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Bloomsbury

LSE:BMY GB0033147751
40
  • Value
    14
  • Growth
    13
  • Safety
    Safety
    79
  • Combined
    14
  • Sentiment
    100
  • 360° View
    360° View
    40
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Company Description

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is an independent publishing house combining academic, educational, and general publishing. It operates in consumer, academic & professional, special interest, and non-consumer segments. It offers digital, e-books, audio publishing, and works with universities and libraries. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $531 million, profits of $256 million, and revenue of $454 million with 1161 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 40 (better than 40% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Bloomsbury are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Bloomsbury. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 100, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 100% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 79 or better than 79% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 14, meaning that the share price of Bloomsbury is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 13. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Revenue Growth
Weakest Rank Sentiment
Country United Kingdom
Industry Publishing
Size Small
Website bloomsbury.com
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Last update: 26-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
14 47 44 81
Growth
13 61 67 79
Safety
Safety
79 96 98 96
Sentiment
100 75 100 73
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40 88 92 100
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
100 93 97 89
Opinions Change
50 50 100 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 51 96 8
Market Pulse
91 53 83 68
Sentiment
100 75 100 73
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
14 47 44 81
Growth
13 61 67 79
Safety Safety
79 96 98 96
Combined
14 85 89 96
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
26 37 39 74
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
26 38 43 52
Price vs. Book (P/B)
22 35 43 68
Dividend Yield
45 72 72 71
Value
14 47 44 81
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
6 56 8 28
Profit Growth
36 19 76 31
Capital Growth
39 77 61 89
Stock Returns
59 61 65 83
Growth
13 61 67 79
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
64 87 90 82
Refinancing
77 72 82 93
Liquidity
72 89 88 85
Safety Safety
79 96 98 96

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