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B&M European Value Retail S.A (BME) is a leading discount stores business based in the UK. It opened the day at 512p after a previous close of 514.4p. During the day the price has varied from a low of 506p to a high of 512.6p. The latest price was 509.8p (25 minute delay). B-and-M European Value Retail S-A is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 34,110 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, B-and-M European Value Retail S-A's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was 509.6p, which is 28.06% up on its pre-crash value of 366.6p and 107.49% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as 245.6p.
If you had bought £1,000 worth of B-and-M European Value Retail S-A shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth £796.46 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth £1,430.65.
Open | 512p |
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High | 512.6p |
Low | 506p |
Close | 509.8p |
Previous close | 514.4p |
Change | -4.6p |
Change % | -0.894% |
Volume | 4,172,509 |
52-week range | 232.1988p - 539.9975p |
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50-day moving average | 491.2206p |
200-day moving average | 469.3007p |
Wall St. target price | 452.92p |
PE ratio | 19.5741 |
Dividend yield | 0.1p (1.88%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | 26.3p |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of 509.8p
1 week (2021-01-08) | -6.39% |
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1 month (2020-12-18) | 509.8 |
3 months (2020-10-16) | 0.04% |
6 months (2020-07-17) | 16.37% |
1 year (2020-01-17) | 33.28% |
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2 years (2019-01-17) | 62.67% |
3 years (2018-01-17) | 22.25% |
5 years (2016-01-15) | 82.92% |
Valuing B-and-M European Value Retail S-A stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of B-and-M European Value Retail S-A's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
B-and-M European Value Retail S-A's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 20x. In other words, B-and-M European Value Retail S-A shares trade at around 20x recent earnings.
That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the FTSE 250 at the end of September 2019 (19.71).
B-and-M European Value Retail S-A's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £507 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a B-and-M European Value Retail S-A's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | £4.3 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 10.6% |
Gross profit TTM | £1.3 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 7.87% |
Return on equity TTM | 30.33% |
Profit margin | 6.16% |
Book value | 0.992p |
Market capitalisation | £5.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 6500% of net profits
Recently B-and-M European Value Retail S-A has paid out, on average, around 6500% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.88% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), B-and-M European Value Retail S-A shareholders could enjoy a 1.88% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In B-and-M European Value Retail S-A's case, that would currently equate to about 0.1p per share.
B-and-M European Value Retail S-A's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 19 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, B-and-M European Value Retail S-A's shares have ranged in value from as little as 232.1988p up to 539.9975p. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (LSE average) beta is 1, while B-and-M European Value Retail S-A's is 0.8501. This would suggest that B-and-M European Value Retail S-A's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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B&M European Value Retail S.A. operates general merchandise and grocery stores. As of March 28, 2020, it operated 656 stores in the United Kingdom under the B&M brand; 293 stores under the Heron Foods and B&M Express brands; and 101 stores in France under the Babou and B&M brand. It also provides property development, employment, and administrative services. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
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