BT-A.L - BT Group plc
| Previous Close | 258.00 |
| Open | 258.95 |
| Bid | 251.15 x 11700 |
| Ask | 251.20 x 349100 |
| Day's Range | 249.82 - 260.85 |
| 52 Week Range | 201.25 - 278.50 |
| Volume | 6,186,909 |
| Avg. Volume | 30,758,268 |
| Market Cap | 24.748B |
| Beta (3Y Monthly) | 0.48 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 11.07 |
| EPS (TTM) | 22.70 |
| Earnings Date | N/A |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 0.15 (5.97%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2018-12-27 |
| 1y Target Est | 274.25 |
- Bloomberg•yesterday
BT's IT Arm Pivots to Security as Big Tech Seizes Data and Cloud
The majority of investments at BT’s Global Services are now going to protecting a client roster of corporations and governments from hackers, unit head Bas Burger said in an interview. “They are better at that stuff than we were, so we don’t participate any more in those spaces,” Burger said of the Silicon Valley giants that now dominate data storage and cloud hosting. Burger has his work cut out for him.
- Reuters•2 days ago
BT Group's EE to launch 5G services in 16 British cities next year
(Reuters) - Mobile network operator EE, part of Britain's top telecoms company BT Group, said on Tuesday it would launch next-generation 5G wireless services in 16 British cities next year. The network ...
- The Wall Street Journal•3 days ago
[$$] Talking Markets: Could BT and Deutsche Dial Up the Next Big Telecoms Deal?
The FT’s market column Alphaville on Tuesday cited multiple market sources saying Deutsche had been working with advisors on a possible approach and that the pair had held “high-level discussions” recently. One analyst, speaking on condition of anonymity, described it as “garbage,” pointing to BT’s pension deficit as one of the reasons why Deutsche might think twice.
GuruFocus.com•7 days agoDavid Einhorn Buys Altice USA and BT Group in 3rd Quarter
Greenlight Re Chairman David Einhorn (Trades, Portfolio) said Wednesday that he started two positions, Altice USA (ATUS) and BT Group PLC (BT), in the third quarter. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 1 Warning Sign with BHF.
- The Wall Street Journal•14 days ago
[$$] BT to Explore Further Cost Savings as Revenue Sags
PLC is looking for additional savings on top of a continuing cost-cutting drive at a time of declining revenue. The British telecommunications company Thursday reported group revenue of £11.59 billion ($14.77 billion) for the six months ended Sept. 30, down from £11.79 billion in the prior-year period.
- Motley Fool•14 days ago
Why BT Group Stock Is Jumping Today
The British telecommunications company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings.
- Bloomberg•14 days ago
BT’s Radical Overhaul May Be Anything But
It’s becoming clear that the role BT Chairman Jan du Plessis wants Jansen to play is quite limited. As much as du Plessis has paid lip service to letting Jansen be “radical” in transforming BT, as he told the Financial Times in an interview last week, he also seems intent on tying Jansen’s hands. With pension payments set to surge to 1.3 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in 2020, it will be hard to fund that dividend stability based on current free cash flow predictions, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Matthew Bloxham.
- Bloomberg•14 days ago
BT Shares Soar as Profit Beat Smooths Path for New CEO Jansen
The improving outlook helps vindicate Patterson’s plan and could make it less likely that his replacement, Worldpay Inc. executive Philip Jansen, will rein in expectations for BT’s profitability when he starts in February. All of BT’s businesses except its consumer division are shrinking and the company is under regulatory pressure to boost takeup of faster internet services from its wholesale broadband network. BT shares rose as much as 10 percent to 265 pounds, the highest intraday since January.
- Bloomberg•14 days ago
BT Shares Soar as Profit Beat Smooths Path for New CEO Jansen
The improving outlook helps vindicate Patterson’s plan and could make it less likely that his replacement, Worldpay Inc. executive Philip Jansen, will rein in expectations for BT’s profitability when he starts in February. All of BT’s businesses except its consumer division are shrinking and the company is under regulatory pressure to boost takeup of faster internet services from its wholesale broadband network. BT shares rose as much as 10 percent to 265 pounds, the highest intraday since January.
- The Wall Street Journal•14 days ago
[$$] European Corporate Roundup
Disappointing results from Credit Suisse and Royal Dutch Shell set a slightly negative tone in European markets on another busy day of corporate news.
- CNBC•14 days ago
BT's outgoing CEO bullish on 5G revenue potential as the firm upgrades its outlook
BT Group's BT.A-GB outgoing chief executive on Thursday sounded a bullish note about the potential for 5G to create future revenues for the British telecommunications firm. "I think the business case for 5G initially is going to be about delivering more efficient networks," BT CEO Gavin Patterson told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" on Thursday.
- Reuters•17 days ago
PRESS DIGEST- British Business - Oct 29
The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. One Select, a fast-growing small energy supplier, is facing questions over its financial health after its Dutch sister company went bankrupt and customers reported it was making sudden demands for increased payments. A group representing dozens of pension funds has increased the pressure on Ryanair Holdings Plc to replace David Bonderman, its chairman of 22 years.
- GlobeNewswire•20 days ago
Investor Expectations to Drive Momentum within Adient, BT Group, The Kraft Heinz, Teladoc, Oracle, and Akcea Therapeutics — Discovering Underlying Factors of Influence
NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2018 -- In new independent research reports released early this morning, Fundamental Markets released its latest key findings for all current investors,.
- Reuters•21 days ago
UK's embattled BT names payment firm chief as new CEO
Philip Jansen, who led Worldpay through Britain's largest fintech IPO, will have to decide whether the former state monopoly needs a more radical restructuring, such as separating its network business Openreach, and whether it should cut dividends to pay for investments and a huge pension deficit.
- Bloomberg•21 days ago
BT Hires Outgoing Worldpay CEO to Restructure, Not Split Up
Chairman Jan du Plessis poured cold water on speculation that the appointment could lead to a full spin-off of wholesale arm Openreach -- which owns the majority of the U.K.’s fixed broadband infrastructure. Different ownership for the network unit doesn’t make sense, du Plessis said in an interview Thursday.
- Bloomberg•21 days ago
BT Hires Outgoing Worldpay CEO to Restructure, Not Split Up
Chairman Jan du Plessis poured cold water on speculation that the appointment could lead to a full spin-off of wholesale arm Openreach -- which owns the majority of the U.K.’s fixed broadband infrastructure. Different ownership for the network unit doesn’t make sense, du Plessis said in an interview Thursday.
Reuters•21 days agoUK's embattled BT names payment firm chief as new CEO
Several media outlets had flagged Jansen as frontrunner for the job after the board and investors lost confidence in his predecessor Gavin Patterson earlier this year. Jansen, currently co-chief executive at payment processing firm Worldpay, previously worked with Patterson at Telewest and both men also worked for consumer giant Procter & Gamble.
- Bloomberg•21 days ago
BT's Wealthy New Boss Goes Into the Lion's Den
Indeed, it was Jansen – currently co-CEO at Worldpay Inc. – who first brought Patterson into the telecoms world, hiring him at the turn of the millennium for a marketing role at Telewest, as Virgin Media was then known.
- Bloomberg•21 days ago
BT's Wealthy New Boss Goes Into the Lion's Den
Indeed, it was Jansen – currently co-CEO at Worldpay Inc. – who first brought Patterson into the telecoms world, hiring him at the turn of the millennium for a marketing role at Telewest, as Virgin Media was then known.
- Bloomberg•21 days ago
BT's Wealthy New Boss Goes Into the Lion's Den
Indeed, it was Jansen – currently co-CEO at Worldpay Inc. – who first brought Patterson into the telecoms world, hiring him at the turn of the millennium for a marketing role at Telewest, as Virgin Media was then known.
- CNBC•21 days ago
UK telecoms firm BT names Worldpay's Philip Jansen as new CEO
Jansen, who joins from U.S.-based payment processing firm Worldpay where he was co-chief executive, will be appointed to the board as an executive director on Jan. 1 and will take over from Patterson on Feb. 1. BT Group BT.A-GB named Philip Jansen as chief executive officer on Thursday, to replace Gavin Patterson after its chairman said in June a new leader was needed to restructure Britain's biggest broadband and mobile provider.
- Bloomberg•21 days ago
BT Names Worldpay's Jansen as CEO to Revive Telecom Carrier
The company pushed aside CEO Gavin Patterson in June following profit warnings, an accounting scandal in Italy and clashes with Britain’s telecom regulator. BT Chairman Jan du Plessis highlighted Jansen’s “outstanding experience in managing large complex businesses.”Investors will be a key constituency that Jansen will need to win over: BT shares have lost a third of their value in the past five years, compared with an 18 percent drop in the Stoxx 600 Telecommunications Index.Jansen has led payments processing company Worldpay since 2013 and oversaw a $10.4 billion merger with rival e-commerce platform Vantiv that closed in January.
