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BT.A Bt Group Plc

140.50
0.20 (0.14%)
26 Jul 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Bt Group Plc LSE:BT.A London Ordinary Share GB0030913577 ORD 5P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.20 0.14% 140.50 140.65 140.75 140.95 138.05 139.80 15,518,892 16:35:29
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Phone Comm Ex Radiotelephone 21.04B 855M 0.0859 16.39 13.96B
Bt Group Plc is listed in the Phone Comm Ex Radiotelephone sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker BT.A. The last closing price for Bt was 140.30p. Over the last year, Bt shares have traded in a share price range of 101.70p to 145.35p.

Bt currently has 9,952,569,493 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Bt is £13.96 billion. Bt has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 16.39.

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10/7/2023
07:20
Lets all go long with all the info on Friday then get a juicy article published on Sunday...
diku
10/7/2023
00:03
I read it twice...there's nothing new and crucially no indication from "sources" that there is a bid in the offing. It's just a rehash of old news with the Robey Wishaw angle emphasised yet again...

clickbait garbage

unastubbs
10/7/2023
00:01
BT on high alert for German takeover

Broadband provider preparing defence in face of possible bid by Deutsche Telekom

By Christopher Williams,BUSINESS EDITOR
9 July 2023 • 7:00pm

BT is on high alert for a takeover spearheaded by its major shareholder Deutsche Telekom, in what would be a crucial test of Britain’s approach to European investment post-Brexit.

The former state monopoly has intensified work with advisers from Robey Warshaw and Goldman Sachs on its defence in recent months amid strengthening rumours that its German counterpart, a 12pc shareholder in BT, was preparing an approach.

Speculation in the telecoms industry and the City is reaching a crescendo as BT grapples with a £15bn investment in its new fibre-optic broadband network and a series of potentially destabilising forces.

Rising interest rates are a challenge for BT’s finances as it ploughs billions into replacing copper telephone lines with faster and more reliable fibre optics. Its debt pile excluding leases stands at £14bn, with significant sums due for refinancing next year. City fears over the impact on profits and dividends have become a significant factor in BT’s inability to inspire a rally in its shares.

Meanwhile Philip Jansen, its chief executive, is preparing to step down early next year, creating uncertainty at the top of the company on which a potential buyer may seek to capitalise. Marc Allera, the head of BT’s successful consumer division, is viewed by insiders and investors as a ready successor, however.

Senior industry figures also believe that Deutsche Telekom, a shareholder since BT bought the mobile operator EE in 2016, has a closing window of opportunity to seize control as Britain’s political landscape shifts.

The probable arrival of a Labour government within 18 months would make a foreign takeover of BT and its unionised workforce much harder to complete, it is assumed. Although Sir Keir Starmer had abandoned a Corbyn-era policy of renationalisation, Labour would be under pressure to block a deal that would likely lead to accelerated reform of working practices and job losses.

A bid by Deutsche Telekom would represent a further bet by its chief executive Tim Hoettges on BT’s underlying value, despite the stock’s disastrous performance since the EE deal. He effectively paid more than £4 per BT share; on Friday the stock closed at just over £1.20.

Mr Hoettges this year described the transaction as his “biggest mistake” and signalled he was examining options to make good on it. “There will be a time when we will do a deal,” he said, without specifying whether Deutsche Telekom would seek to increase its stake or cash out.

Inside BT the comments were viewed as a clear sign that Deutsche Telekom might seek to take the company off the stock market, prompting a renewed focus on its defence.

Robey Warshaw, a boutique advisory which employs the former chancellor George Osborne, was brought in by BT in 2021 after the French-Israeli telecoms billionaire Patrick Drahi began building a stake. The move blindsided BT, prompting a concerted attempt to improve its market intelligence.

Mr Drahi has since overtaken Deutsche Telekom to become the biggest shareholder on 24.5pc. Following a review, he is unlikely to be allowed by the Government to further increase his stake. Beyond 25pc Mr Drahi would be able to block special resolutions at shareholder meetings, which would concern officials given BT’s role as critical national infrastructure and array of sensitive security contracts.

However, the founder of the French operator Altice acquired his shares at a relatively low price and has told executives he believes in BT’s long-term prospects. Although they are rivals in Germany, he could seek to roll his stake into a Deutsche Telekom-led takeover and seek to benefit from BT undergoing transformation away from the glare of the public markets.

The potential for a buyout involving private equity or sovereign wealth alongside Mr Drahi and Deutsche Telekom is also on BT’s radar.

A BT insider said: “Deutsche Telekom and Drahi are aligned in the way they think the company should be run. They want us to go faster on reform and that would definitely be easier as an effectively private company.”

The two top shareholders are said to have strongly and directly influenced Mr Jansen’s announcement in May of up to 55,000 job cuts, albeit by the end of the decade and many linked to the completion of the fibre-optic broadband rollout.

BT declined to comment. Deutsche Telekom was contacted.

unastubbs
09/7/2023
23:05
Private equity bidding for Vodafone at a 30 YEAR low is highly likely IMO.
justiceforthemany
09/7/2023
20:58
It will never ever ever ever be allowed even if 1 grain of truth in this story
dov
09/7/2023
20:41
In a fair and regulated market (which the FTSE is NOT) the telecoms sector would do well tomorrow.
justiceforthemany
09/7/2023
20:32
There's a reason behind Mr Drahi owning 24.5% of BT, I doubt that its for the dividend.
nige co
09/7/2023
20:09
BT on high alert for German takeover
nige co
09/7/2023
19:44
BT T/O target via Deutch TelecomHTTps://twitter.com/telebusiness/status/1678108158168891392?t=EwAxBN_fryOCjIv2c_awjA&s=19
pharmaboy3
08/7/2023
21:02
Fibre cable up his botty.
smurfy2001
08/7/2023
20:57
What he really needs is a Golden Shower!!
isis
08/7/2023
20:35
It won't make a jolt of a difference...the game remains the same only the players change...golden goodbye is just as good as golden hellos...win win...
diku
08/7/2023
11:34
CEO looks to be leaving next year.
smurfy2001
06/7/2023
13:08
bonds blowing up has been on the cards for many years. I don't understand why pensions would buy such an obvious bubble.
ekuuleus
06/7/2023
10:49
just remember, 3 weeks today are Q1 results.
First quarter to include 14% hike in revenue from broadband and mobile.

dipso
06/7/2023
10:31
Divi is included in price. 110p to q35p range.
action
06/7/2023
10:21
What is going on
1224saj
06/7/2023
08:06
Hope and day dreaming together...you keep seeing share price drift away...think unfinished business at 120p...
diku
05/7/2023
21:41
Guys - Is there a hope of BT coming back to 1.80 ? or I am day dreaming
keepsim
02/7/2023
08:45
https://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=BT/A.L
dipa11
29/6/2023
13:51
RSI looking grossly oversold here...
diku
28/6/2023
22:13
It was there for a purpose/ploy...support the property market...the rest goodwill just spills over...those who bought property around 2008 - 2009 have paid off good part of their mortgage and equity built up as prices kept going up...like cash cow...money recycles back into the economy via renovations, loft conversions, extensions, etc etc...
diku
28/6/2023
12:29
That's a pretty bad strategy. Those rates at zero were supposed to be emergency rates - there is no reason why they will ever go back there again. 5 percent has been the mean since the BOE started in 1602.
It was ludicrous to keep rates so low for so long!

isis
28/6/2023
12:01
if the pension fund already is big in fixed interest (gilts) then the income stays the same.
but the mark to market value of the bonds falls.

New investors in gilts benefit from the lower prices and higher yields.

When inflation and interest rates falls it will be good for BT.

careful
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