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Bodycote plc (BOY) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Bodycote 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.

BOY adjusted close, 1988 to 2026

BOYBodycote plc
£9.17+44.0% over one year
1990200020102020
£10.52
All time high, 2018
£9.68
52 week high, £5.85 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.

BOY key facts

  • Bodycote plc (BOY) closed at £9.17 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
  • BOY's all time high close is £10.52, set on Jul 18, 2018; its all time low close is £0.5097 on Apr 30, 1990.
  • BOY's 52 week range is £5.85 to £9.68.
  • BOY returned +44.0% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +4.7% over five years.
  • Over ten years BOY returned +55%, +4.5% a year compounded.
  • BOY's deepest drawdown was -87.4% from May 15, 1998 to Feb 24, 2009.
  • DataCedar holds 9,806 daily sessions of BOY history from Jul 1, 1988 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

BOY price chart, 1988 to 2026

BOY adjusted close, Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026£0.5314£1.41£3.74£9.9319901995200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

BOY returns

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

PeriodReturn
1 month+0.4%
3 months+33.8%
6 months+50.6%
Year to date+30.3%
1 year+44.0%
3 years+41.5%
5 years+4.7%
10 years+55.3%
Since Jul 1, 1988+1,134%
Compound annual growth, 38.2 years+6.8%

BOY records

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

All time high close
£10.52 on Jul 18, 2018
All time low close
£0.5097 on Apr 30, 1990
52 week high
£9.68 on Sep 17, 2026
52 week low
£5.85 on Nov 24, 2025
Deepest drawdown
-87.4% from May 15, 1998 to Feb 24, 2009, recovered Apr 2, 2014
Best single session
+23.6% on Mar 2, 2007
Worst single session
-30.4% on Dec 9, 2008
Volatility, 1 year annualised
42.0%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
50%
Growth of 1 since 1988
12.3×
Best calendar year
1996, +105%
Worst calendar year
2002, -62%

BOY 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£7.09£9.68£5.93£9.17+31.4%103.2M187
2025£6.33£7.24£4.49£6.98+10.3%72.7M253
2024£6.00£7.73£5.36£6.33+6.5%82.6M254
2023£5.77£7.28£5.44£5.94+4.6%77.9M251
2022£8.70£9.14£4.52£5.68-34.3%85.3M250
2021£7.57£10.05£6.71£8.64+16.1%75.3M253
2020£9.48£9.64£3.78£7.44-21.7%107.8M254
2019£7.21£9.73£6.37£9.50+31.1%111.4M253
2018£9.07£10.74£6.71£7.25-20.4%138.7M253
2017£6.43£9.77£6.20£9.10+41.8%117.1M252
2016£5.65£6.62£4.91£6.42+13.3%106.4M253
2015£6.53£7.94£4.88£5.66-12.2%80.4M253
2014£6.80£8.28£5.40£6.45-3.3%57M253
2013£4.57£6.88£4.38£6.67+48.0%78.2M253
2012£2.68£4.51£2.61£4.51+72.4%133.5M251
2011£2.80£4.02£2.22£2.61-6.3%154.4M252
2010£1.65£3.10£1.54£2.79+76.4%175.1M253
2009£1.23£1.98£1.03£1.58+29.4%240.1M253
2008£3.20£4.22£1.02£1.22-61.8%309.4M254
2007£3.93£8.84£2.47£3.20-18.2%562.4M253
2006£3.82£5.16£3.20£3.91+2.8%309.4M252
2005£2.80£4.10£2.50£3.81+35.8%244.7M260
2004£2.26£2.90£1.82£2.80+24.2%233.6M262
2003£1.29£2.88£0.9747£2.26+75.1%175.8M261
2002£3.43£4.00£1.29£1.29-62.4%216.5M261
2001£4.12£4.67£2.49£3.43-16.8%148.8M261
2000£4.75£5.92£2.62£4.12-13.4%156.7M260
1999£5.29£6.99£3.88£4.75-10.8%427M261
1998£5.74£8.29£4.29£5.33-7.8%478.3M261
1997£4.59£6.56£4.01£5.78+26.0%467.1M261
1996£2.24£4.75£2.19£4.59+105.2%216.6M262
1995£1.70£2.53£1.68£2.24+31.7%49.7M260
1994£1.44£1.78£1.44£1.70+17.7%0260
1993£1.34£1.74£1.28£1.44+7.7%0261
1992£0.9814£1.34£0.9814£1.34+36.5%0262
1991£0.5856£1.00£0.5720£0.9814+67.6%0261
1990£0.5992£0.6398£0.5097£0.5856-2.3%0261
1989£0.7862£0.8676£0.5585£0.5992-23.8%0260
1988£0.7429£0.8296£0.6886£0.7862n/a0131

BOY monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026£9.17+0.4%
August 2026£9.13+26.4%
July 2026£7.23+8.8%
June 2026£6.64-18.0%
May 2026£8.10+18.9%
April 2026£6.81+11.6%
March 2026£6.10-21.7%
February 2026£7.80+4.6%
January 2026£7.45+6.8%
December 2025£6.98+10.0%
November 2025£6.34+2.8%
October 2025£6.17-4.2%

About the BOY 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/BOY/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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