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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Consumer DiscretionaryMedia
  • Price (GBX)498.00
  • Today's Change1.50 / 0.30%
  • Shares traded213.47k
  • 1 Year change-25.00%
  • Beta0.5284
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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. Its segments include Consumer, Academic & Professional, Special Interest, and Non-Consumer. 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. Its Non-Consumer division consists of academic & professional, including bloomsbury digital resources, and special interest. Its Consumer division, which consists of adult, young adult and children's publishing.

  • Revenue in GBP (TTM)361.00m
  • Net income in GBP25.40m
  • Incorporated1986
  • Employees1.16k
  • 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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Polaris Media ASA263.98m49.69m221.45m1.80k4.460.95933.270.838913.9113.9174.0164.630.668221.0310.882,010,100.0012.863.4616.984.3588.9785.6819.245.611.68--0.1562147.58-1.278.961,543.2633.446.49--
Reach PLC538.60m53.60m240.98m3.57k4.520.35493.290.44740.16750.16751.682.130.443528.096.24151,037.604.411.635.071.8643.6743.369.953.540.754415.310.0841102.22-5.28-5.17149.30-10.6824.7925.07
Wilmington PLC100.98m13.94m295.52m582.0021.582.6615.722.930.15340.40421.111.240.635--4.76173,506.908.769.2113.4515.22--21.5613.8012.50----0.018146.295.65-4.310.13979.06-36.864.43
HolidayCheck Group AG42.55m-3.87m315.48m244.00--2.81186.937.41-0.0954-0.09540.63831.490.3062--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--
Cairo Communication SpA894.76m38.91m326.48m3.81k8.39--3.530.36490.33550.33557.71--------272,178.50--3.24--6.1685.3184.946.735.61--20.28-----1.33-2.2017.711.434.77--
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc361.00m25.40m405.19m1.16k16.141.899.881.120.30770.30774.372.630.95373.793.49310,938.806.717.0311.0211.0356.4855.337.047.851.2738.440.131153.455.3617.27-21.3519.325.95--
Promotora de Informaciones SA738.94m-30.30m436.50m7.30k------0.5907-0.0356-0.03540.6734-0.29210.9045--3.30117,397.00-3.55-8.05-6.21-14.98--55.50-3.92-9.981.271.191.68---5.25-1.2462.93---5.65--
Rizzoli Corriere della Sera Mediagrp SpA707.44m54.36m439.03m2.91k7.93--4.380.62060.1230.1231.50--------283,408.20--5.31--8.47--88.867.686.69--10.43--54.92-1.06-2.378.77-1.975.27--
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA805.03m46.85m483.90m2.15k10.381.854.720.60110.20660.20663.571.160.903.696.99437,416.805.364.539.598.5535.1133.045.955.250.66116.040.471753.043.321.10-3.5315.5228.33--
Storytel AB (publ)298.17m18.31m575.69m528.0031.424.8813.621.933.073.0750.1319.771.2330.267.587,421,202.008.16-10.5611.62-17.2445.2039.916.62-10.121.166.960.00--8.8515.56124.01--64.75--
Data as of Jul 09 2025. Currency figures normalised to Bloomsbury Publishing PLC's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX

Institutional shareholders

44.06%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Ltd.as of 28 Feb 20258.16m10.00%
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd.as of 28 Feb 20254.08m5.00%
Premier Fund Managers Ltd.as of 28 Feb 20253.97m4.87%
abrdn Investment Management Ltd.as of 28 Feb 20253.93m4.81%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 03 Jul 20253.85m4.72%
Montanaro Asset Management Ltd.as of 28 Feb 20253.51m4.30%
Gresham House Asset Management Ltd. (Investment Management)as of 01 Apr 20252.99m3.67%
Allianz Suisse Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AGas of 11 Dec 20242.07m2.54%
Santander Asset Management UK Ltd.as of 01 Apr 20251.81m2.21%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LPas of 01 Apr 20251.58m1.94%
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