Reed Elsevier (REL)

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760.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.50p
  • 52 Week High: 795.50p
  • 52 Week Low: 469.40p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,188.63m
  • Volume: 277,579
  • Market Cap: £9,034m
  • RiskGrade: 95
  • Beta: 0.84

Reed Elsevier Overview

Reed Elsevier is a publisher and information provider with activities in medical, legal and business publishing. Among the services it provides is Lexis-Nexis, the information provider.

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Reed Elsevier Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.0% 3.2%
Div Cover 2.2 2.2
Op Mrgn 21.8% 23.3%
ROCE 61.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 15.2 14.3
PEG 2.1 2.3
Pr/Revenue 2.8 1.4
Pr/Book 7.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 1.9% 93.5%
PBT 25.2% 132.1%
EPS 7.3% 6.1%
DPS 6.7% 6.0%

Reed Elsevier Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 2,821.69 326.39 44.60p 11.3 n/a n/a 20.30p 4.0%
31-Dec-09 3,211.56 230.12 45.90p 11.1 3.7 +3% 20.40p 4.0%
31-Dec-10 3,203.09 406.27 43.40p 12.5 n/a -5% 20.40p 3.8%
31-Dec-11 3,175.06 501.49 46.70p 11.1 1.4 +8% 21.55p 4.2%
31-Dec-12 3,235.36 627.92 50.10p 12.8 1.8 +7% 23.00p 3.6%

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

Reed Elsevier Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-13 6,261.17 1,457.21 53.15p 14.3 2.3 +6% 24.37p 3.2%
31-Dec-14 6,501.94 1,552.67 57.11p 13.3 1.8 +8% 25.98p 3.4%

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Reed Elsevier Company Announcements

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Latest Reed Elsevier Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
29-Apr-13 Sell Erik Engstrom 753.11p 498,996 £3,758,002.24
29-Apr-13 Exercise of option Erik Engstrom 478.00p 63,460 £303,338.81
29-Apr-13 Exercise of option Erik Engstrom 478.00p 325,163 £1,554,279.21

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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.

 

Reed Elsevier Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 760.00p
Change Today 0.50p
% Change 0.07 %
52 Week High 795.50p
52 Week Low 469.40p
Volume 277,579
Shares Issued 1,188.63m
Market Cap £9,034m
Beta 0.84
RiskGrade 95

Reed Elsevier Star Ratings

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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
83.41% below the market average83.41% below the market average83.41% below the market average83.41% below the market average83.41% below the market average
86.49% below the sector average86.49% below the sector average86.49% below the sector average86.49% below the sector average86.49% below the sector average
Price Trend
73.35% above the market average73.35% above the market average73.35% above the market average73.35% above the market average73.35% above the market average
52.69% above the sector average52.69% above the sector average52.69% above the sector average52.69% above the sector average52.69% above the sector average
Income
31.57% above the market average31.57% above the market average31.57% above the market average31.57% above the market average31.57% above the market average
6.98% below the sector average6.98% below the sector average6.98% below the sector average6.98% below the sector average6.98% below the sector average
Growth
13.88% below the market average13.88% below the market average13.88% below the market average13.88% below the market average13.88% below the market average
3.45% above the sector average3.45% above the sector average3.45% above the sector average3.45% above the sector average3.45% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 10
Buy 2
Neutral 8
Sell 3
Strong Sell 2
Total 25
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Reed Elsevier Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 01-May-13 08-Aug-12
Paid 23-May-13 31-Aug-12
Amount 17.00p 6.00p

Trades for 24-May-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
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Reed Elsevier Key Personnel

CEO Erik Engstrom
CFO Duncan Palmer

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