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Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 11.80%
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 11.80% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
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Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 11.80%
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Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 11.80%
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Positive results in Feb 26
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With ROE of 13.12%, it has a attractive valuation with a 2.39 Price to Book Value
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Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
7.33%
0%
7.33%
6 Months
43.91%
0%
43.91%
1 Year
32.65%
0%
32.65%
2 Years
-6.12%
0%
-6.12%
3 Years
51.17%
0%
51.17%
4 Years
53.33%
0%
53.33%
5 Years
89.41%
0%
89.41%
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
No Recent News for the Company
Announcements 
No announcement available
Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
11.97%
EBIT Growth (5y)
15.64%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
25.93
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.07
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.46
Tax Ratio
21.05%
Dividend Payout Ratio
48.81%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
21.14%
ROE (avg)
11.80%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
18
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.39
EV to EBIT
13.14
EV to EBITDA
8.96
EV to Capital Employed
2.59
EV to Sales
1.50
PEG Ratio
2.42
Dividend Yield
247.54%
ROCE (Latest)
19.67%
ROE (Latest)
13.12%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
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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