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Toby Thorrington

Babcock International Group - Steadfast defence

Babcock’s capital markets day reaffirmed its transformation over the past two years, facilitated by a series of disposals and a focus on core defence expertise (69% of H124 revenue). It is well positioned to capitalise on growing global defence budgets stemming from geopolitical tensions, and to continue developing its overseas partnerships. With a strengthened balance sheet (H124 gearing of 1.1x), cash flow visibility, a healthy order backlog of £9.6bn (more than 90% of FY24 revenue covered) and improved relations with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), which is favouring more British SME suppliers, there appears to be plenty of upside potential.
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Babcock International Group PLC

Babcock International Group is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates in four sectors: Marine, which provides an array of marine and naval engineering services; Land, which provides fleet management and training for customer-owned defense, emergency services, global airport and commercial vehicle fleets, as well as engineering services and technical training for customers worldwide; Aviation, which delivers an array of engineering services to defense and civil customers; and Cavendish Nuclear, which delivers nuclear engineering on nuclear decommissioning programs and projects across the U.K., as well as nuclear engineering services in training and operation support.

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Toby Thorrington

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