How to buy Biffa shares

Biffa PLC (BIFF) is a publicly traded business based in the UK. The latest price was 410p (25 minute delay). Biffa is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 10,215 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.

How to buy shares in Biffa

Choose a platform. If you're a beginner, our share-dealing table below can help you choose.
Open your account. You'll need your ID, bank details and national insurance number.
Confirm your payment details. You'll need to fund your account with a bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
Search the platform for stock code: BIFF in this case.
Research Biffa shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
Buy your Biffa shares. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Fees for buying 100x Biffa shares with popular platforms

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Customer rating	Platform fee	Min. initial deposit	Trading fee estimate
★★★★★	£0	£1	£0.00 £410.00 total	Go to site Capital at risk
★★★★★	£0	$50	£0.00 £410.00 total	Go to site Capital at risk
★★★★★	£0	£250	£8.00 £418.00 total	Go to site Capital at risk
Not yet rated	£0	No minimum	£0.00 £410.00 total	Go to site Capital at risk
★★★★★	£0	No minimum	£0.00 £410.00 total	Go to site Capital at risk
★★★★★	£0	£1	£11.95 £421.95 total	Go to site Capital at risk
★★★★★	£0	£0.01	£1.81 £411.81 total	Go to site Capital at risk

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Alternative ways to invest in Biffa

Buying shares in just one company can leave you more exposed to unexpected swings in the market than if you have a range of investments - a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend having a broad mix of assets and funds that hold a ready-made portfolio of at least 50 different companies' shares, on the basis that drops in the value of some will be offset by rises elsewhere.
Biffa is a major part of the LSE index, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Fund	5-year growth	1-year growth (to February 2023)	Link to invest
Vanguard FTSE 250 UCITS ETF Distributing (VMID)	15.11%	-5.78%	Invest with FreetradeCapital at risk
Invesco FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (S250)	15.42%	-5.08%	Invest with IGCapital at risk
iShares FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (MIDD)	14.33%	-5.30%	Invest with eToroCapital at risk
HSBC FTSE 250 UCITS ETF GBP (HMCX)	14.31%	-5.30%	Invest with IGCapital at risk
Xtrackers FTSE 250 UCITS ETF 1D (XMCX)	14.42%	-5.92%	Invest with IGCapital at risk

Is it a good time to buy Biffa stock?

Only you can make the decision on the time to leap. The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Use our graph to track the performance of BIFF stocks over time.
Share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Biffa's shares have ranged in value from as little as 287.3993p up to 424.8p. 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 Biffa's is 0.4565. This would suggest that Biffa's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

3 months (2022-12-21)	0.69%
6 months (2022-09-21)	17.68%
1 year (2022-03-21)	22.39%
2 years (2021-03-19)	53.56%
3 years (2020-03-20)	53.27%
5 years (2018-03-21)	105.00%

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Is Biffa under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Biffa P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA

P/E ratio
Biffa EBITDA

Biffa's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 32x. In other words, Biffa shares trade at around 32x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the FTSE 250 at the end of September 2019 (19.71). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Biffa's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £142.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Biffa's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

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Frequently asked questions

Dividend yield: 1.15% of stock value

Forward annual dividend yield: 1.68% of stock value

Dividend payout ratio: 3.13% of net profits

Biffa has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 1.15% of its share value annually.

Biffa has paid out, on average, around 3.13% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.68% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 1.68% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Biffa's case, that would currently equate to about 4.7p per share.

While Biffa's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that the company is investing more in its future growth.

The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 17 November 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").

Biffa dividend history

Dividend	Type	Ex-dividend date	Payment date
£0.0247	Interim	28/11/2019	20/12/2019
£0.049	Final	27/06/2019	19/07/2019
£0.023	Interim	06/12/2018	04/01/2019
£0.0453	Final	05/07/2018	27/07/2018
£0.0217	Interim	07/12/2017	05/01/2018

Currently 2.5% of Biffa shares are held by insiders and 87.807% by institutions.

It's as easy to sell Biffa as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Biffa that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Biffa shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Financials

Revenue TTM	£1.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	3.96%
Gross profit TTM	£91.7 million
Return on assets TTM	2.3%
Return on equity TTM	8.11%
Profit margin	2.41%
Book value	1.643p
Market capitalisation	£1.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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How to buy Biffa shares

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