BAE Systems plc (BA.L)
| Previous close | 526.80 |
| Open | 522.80 |
| Bid | 515.80 x 0 |
| Ask | 516.20 x 0 |
| Day's range | 511.84 - 523.20 |
| 52-week range | 395.90 - 587.33 |
| Volume | 8,928,652 |
| Avg. volume | 7,773,131 |
| Market cap | 16.596B |
| Beta (5Y monthly) | 0.94 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 12.72 |
| EPS (TTM) | 40.50 |
| Earnings date | 25 Feb 2021 |
| Forward dividend & yield | 0.24 (4.60%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 22 Apr 2021 |
| 1y target est | 652.67 |
- Yahoo Finance UK
BAE Systems gives chief executive £2m pay rise to stop him leaving
The UK’s largest defence contractor said it has given Charles Woodburn, 50, a base salary increase of more than £100,000 and awarded him an additional share package worth £2m to ensure he stayed on at the firm.
- The Telegraph
Inside story: the battle to build Britain's new £41bn nuclear submarines
Construction of the new Dreadnought class of submarines which will provide the UK’s nuclear deterrent got off to a bad start when it began in 2016. The press were transported to BAE Systems’ shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria to record what should have been a triumphant moment for British industry as manufacturing began on the £41bn project. Instead it turned into something of a farce. Although then-Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon did get a cheer from workers in the chilly fabrication hall as he pushed the button to ceremonially cut the first steel that would go into the first of the four 17,000-tonne vessels, the moment had been overtaken by events. The story had broken just hours before that the steel plate being sliced up in a shower of sparks had come from France. It was an embarrassing revelation as UK steelmakers were then in the middle of an existential crisis as they buckled under a flood of imports. Perhaps, then, it’s no wonder little has been heard of the Dreadnought programme since.
- Yahoo Finance UK
Retailers pledge to improve diversity as boardrooms remain male and white
The companies, including Ann Summers, John Lewis, KFC and Pret a Manger have pledged to take action to improve diversity practices.
