Laird (LRD)

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124.60p
  • Change Today: 0.40p
  • 52 Week High: 195.24
  • 52 Week Low: 47.72
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 266.30m
  • Volume: 330,572
  • Market Cap: £331.81m
  • Beta: 1.41

Laird Overview

Laird is a global electronics, security systems and distribution company with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. The group supplies its products and services to businesses within the IT, telecommunications, defence, automotive and residential building and home improvement markets.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 9.6% 6.3%
Div Cover 2.3 1.2
Op Mrgn 5.6% 4.5%
ROCE 16.2%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 4.5 13.1
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.5 0.6
Pr/Book 0.6  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 12.6% -13.6%
PBT -48.5% -6.0%
EPS -17.2% -65.3%
DPS 3.3% -34.5%

Laird Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-04 345.50 40.60 20.70p 13.4 0.6 +23% 9.20p 3.3%
31-Dec-05 490.30 34.30 28.90p 12.3 0.3 +40% 10.14p 2.9%
31-Dec-06 370.60 39.60 20.70p 17.9 n/a -28% 10.30p 2.8%
31-Dec-07 564.30 51.50 33.10p 15.3 0.3 +60% 11.50p 2.3%
31-Dec-08 635.30 26.50 27.40p 4.4 n/a -17% 11.88p 9.8%

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

Laird Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-09 548.97 24.90 9.50p 13.1 n/a -65% 7.78p 6.3%
31-Dec-10 575.15 42.12 12.58p 9.9 0.3 +32% 7.78p 6.3%
31-Dec-11 605.43 54.59 18.22p 6.8 0.2 +45% 8.31p 6.8%

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Laird Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 22-Jan-2010 17:33 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 22-Jan-2010 14:42 RNS
Pre-close Trading Update 16-Dec-2009 07:00 RNS

Laird ShareCast News

FTSE 250 movers: Savills in demand 17-Dec-2009 ShareCast
UK close: FTSE 100 closes higher 16-Dec-2009 ShareCast
London afternoon: Stocks lack direction 16-Dec-2009 ShareCast

Laird Top Newspaper Links

Laird cuts 5,000 jobs as falling demand hits hard 17-Dec-2008 The Independent
Electronics parts firm cuts jobs and switches to... 17-Dec-2008 The Scotsman
Tech woe hits 5,000 17-Dec-2008 Sun

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

Note 2: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 3: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 4: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 5: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Laird Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 124.60p Price Up
Change Today +0.40p
% Change +0.32%
52 Week High 195.24
52 Week Low 47.72
Volume 330,572
Shares Issued 266.30m
Market Cap £331.81m
Beta 1.41

Laird Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
87.85% above the market average87.85% above the market average87.85% above the market average87.85% above the market average87.85% above the market average
92.16% above the sector average92.16% above the sector average92.16% above the sector average92.16% above the sector average92.16% above the sector average
Price Trend
56.99% below the market average56.99% below the market average56.99% below the market average56.99% below the market average56.99% below the market average
52.54% below the sector average52.54% below the sector average52.54% below the sector average52.54% below the sector average52.54% below the sector average
Income
95.85% above the market average95.85% above the market average95.85% above the market average95.85% above the market average95.85% above the market average
82.61% above the sector average82.61% above the sector average82.61% above the sector average82.61% above the sector average82.61% above the sector average
Growth
31.63% below the market average31.63% below the market average31.63% below the market average31.63% below the market average31.63% below the market average
37.04% below the sector average37.04% below the sector average37.04% below the sector average37.04% below the sector average37.04% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 1
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 7
buy
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Laird Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 04-Nov-09 03-Jun-09
Paid 08-Jan-10 06-Jul-09
Amount 4.00p 7.88p

Trades for 09-Feb-2010

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 13,066 @ 124.60p
16:29 165 @ 124.00p
16:29 3,615 @ 124.00p
16:26 4,438 @ 124.00p
16:26 744 @ 124.10p

Laird Key Personnel

Chair Nigel J Keen
CEO Peter John Hill
Finance Director Jonathan C Silver

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