Bloomsbury Publishing Future Growth

Future criteria checks 0/6

Bloomsbury Publishing's revenue and earnings are forecast to decline at 0.3% and 3.1% per annum respectively. EPS is expected to decline by 3.5% per annum. Return on equity is forecast to be 14.7% in 3 years.

Key information

-3.1%

Earnings growth rate

-3.5%

EPS growth rate

Media earnings growth	16.8%
Revenue growth rate	-0.3%
Future return on equity	14.7%
Analyst coverage	Low
Last updated	24 Dec 2024

Recent future growth updates

Recent updates

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.1099

Jul 16

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.1099

May 26

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Is Doing The Right Things To Multiply Its Share Price

Feb 16

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.1034

Jul 19

Bloomsbury Publishing's (LON:BMY) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Jun 25

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.1034

Jun 03

Investors Will Want Bloomsbury Publishing's (LON:BMY) Growth In ROCE To Persist

Oct 27

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc's (LON:BMY) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 55% Above Its Share Price

Apr 02

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Is Doing The Right Things To Multiply Its Share Price

Jan 31

Shareholders May Be More Conservative With Bloomsbury Publishing Plc's (LON:BMY) CEO Compensation For Now

Jul 15

Results: Bloomsbury Publishing plc Exceeded Expectations And The Consensus Has Updated Its Estimates

Jun 04

Slowing Rates Of Return At Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Leave Little Room For Excitement

May 24

What To Know Before Buying Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LON:BMY) For Its Dividend

Apr 01

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Has Gifted Shareholders With A Fantastic 132% Total Return On Their Investment

Mar 14

Has Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Got What It Takes To Become A Multi-Bagger?

Feb 21

Bloomsbury Publishing's (LON:BMY) Earnings Are Growing But Is There More To The Story?

Feb 06

A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LON:BMY)

Jan 24

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

LSE:BMY - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (GBP Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	Free Cash Flow	Cash from Op	Avg. No. Analysts
2/28/2027	353	31	41	52	4
2/28/2026	347	28	36	47	5
2/28/2025	334	23	33	40	5
8/31/2024	386	38	52	58	N/A
5/31/2024	364	35	42	48	N/A
2/29/2024	343	32	32	38	N/A
11/30/2023	310	27	24	30	N/A
8/31/2023	278	21	17	22	N/A
5/31/2023	271	21	19	25	N/A
2/28/2023	264	20	21	27	N/A
11/30/2022	258	19	23	29	N/A
8/31/2022	252	18	25	30	N/A
5/31/2022	241	18	30	35	N/A
2/28/2022	230	17	35	40	N/A
11/30/2021	219	18	33	37	N/A
8/31/2021	208	20	30	35	N/A
5/31/2021	196	17	26	30	N/A
2/28/2021	185	14	21	25	N/A
11/30/2020	177	13	21	25	N/A
8/31/2020	170	12	22	25	N/A
5/31/2020	166	11	18	21	N/A
2/29/2020	163	11	13	17	N/A
11/30/2019	161	10	11	15	N/A
8/31/2019	159	9	9	13	N/A
5/31/2019	161	9	11	14	N/A
2/28/2019	163	9	12	15	N/A
11/30/2018	164	9	13	16	N/A
8/31/2018	165	9	14	17	N/A
5/31/2018	163	9	N/A	18	N/A
2/28/2018	162	9	N/A	19	N/A
11/30/2017	157	9	N/A	18	N/A
8/31/2017	152	9	N/A	16	N/A
5/31/2017	147	8	N/A	18	N/A
2/28/2017	143	7	N/A	19	N/A
11/30/2016	138	8	N/A	17	N/A
8/31/2016	134	10	N/A	16	N/A
5/31/2016	129	10	N/A	10	N/A
2/29/2016	124	10	N/A	5	N/A
11/30/2015	120	9	N/A	7	N/A
8/31/2015	117	9	N/A	9	N/A
5/31/2015	114	9	N/A	9	N/A
2/28/2015	111	9	N/A	10	N/A
11/30/2014	109	8	N/A	10	N/A
8/31/2014	107	7	N/A	9	N/A
5/31/2014	108	7	N/A	10	N/A
2/28/2014	109	8	N/A	11	N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: BMY's earnings are forecast to decline over the next 3 years (-3.1% per year).

Earnings vs Market: BMY's earnings are forecast to decline over the next 3 years (-3.1% per year).

High Growth Earnings: BMY's earnings are forecast to decline over the next 3 years.

Revenue vs Market: BMY's revenue is expected to decline over the next 3 years (-0.3% per year).

High Growth Revenue: BMY's revenue is forecast to decline over the next 3 years (-0.3% per year).

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: BMY's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (14.7%).

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/28 09:30
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings	2024/08/31
Annual Earnings	2024/02/29

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Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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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

Bloomsbury Publishing Future Growth

Future criteria checks 0/6

Key information

Recent future growth updates

Price target increased by 7.2% to UK£8.34

Consensus revenue estimates increase by 14%

Price target increased by 9.6% to UK£5.98

Bloomsbury Publishing plc Announces Earnings Guidance for 2024

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 16%

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 29 February 2024

Recent updates

Price target increased by 7.2% to UK£8.34

First half dividend increased to UK£0.039

First half 2025 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.20 (vs UK£0.14 in 1H 2024)

Bloomsbury Publishing plc Declares Interim Dividend, Payable on 29 November 2024

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Oct 24, 2024

Founder recently sold UK£416k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.11 per share

Bloomsbury Publishing plc Declares a Final Dividend

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.1099

Full year 2024 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE:BMY) acquired Business of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. from The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. for $83 million.

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.1099

First half dividend increased to UK£0.11

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Recommends Final Dividend for Year Ended 29 February 2024, Payable on 23 August 2024

Bloomsbury Publishing plc Announces Executive Changes

New minor risk - Financial data availability

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Is Doing The Right Things To Multiply Its Share Price

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Consensus revenue estimates increase by 14%

Price target increased by 9.6% to UK£5.98

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

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 16%

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 29 February 2024

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.14 (vs UK£0.13 in 1H 2023)

Bloomsbury Publishing plc Proposes Interim Dividend, Payable 1 December 2023

Founder recently sold UK£447k worth of stock

Bloomsbury Publishing plc Approves Final Dividend for the Year 2022

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.10 per share at 2.6% yield

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.1034

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Oct 26, 2023

Bloomsbury Publishing's (LON:BMY) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 10%

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.1034

Full year 2023 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 18, 2023

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 14%

Price target increased by 13% to UK£4.88

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 20% undervalued

Investors Will Want Bloomsbury Publishing's (LON:BMY) Growth In ROCE To Persist

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.13 (vs UK£0.10 in 1H 2022)

Bloomsbury Publishing plc Announces Revenue Guidance for Year Ending 28 February 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.094 per share

Bloomsbury Publishing plc Declares Final Dividend

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Provides Revenue Guidance for the Year Ending 28 February 2023

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Jun 15, 2022

Price target increased to UK£4.30

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc's (LON:BMY) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 55% Above Its Share Price

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 19%

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 20, 2022

Bloomsbury Publishing plc Announces Board Changes

Now 21% undervalued

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Now 22% undervalued

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) Is Doing The Right Things To Multiply Its Share Price

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 13%

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE:BMY) acquired ABC-CLIO, LLC for a cash consideration of $22.9 million.

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS UK£0.10 (vs UK£0.029 in 1H 2021)

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE:BMY) acquired certain assets from Artfilms Digital.

Bloomsbury Publishing Ordinary Shares to Be Deleted from Other OTC

Founder recently sold UK£358k worth of stock

Senior Independent Director John Warren has left the company