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Babcock International Group PLC (BAB) stock price history
Every LSE trading session of Babcock International Group PLC from Aug 11, 1989 to Sep 28, 2026: 9,516 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Sep 17, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
BAB adjusted close, 1989 to 2026
- £15.02
- All time high, 2026
- £15.27
- 52 week high, £9.02 low
- 9,516
- Daily sessions since 1989
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1989 to 2026 series and minute bars.
BAB key facts
- Babcock International Group PLC (BAB) closed at £9.86 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
- BAB's all time high close is £15.02, set on Jan 13, 2026; its all time low close is £0.4814 on Oct 31, 1996.
- BAB's 52 week range is £9.02 to £15.27.
- BAB returned -22.5% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +167.8% over five years.
- Over ten years BAB returned -9%, -1.0% a year compounded.
- BAB's deepest drawdown was -85.2% from May 28, 1992 to Oct 31, 1996.
- DataCedar holds 9,516 daily sessions of BAB history from Aug 11, 1989 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
BAB price chart, 1989 to 2026
BAB returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -6.7% |
| 3 months | +1.5% |
| 6 months | -14.6% |
| Year to date | -20.6% |
| 1 year | -22.5% |
| 3 years | +140.8% |
| 5 years | +167.8% |
| 10 years | -9.1% |
| Since Aug 11, 1989 | +266.8% |
| Compound annual growth, 37.1 years | +3.6% |
BAB records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- £15.02 on Jan 13, 2026
- All time low close
- £0.4814 on Oct 31, 1996
- 52 week high
- £15.27 on Jan 14, 2026
- 52 week low
- £9.02 on Jun 29, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -85.2% from May 28, 1992 to Oct 31, 1996, recovered Oct 31, 2006
- Best single session
- +32.0% on Apr 13, 2021
- Worst single session
- -22.2% on Oct 6, 1992
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 33.7%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 49%
- Growth of 1 since 1989
- 3.7×
- Best calendar year
- 2025, +148%
- Worst calendar year
- 2020, -56%
BAB price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1989 starts on Aug 11, 1989; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £12.48 | £15.27 | £9.02 | £9.86 | -20.7% | 461.9M | 187 |
| 2025 | £5.02 | £13.32 | £4.79 | £12.43 | +148.4% | 458.7M | 253 |
| 2024 | £3.95 | £5.94 | £3.92 | £5.00 | +26.7% | 272.7M | 254 |
| 2023 | £2.84 | £4.33 | £2.67 | £3.95 | +40.0% | 248.7M | 251 |
| 2022 | £3.21 | £3.71 | £2.62 | £2.82 | -11.4% | 227.7M | 250 |
| 2021 | £2.79 | £3.88 | £1.87 | £3.19 | +13.8% | 498.4M | 253 |
| 2020 | £6.24 | £6.50 | £2.04 | £2.80 | -55.5% | 536.2M | 254 |
| 2019 | £4.85 | £6.60 | £4.10 | £6.29 | +28.7% | 509.6M | 253 |
| 2018 | £7.03 | £8.67 | £4.71 | £4.89 | -30.6% | 647.9M | 253 |
| 2017 | £9.57 | £10.28 | £6.50 | £7.05 | -25.9% | 503M | 252 |
| 2016 | £10.05 | £11.10 | £7.79 | £9.51 | -6.2% | 297.8M | 253 |
| 2015 | £10.69 | £11.50 | £8.67 | £10.14 | -3.9% | 319.7M | 253 |
| 2014 | £11.95 | £12.98 | £9.91 | £10.56 | -11.4% | 369.8M | 253 |
| 2013 | £8.54 | £11.97 | £8.54 | £11.92 | +40.4% | 181.6M | 253 |
| 2012 | £6.59 | £8.85 | £6.27 | £8.49 | +31.3% | 259M | 251 |
| 2011 | £5.01 | £6.49 | £4.69 | £6.47 | +28.8% | 285.8M | 252 |
| 2010 | £5.22 | £5.61 | £4.30 | £5.02 | -4.2% | 451.2M | 253 |
| 2009 | £4.20 | £5.81 | £3.35 | £5.24 | +25.7% | 259.9M | 253 |
| 2008 | £4.97 | £5.71 | £2.69 | £4.17 | -15.7% | 297.5M | 254 |
| 2007 | £3.56 | £5.50 | £3.31 | £4.94 | +40.5% | 380.6M | 253 |
| 2006 | £2.04 | £3.71 | £1.88 | £3.52 | +72.8% | 311M | 252 |
| 2005 | £1.20 | £2.10 | £1.14 | £2.04 | +70.0% | 297.4M | 260 |
| 2004 | £1.05 | £1.24 | £0.8952 | £1.20 | +13.8% | 188.5M | 262 |
| 2003 | £0.9518 | £1.17 | £0.7369 | £1.05 | +10.6% | 75.4M | 261 |
| 2002 | £0.8507 | £1.11 | £0.8246 | £0.9518 | +11.9% | 44.5M | 261 |
| 2001 | £0.9163 | £1.07 | £0.5086 | £0.8507 | -7.2% | 43.8M | 261 |
| 2000 | £0.9796 | £1.24 | £0.7922 | £0.9163 | -6.5% | 130M | 260 |
| 1999 | £0.8509 | £1.31 | £0.7439 | £0.9796 | +15.1% | 130.1M | 261 |
| 1998 | £0.8239 | £0.9845 | £0.5137 | £0.8509 | +3.3% | 123.4M | 261 |
| 1997 | £0.7864 | £1.09 | £0.6152 | £0.8239 | +4.8% | 125.9M | 261 |
| 1996 | £1.52 | £1.55 | £0.4814 | £0.7864 | -48.2% | 172.1M | 262 |
| 1995 | £1.56 | £1.99 | £1.20 | £1.52 | -2.8% | 45.4M | 260 |
| 1994 | £1.55 | £2.08 | £1.39 | £1.56 | +1.1% | 23.7M | 260 |
| 1993 | £1.70 | £2.31 | £1.22 | £1.55 | -9.0% | 33.5M | 261 |
| 1992 | £2.78 | £3.25 | £1.25 | £1.70 | -39.0% | 18.6M | 262 |
| 1991 | £1.91 | £3.04 | £1.71 | £2.78 | +45.7% | 10.8M | 261 |
| 1990 | £2.43 | £2.57 | £1.65 | £1.91 | -21.4% | 0 | 261 |
| 1989 | £2.69 | £3.14 | £2.33 | £2.43 | n/a | 0 | 101 |
BAB monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | £9.86 | -6.7% |
| August 2026 | £10.57 | -5.7% |
| July 2026 | £11.21 | +17.8% |
| June 2026 | £9.52 | -13.2% |
| May 2026 | £10.96 | -0.6% |
| April 2026 | £11.03 | -4.7% |
| March 2026 | £11.58 | -14.3% |
| February 2026 | £13.52 | -5.8% |
| January 2026 | £14.35 | +15.4% |
| December 2025 | £12.43 | +9.7% |
| November 2025 | £11.33 | -6.6% |
| October 2025 | £12.13 | -8.8% |
About the BAB data
Daily bars. 9,516 sessions from Aug 11, 1989 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per LSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Sep 17, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are LSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in GBP. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Aug 11, 1989, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/BAB/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on LSE
Common questions
BAB share price history
