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Balfour Beatty plc (BBY) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Balfour Beatty plc from Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026: 9,806 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.

BBY adjusted close, 1988 to 2026

BBYBalfour Beatty plc
£9.45+48.6% over one year
1990200020102020
£9.45
All time high, 2026
£9.73
52 week high, £6.36 low
9,806
Daily sessions since 1988

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1988 to 2026 series and minute bars.

BBY key facts

  • Balfour Beatty plc (BBY) closed at £9.45 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
  • BBY's all time high close is £9.45, set on Sep 28, 2026; its all time low close is £0.3281 on Oct 23, 1998.
  • BBY's 52 week range is £6.36 to £9.73.
  • BBY returned +48.6% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +247.7% over five years.
  • Over ten years BBY returned +240%, +13.0% a year compounded.
  • BBY's deepest drawdown was -92.8% from Aug 22, 1989 to Oct 23, 1998.
  • DataCedar holds 9,806 daily sessions of BBY history from Jul 1, 1988 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

BBY price chart, 1988 to 2026

BBY adjusted close, Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026£0.3540£1.06£3.16£9.4519901995200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

BBY returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month+6.8%
3 months+7.9%
6 months+26.7%
Year to date+32.2%
1 year+48.6%
3 years+200.4%
5 years+247.7%
10 years+239.7%
Since Jul 1, 1988+253.8%
Compound annual growth, 38.2 years+3.4%

BBY records

Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.

All time high close
£9.45 on Sep 28, 2026
All time low close
£0.3281 on Oct 23, 1998
52 week high
£9.73 on Aug 12, 2026
52 week low
£6.36 on Nov 21, 2025
Deepest drawdown
-92.8% from Aug 22, 1989 to Oct 23, 1998, recovered Dec 11, 2024
Best single session
+21.5% on Oct 27, 1998
Worst single session
-25.0% on Oct 20, 1998
Volatility, 1 year annualised
24.2%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
53%
Growth of 1 since 1988
3.5×
Best calendar year
2025, +56%
Worst calendar year
1998, -59%

BBY 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. 1988 starts on Jul 1, 1988; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£7.11£9.73£6.74£9.45+32.9%256.7M187
2025£4.47£7.32£3.66£7.11+56.4%277.4M253
2024£3.32£4.73£3.16£4.55+37.4%289.5M254
2023£3.39£4.01£2.91£3.31-1.9%334.7M251
2022£2.68£3.50£2.08£3.37+28.9%422.6M250
2021£2.72£3.26£2.31£2.62-3.0%320.5M253
2020£2.60£2.97£1.65£2.70+3.4%406.8M254
2019£2.46£2.95£1.92£2.61+4.9%461.8M253
2018£2.96£3.18£2.30£2.49-16.0%610.9M253
2017£2.70£2.98£2.52£2.96+10.5%516.4M252
2016£2.74£2.99£1.85£2.68-0.5%391.9M253
2015£2.13£2.74£1.93£2.70+27.5%538.2M253
2014£2.87£3.21£1.45£2.12-26.1%710.1M253
2013£2.79£2.97£2.06£2.86+4.9%750M253
2012£2.69£3.20£2.34£2.73+3.4%537.3M251
2011£3.14£3.63£1.78£2.64-15.3%544.2M252
2010£2.59£3.17£2.28£3.12+21.1%690.7M253
2009£2.89£3.44£1.75£2.57-9.8%916.3M253
2008£4.28£4.39£1.88£2.85-33.7%724.8M254
2007£3.89£4.80£3.24£4.30+12.3%841.3M253
2006£3.10£4.37£2.22£3.83+24.5%629.9M252
2005£2.73£3.16£2.09£3.08+13.0%543.8M260
2004£1.89£3.27£1.55£2.73+44.3%413.2M262
2003£1.25£2.68£0.8665£1.89+51.3%433.4M261
2002£1.50£2.97£1.00£1.25-16.5%460.5M261
2001£1.03£1.94£1.03£1.50+44.8%526.3M261
2000£0.7817£1.08£0.5096£1.03+32.1%417.6M260
1999£0.6087£1.01£0.5051£0.7817+28.4%536.4M261
1998£1.48£1.56£0.3281£0.6087-59.0%506.2M261
1997£2.39£2.53£1.25£1.48-37.9%318.2M261
1996£2.24£2.92£2.13£2.39+6.7%361M262
1995£2.91£2.91£2.03£2.24-23.1%123.2M260
1994£3.26£3.86£2.63£2.91-10.7%0260
1993£2.86£3.60£2.63£3.26+13.9%0261
1992£2.48£3.03£1.68£2.86+15.3%0262
1991£2.71£3.88£2.45£2.48-8.5%0261
1990£3.88£3.97£2.54£2.71-30.3%0261
1989£3.16£4.56£3.14£3.88+22.9%0260
1988£2.67£3.26£2.64£3.16n/a0131

BBY monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026£9.45+6.8%
August 2026£8.85+2.6%
July 2026£8.63-0.6%
June 2026£8.68+8.9%
May 2026£7.97-2.4%
April 2026£8.16+7.9%
March 2026£7.56-0.5%
February 2026£7.59+6.4%
January 2026£7.14+0.4%
December 2025£7.11+1.0%
November 2025£7.04+4.8%
October 2025£6.72+3.9%

About the BBY data

Daily bars. 9,806 sessions from Jul 1, 1988 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 Jul 1, 1988, 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/BBY/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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