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Bae Systems PLC Fundamentals

Company NameBae Systems PLCLast Updated2025-03-28
IndustryAerospace & DefenseSectorIndustrials
Shares in Issue2.925 bnMarket Cap£45.76 bn
PE Ratio24.41Dividend per Share£0.31
Dividend Yield1.98Dividend Cover2.07
EPS£0.64EPS Growth (%)-0.06
PEG4.18DPS Growth (%)0.0996
Debt Ratio0.2662Debt Equity Ratio0.8067
Asset Equity Ratio3.2387Cash Equity Ratio0.2868
Quick Ratio0.7316Current Ratio0.95
Price To Book Value3.9401ROCE0

Bae Systems PLC Dividends

TypeEx-DatePay DateCurrencyNet DividendYear Total
Prelim2025-04-172025-06-02GBP0.2060
Interim2024-10-242024-12-02GBP0.1240
Prelim2024-04-182024-06-03GBP0.1850
Interim2023-10-192023-11-30GBP0.1150
Prelim2023-04-202023-06-01GBP0.1660
Interim2022-10-202022-11-30GBP0.1040
Prelim2022-04-212022-06-01GBP0.1520

Bae Systems PLC Company Financials

Assets202420232022
Tangible Assets£6.60 bn£4.95 bn£4.66 bn
Intangible Assets£16.26 bn£12.10 bn£12.64 bn
Investments£906.00 m£916.00 m£886.00 m
Total Fixed Assets£26.39 bn£20.29 bn£20.83 bn
Stocks£1.32 bn£1.16 bn£976.00 m
Debtors£5.65 bn£5.24 bn£5.32 bn
Cash & Equivalents£3.38 bn£4.07 bn£3.05 bn
Other Assets£2.62 bn£2.33 bn£2.64 bn
Total Assets£38.14 bn£32.06 bn£31.46 bn
Liabilities202420232022
Creditors within 1 year£12.34 bn£10.94 bn£9.85 bn
Creditors after 1 year£14.02 bn£10.40 bn£10.22 bn
Other Liabilities000
Total Liabilities£26.36 bn£21.34 bn£20.06 bn
Net assets£11.78 bn£10.72 bn£11.40 bn
Equity202420232022
Called up share capital£80.00 m£81.00 m£82.00 m
Share Premium£1.26 bn£1.25 bn£1.26 bn
Profit / Loss£2.33 bn£2.33 bn£1.99 bn
Other Equity£11.62 bn£10.56 bn£11.21 bn
Preference & Minorities£161.00 m£164.00 m£185.00 m
Total Capital Employed£11.78 bn£10.72 bn£11.40 bn
Ratios202420232022
Debt Ratio£0.45£0.35£0.37
Debt-to-Equity£0.81£0.54£0.59
Assets / Equity3.23873.23873.2387
Cash / Equity0.28680.28680.2868
EPS£0.65£0.69£0.38
Cash Flow202420232022
Cash from operating activities£3.92 bn£3.76 bn£2.84 bn
Cashflow before financing£4.62 bn£1.57 bn£506.00 m
Increase in Cash-£649.00 m£1.03 bn£84.00 m
Income202420232022
Turnover£26.31 bn£23.08 bn£21.26 bn
Cost of sales£9.09 bn£7.87 bn£7.09 bn
Gross Profit£17.23 bn£15.21 bn£14.16 bn
Operating Profit£2.69 bn£2.57 bn£2.38 bn
Pre-Tax profit£2.33 bn£2.33 bn£1.99 bn

Bae Systems PLC Company Background

SectorIndustrials
ActivitiesBAE Systems is a British global defense, security, and aerospace company and the largest defense contractor in Europe; it is one of six prime contractors to the US Department of Defense. For reporting purposes, the company has five operating segments: electronics systems is the group's US- and UK-based electronic warfare systems; the cyber, security, and intelligence segment supplies intelligence and security solutions to the US government; platforms and services manufactures combat vehicles and munitions and performs ship repair services to the US Defense Department; the air segment includes BAE's share of US and European air programs as well as its businesses in Saudi Arabia and Australia; and the maritime segment comprises UK land- and marine-based activities.
Latest Interim Date1 Aug 2024
Latest Fiscal Year End Date19 Feb 2025

Bae Systems PLC Directors

AppointedNamePosition
2020-03-31Mr. Gerard J. DeMuroExecutive Director,President and Chief Executive Officer of BAE Systems, Inc.
2025-03-03Ms. Nicole W. PiaseckiNon-Executive Director,Senior Independent Director
2020-10-21Ms. Paula Rosput ReynoldsNon-Executive Director
2014-12-30Mr. Paul Milton AndersonNon-Executive Director
2013-05-08Sir Peter MasonNon-Executive Director
2025-03-18Mr. Charles Nicholas WoodburnExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2009-05-05Mr. Andrew G. InglisNon-Executive Director
2015-06-12Mr. Carl George SymonNon-Executive Director
2020-10-21Mr. Nicholas Charles RoseNon-Executive Director
2012-03-27Mr. George W RoseExecutive Director,Group Finance Director
2025-03-03Ms. Cressida Hogg CBENon-Executive Director,Chairman
2007-12-21Mr. Philip J CarrollNon-Executive Director
2018-03-27Mr. Ian G. KingExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2004-03-31Mr. Michael James HartnallNon-Executive Director
2024-03-07Sir Roger Martyn CarrNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2014-01-31Mr. Richard Lake OlverNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2011-08-09Mr. Michael John Turner CBEExecutive Director,Chief Executive
2025-03-03Mr. Angus G. CockburnNon-Executive Director
2007-03-01Sir Anthony Nigel Russell Rudd DLNon-Executive Director
2011-08-09Mr. Steven Lewis MogfordExecutive Director
2011-08-09Mr. Mark H Ronald CBEExecutive Director,Chief Operating Officer
2011-08-09Mr. Christopher Vincent GeogheganExecutive Director
2014-01-31Ms. Linda P HudsonExecutive Director,President and CEO, BAE Systems Inc
2023-12-31Mr. Christopher Montague Grigg CBENon-Executive Director,Senior Independent Director
2011-08-09Mr. Michael Lester MA,(Oxon),CIMgtExecutive Director,Group Legal Director
2007-03-01Professor Susan Joyce Birley FRSANon-Executive Director
2011-08-09Mr. Walt HavensteinExecutive Director,Chief Operating Officer, US
2020-03-31Mr. Peter John LynasExecutive Director,Group Finance Director
2000-03-07Mr. Keith Clark BrownNon-Executive Director
2002-12-04Sir Charles Beech Gordon MasefieldNon-Executive Director
1994-01-13Sir Robin Adair Biggam CANon-Executive Director
2022-03-30Dame Carolyn Julie FairbairnNon-Executive Director
2025-03-03Mr. Nicholas John AndersonNon-Executive Director
2025-03-03Dame Elizabeth Pauline Lucy Corley CBENon-Executive Director
2025-03-03Dr. Jane Veronica Griffiths Non-Executive Director
2025-03-03Mr. Stephen PearceNon-Executive Director
2025-03-18Mr. Bradley Greve Executive Director,Group Finance Director
2025-03-28Mr. Thomas Arseneault Executive Director,President and CEO of BAE Systems Inc
2025-03-03Dr. Ewan KirkNon-Executive Director

Bae Systems PLC Contact Details

Company NameBAE Systems PLC
AddressFarnborough Aerospace Centre, Warwick House, PO Box 87, Farnborough, GU14 6YU
Telephone+44 1252373232
Websitehttps://www.baesystems.com

Bae Systems PLC Advisors

Remuneration ConsultantWillis Towers Watson
Phone+44 2071702000
Fax+44 2071702222
AuditorKPMG LLP
StockbrokerMorgan Stanley & Co International PLC
Phone+44 2074258000
Fax+44 2074258990
Financial PR AdviserFinsbury
Phone+44 2072513801
Fax+44 2073744133
Remuneration ConsultantLinklaters
Phone(020) 7456 2000
Fax(020) 7456 2222
Remuneration ConsultantNew Bridge Street
Phone+44 2070868000
Fax+44 2076211511
Remuneration ConsultantPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Phone+44 205835000
Fax+44 208224652
SolicitorLinklaters
Phone+44 2074562000
Fax+44 2074562222
SolicitorEversheds Sutherland
Phone+44 2079194500
Fax+44 2079194919
SolicitorFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Phone+44 2079364000
Fax+44 2078327001
SolicitorAddleshaw Goddard LLP
Phone(020) 7606 8855
Fax(020) 7606 4390
BankCitibank
Phone020 7500 5500
BankHSBC Bank PLC
AuditorKPMG
Phone+44 2073111000
Fax+44 2073113311
BankNational Westminster Bank PLC
SolicitorAllen & Overy LLP
Phone+44 2030880000
Fax+44 207339999
RegistrarEquiniti Limited
StockbrokerJefferies Hoare Govett
Phone+44 2070298000
Fax+44 2070298010
BankLloyds Bank PLC
Remuneration ConsultantKepler Associates
Phone+44 2079307730
Fax+44 2079307733
AuditorKPMG AUDIT PLC

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