On this day in 1945 Balfour Beatty listed on the LSE.
The following chart plots the average monthly out-performance of the shares over the FTSE 100 Index since 1988. For example, on average Balfour Beatty has out-performed the FTSE 100 by 3.8 percentage points in March.
Observations:
- The strongest month for Balfour Beatty shares relative to the market has been March (the shares have out-performed the market in this month in 16 of the last 25 years).
- The weakest month for Balfour Beatty relative to the market has been October (the shares have only out-performed the market in this month in 6 of the past 25 years). In recent years BBY has also been weak in April – it has fallen every April in the years 2004-2013.
Balfour Beatty is in the FTSE 350 Construction & Materials [NMX2350] sector.