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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Consumer DiscretionaryMedia
  • Price (GBX)690.00
  • Today's Change-10.00 / -1.43%
  • Shares traded176.16k
  • 1 Year change+65.87%
  • Beta0.7419
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About the company

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is an independent publishing house. The Company combines academic, educational, general fiction and non-fiction publishing for the general reader, children, teachers, students, researchers and professionals. It is engaged in offering digital, e-books and audio publishing; Open Access, academic and professional publishing; working with universities and libraries; and quality in literary fiction and non-fiction, cookery, children’s education and illustration. The Consumer Division comprises of the Adult Trade and Children's Trade subdivisions. It publishes trade books for both adult and child readers and sells these books globally. The Non-Consumer Division comprises the Academic & Professional, Special Interest and Education publishing subdivisions within Bloomsbury. The Division's activities are focused on life-long learning and publishing books and digital resources to support research, study, professional careers, hobbies, skills, and interests.

  • Revenue in GBP (TTM)385.77m
  • Net income in GBP37.70m
  • Incorporated1986
  • Employees994.00
  • Location
    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC50 Bedford SquareLONDON WC1B 3DPUnited KingdomGBR
  • Phone+44 207 631 5600
  • Fax+44 207 631 5800
  • Websitehttps://www.bloomsbury.com/
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Mergers & acquisitions

Acquired companyDeal statusDateDate /
Deal status
BMY:LSE since
announced
Transaction
value
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc-Academic Publishing BusinessDeal completed29 May 202429 May 2024Deal completed23.66%83.00m
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Peer analysis

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HolidayCheck Group AG41.33m-3.76m293.55m244.00--2.72179.067.10-0.0954-0.09540.63831.490.3062--10.48143,766.80-2.78-5.44-3.41-6.2760.94101.10-9.09-9.92---2.460.1375---89.12-32.65-1,129.06---27.98--
Reach PLC554.20m41.50m297.37m3.71k7.160.44324.760.53660.13050.13051.742.110.456830.956.55149,541.303.422.233.892.5342.2044.197.494.670.701534.000.076462.39-5.45-4.71-58.89--7.794.51
Promotora de Informaciones S.A.728.59m-27.66m311.40m7.20k------0.4274-0.0279-0.0280.8099-0.37620.9704--3.25121,546.60-3.60-8.26-6.41-15.13--53.74-3.71-11.481.091.231.92--11.88-2.69-148.20---7.00--
Rizzoli Corriere della Sera Mediagrp SpA689.70m50.79m347.29m2.89k6.590.99593.600.50350.12040.12041.590.79730.7793--3.58287,024.805.755.529.158.98--88.267.386.690.83147.420.3213---2.01-3.2313.77-7.725.44--
Wilmington PLC98.32m17.20m360.92m582.0021.093.1115.893.670.18960.45441.081.290.6197--4.12168,941.6010.849.2116.6515.22--21.5617.4912.50----0.023946.295.65-4.310.13979.06-36.864.43
Storytel AB (publ)266.26m-47.59m366.91m523.00--4.0518.581.38-8.54-8.5448.1516.381.0530.6920.495,908,577.00-18.50-16.27-29.70-26.2939.5546.74-17.62-15.530.6352-6.650.00--9.0319.04-107.68------
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA779.07m48.00m530.31m2.09k11.002.425.330.68070.22010.22013.571.000.87633.445.44477,905.405.483.9310.877.5834.2831.936.254.550.56834.050.510634.490.1920.304719.8732.61----
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc385.77m37.70m571.26m994.0015.392.8210.951.480.45480.45484.662.481.103.714.36388,097.6010.796.7717.3410.3057.1654.789.777.901.19--0.15249.5329.7416.0759.5328.4211.7113.75
Karnov Group AB (publ)179.65m2.51m609.02m1.20k243.563.5820.793.390.32350.323523.2121.990.337417.256.682,045,351.000.45351.180.6121.5285.8384.511.344.750.51562.500.546849.60122.2428.17-36.22--10.55--
Sonaecom SGPS SA16.91m66.08m641.92m311.009.880.56329.5037.970.24910.24910.06364.370.014639.970.806864,859.265.585.245.725.5030.8366.31382.50125.3918.09--0.003830.339.23-27.99-45.83-8.31-4.68-8.97
Data as of Nov 05 2024. Currency figures normalised to Bloomsbury Publishing PLC's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX

Institutional shareholders

87.19%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
BNP Paribas Asset Management UK Ltd.as of 30 Aug 202433.89m41.53%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Ltd.as of 29 Feb 20248.16m10.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 29 Feb 20247.43m9.10%
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd.as of 29 Feb 20244.08m5.00%
Premier Fund Managers Ltd.as of 29 Feb 20243.97m4.87%
Montanaro Asset Management Ltd.as of 29 Feb 20243.52m4.31%
Allianz Suisse Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AGas of 29 Feb 20243.03m3.71%
Gresham House Asset Management Ltd. (Investment Management)as of 01 Jul 20242.99m3.67%
Santander Asset Management UK Ltd.as of 01 Jul 20242.19m2.69%
Herald Investment Management Ltd.as of 01 Jul 20241.88m2.30%
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