Sage Group (SGE)

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364.20p
   
  • Change Today:
    -3.00p
  • 52 Week High: 368.10
  • 52 Week Low: 247.70
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,166.54m
  • Volume: 3,092,372
  • Market Cap: £4,248.55m
  • RiskGrade: 89
  • Beta: 0.86

Sage Overview

Formed in 1981, the core business of software group Sage is the development and distribution of accounting, accounts and salary check management software programs for small businesses.

1 Day Chart (23-05-2013)

6 Month Chart

Sage Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.8% 3.1%
Div Cover 2.0 1.9
Op Mrgn 25.7% 25.8%
ROCE n/a  
Latest F'cast
P/E 18.3 16.8
PEG n/a 1.8
Pr/Revenue 3.2 3.1
Pr/Book 3.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 0.5% 3.5%
PBT 1.1% 7.1%
EPS -2.1% 9.3%
DPS 4.1% 11.3%

Sage Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-08 1,295.00 241.00 14.44p 13.5 1.7 +8% 7.21p 3.7%
30-Sep-09 1,439.30 267.40 16.63p 14.0 0.9 +15% 7.43p 3.2%
30-Sep-10 1,277.70 298.90 17.88p 15.5 1.9 +8% 7.80p 2.8%
30-Sep-11 1,334.10 330.80 20.28p 12.6 1.0 +13% 9.75p 3.8%
30-Sep-12 1,340.20 334.30 19.86p 15.8 n/a -2% 10.15p 3.2%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Sage Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-13 1,387.21 357.90 21.70p 16.8 1.8 +9% 11.30p 3.1%
30-Sep-14 1,410.24 370.62 23.77p 15.3 1.6 +10% 11.68p 3.2%

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Sage Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 22-May-2013 10:44 RNS
Additional Listing 15-May-2013 15:19 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 15-May-2013 12:27 RNS

Sage ShareCast News

Bodycote CEO reduces stake by 200,000 shares 22-May-2013 ShareCast
Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE 21-May-2013 ShareCast
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Sage Motley Fool Analysis & Commentary

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Sage Top Newspaper Links

Sage confident it can ride storm of economic vol... 01-Dec-2011 The Scotsman
Sage to fight Archer claim 15-Nov-2011 The Independent
Sage sells off US healthcare arm 23-Sep-2011 The Independent

Latest Sage Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
21-May-13 Sell Guy Berruyer 364.90p 96,868 £353,476.18
21-May-13 Exercise of option Guy Berruyer 171.00p 175,438 £299,998.99
15-May-13 Buy Jonathan Howell 351.69p 13,500 £47,477.88

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Sage Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 364.20p
Change Today -3.00p
% Change -0.82 %
52 Week High 368.10
52 Week Low 247.70
Volume 3,092,372
Shares Issued 1,166.54m
Market Cap £4,248.55m
Beta 0.86
RiskGrade 89

Sage Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
71.47% below the market average71.47% below the market average71.47% below the market average71.47% below the market average71.47% below the market average
31.11% below the sector average31.11% below the sector average31.11% below the sector average31.11% below the sector average31.11% below the sector average
Price Trend
60.55% above the market average60.55% above the market average60.55% above the market average60.55% above the market average60.55% above the market average
56.70% above the sector average56.70% above the sector average56.70% above the sector average56.70% above the sector average56.70% above the sector average
Income
9.07% above the market average9.07% above the market average9.07% above the market average9.07% above the market average9.07% above the market average
2.13% below the sector average2.13% below the sector average2.13% below the sector average2.13% below the sector average2.13% below the sector average
Growth
60.59% below the market average60.59% below the market average60.59% below the market average60.59% below the market average60.59% below the market average
82.98% below the sector average82.98% below the sector average82.98% below the sector average82.98% below the sector average82.98% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 0
Neutral 14
Sell 0
Strong Sell 6
Total 21
neutral
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Sage Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 15-May-13 13-Feb-13
Paid 07-Jun-13 08-Mar-13
Amount 3.69p 6.67p

Trades for 23-May-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
16:40 1,441 @ 364.20p
16:35 408 @ 364.20p
16:35 858,664 @ 364.20p
16:29 2,573 @ 364.80p
16:29 7 @ 364.80p

Sage Key Personnel

CEO Guy Berruyer
CFO Paul Harrison
Chair Donald H Brydon

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