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Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 25.61
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Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 14.95%
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Flat results in Aug 25
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With ROE of 11.47%, it has a expensive valuation with a 2.17 Price to Book Value
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
-2.46%
0%
-2.46%
6 Months
-16.31%
0%
-16.31%
1 Year
-10.36%
0%
-10.36%
2 Years
21.76%
0%
21.76%
3 Years
47.54%
0%
47.54%
4 Years
56.06%
0%
56.06%
5 Years
165.86%
0%
165.86%
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
No Recent News for the Company
Announcements 
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Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
14.95%
EBIT Growth (5y)
14.88%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
25.61
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.07
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.43
Tax Ratio
21.78%
Dividend Payout Ratio
49.46%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
20.31%
ROE (avg)
11.80%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
19
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.17
EV to EBIT
14.14
EV to EBITDA
9.41
EV to Capital Employed
2.17
EV to Sales
1.32
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
282.97%
ROCE (Latest)
15.37%
ROE (Latest)
11.47%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Shareholding Snapshot
No data for shareholding present.
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
No data for shareholding present.
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Feb'25
Feb'25
Feb'24
Change(%)
Net Sales
361.00
342.70
5.34%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
50.40
57.50
-12.35%
Interest
2.10
0.40
425.00%
Exceptional Items
-1.20
-2.30
47.83%
Consolidate Net Profit
25.40
32.30
-21.36%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
96.40%
128.90%
-3.25%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Feb 2025 is 5.34% vs 29.76% in Feb 2024
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Feb 2025 is -21.36% vs 59.90% in Feb 2024
About Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Media & Entertainment
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is a global publisher. The Company is involved in the publication of books and other related services. The Company operates through four publishing divisions: Adult, Children's & Educational, Academic & Professional, and Information. These divisions derive their revenue from book publishing, sale of publishing and distribution rights, management and other publishing services. It specializes in the humanities and social sciences, and publishes over 1,000 books and digital services each year. The Company's digital products include Berg Fashion Library, Bloomsbury Collections, Bloomsbury Fashion Central, Churchill Archive and Drama Online. The Company's subsidiaries include A & C Black Limited, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, Bloomsbury Information Limited, Bloomsbury Professional Limited, Bloomsbury Australia PTY Limited, The Continuum International Publishing Group Limited and Osprey Publishing Limited, among others.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
50 Bedford Square , LONDON None : WC1B 3DP
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