31
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE:BMY) acquired Business of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. from The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. for $83 million. May 30 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE:BMY) acquired Business of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. from The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. for $83 million. May 29
First half dividend of UK£0.11 announced May 26
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Recommends Final Dividend for Year Ended 29 February 2024, Payable on 23 August 2024 May 25
Bloomsbury Publishing plc Announces Executive Changes May 23
New minor risk - Financial data availability May 13
Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18% May 11
Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17% Feb 17 Bloomsbury Publishing plc Announces Earnings Guidance for 2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on May 23, 2024
Bloomsbury Publishing plc Appoints Tamsin Garrity as Head of Investor Relations Jan 15
New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth Dec 07
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 29 February 2024 Dec 07
New minor risk - Share price stability Nov 01
First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.14 (vs UK£0.13 in 1H 2023) Oct 29
Bloomsbury Publishing plc Proposes Interim Dividend, Payable 1 December 2023 Oct 27
Founder recently sold €520k worth of stock Sep 03
Bloomsbury Publishing plc Approves Final Dividend for the Year 2022 Jul 21
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.10 per share at 2.6% yield Jul 20
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Oct 26, 2023 Jul 18
Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought €50k worth of stock Jun 06
Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.25 (vs UK£0.21 in FY 2022) Jun 01
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 18, 2023 May 31
Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop Feb 16
Now 22% undervalued Jan 26
First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.13 (vs UK£0.10 in 1H 2022) Oct 27 Bloomsbury Publishing plc Announces Revenue Guidance for Year Ending 28 February 2023
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.094 per share Jul 21 Bloomsbury Publishing plc Declares Final Dividend Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Provides Revenue Guidance for the Year Ending 28 February 2023
Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.21 (vs UK£0.17 in FY 2021) Jun 17
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Jun 15, 2022 May 24
Investor sentiment improved over the past week Apr 02
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 20, 2022 Mar 31 Bloomsbury Publishing plc Announces Board Changes
Now 24% undervalued Feb 04
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE:BMY) acquired ABC-CLIO, LLC for a cash consideration of $22.9 million. Dec 17
First half 2022 earnings released: EPS UK£0.10 (vs UK£0.029 in 1H 2021) Oct 29
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE:BMY) acquired certain assets from Artfilms Digital. Sep 24
Bloomsbury Publishing Ordinary Shares to Be Deleted from Other OTC Sep 14
Founder recently sold €422k worth of stock Aug 12
Senior Independent Director John Warren has left the company Jul 28
Senior Independent Director John Warren has left the company Jul 26
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.17 per share Jul 22
Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.17 Jun 23
Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LSE:BMY) acquired Head Of Zeus Limited for £8.45 million. Jun 04
Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.17 (vs UK£0.14 in FY 2020) Jun 04 Bloomsbury Publishing plc Recommends Final Dividend, Payable on 27 August 2021
New 90-day high: €3.44 Jan 30
New 90-day high: €3.29 Jan 09
New 90-day high: €3.05 Dec 18
Bloomsbury Publishing plc Announces Appointment of Lola Young as Non-Executive Director and Member of the Nomination Committee, Effective January 1, 2021 Dec 15
Market bids up stock over the past week Nov 03
First half earnings released Oct 29 Shareholder Returns 5JZ DE Media DE Market 7D 1.9% -2.5% -2.6% 1Y 64.0% -11.6% 7.1%
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Return vs Market: 5JZ exceeded the German Market which returned 8% over the past year.
Price Volatility Is 5JZ's price volatile compared to industry and market? 5JZ volatility 5JZ Average Weekly Movement 8.6% Media Industry Average Movement 4.8% Market Average Movement 4.9% 10% most volatile stocks in DE Market 11.6% 10% least volatile stocks in DE Market 2.5%
Stable Share Price: 5JZ's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.
Volatility Over Time: 5JZ's weekly volatility (9%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of German stocks.
About the Company Bloomsbury Publishing Plc publishes academic, educational, and general fiction and non-fiction books for children, general reader, teachers, students, researchers, libraries, and professionals worldwide. It operates through Children’s Trade, Adult Trade, Academic & Professional, and Special Interest segments. The company offers print books, ebooks, audiobooks, board games, licensing rights, and digital resources to professionals and higher education students.
Show more Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Fundamentals Summary How do Bloomsbury Publishing's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap? 5JZ fundamental statistics Market cap €665.61m Earnings (TTM ) €45.46m Revenue (TTM ) €465.20m
Earnings & Revenue Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM) 5JZ income statement (TTM ) Revenue UK£385.75m Cost of Revenue UK£165.26m Gross Profit UK£220.49m Other Expenses UK£182.79m Earnings UK£37.70m
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2.2% Current Dividend Yield
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status Data Last Updated (UTC time) Company Analysis 2024/12/19 05:06 End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00 Earnings 2024/08/31 Annual Earnings 2024/02/29
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Analyst Sources Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is covered by 9 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
Analyst Institution William Larwood Berenberg Karen Hooi Goldman Sachs Jonathan Rodgers Goldman Sachs
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