The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

BAB.L

Concerning the House

Babcock International Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and integration of specialist systems for aerospace, defense, and security in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Africa, North America, Australasia, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Marine, Nuclear, Land, and Aviation. The company offers type 31 frigates, arrowhead 140, arrowhead 120, ARMOR force, project lurcher, jackal contract, ground deployed advanced mortar system, general logistics vehicle, Babcock's LGE, and armored land cruiser 300. It also provides weapons handling systems, autonomous and uncrewed aerial systems, and engineering and systems integration. In addition, the company is involved in the design, integration, and through-life support of various connected combat, support, and surveillance vehicles; integration of long-range fires, and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, targeting, acquisition and reconnaissance systems; provision of system engineering and general vehicle architecture services; and specialist vehicle conversions. Further, it provides equipment support, frontline support, and training services. Babcock International Group PLC was founded in 1891 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom · www.babcockinternational.com

Quotation

$1,181.50

-23.45 (-1.9%)

52w hi$1,501.94
52w lo$920.96
Vol1.01M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.07

Short-0.16
Medium-0.06
Long+0.10

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Babcock International Group PLC

Industrials · Engineering & Construction

Market cap$5.82B
Enterprise value$6.34B
Trailing P/E28.82x
Forward P/E16.29x
EV / EBITDA17.72x
P / S (ttm)1.12x
Profit margin4.1%
Return on equity33.7%
Revenue growth+8.9%
Earnings growth-63.9%
Debt / equity174.51
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.29
Corr SPX0.14
Annual vol34.8%
Annual ret+42.7%
Sharpe1.22
Max DD-41.7%

Window: 504 trading days (491 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.25
Sector+0.07
Technical-0.05
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$1,226.00$1,226.00$1,180.50$1,181.501.01M
Aug 12$1,194.00$1,212.50$1,194.00$1,205.00986.71K
Aug 11$1,188.00$1,210.00$1,180.50$1,191.00979.71K
Aug 10$1,188.50$1,195.50$1,178.50$1,190.50585.62K
Aug 7$1,191.00$1,210.00$1,181.50$1,186.50928.92K