Paragon Group Of Companies (PAG)

Sector:

Financial Services

Index:

FTSE 250

295.90p
   
  • Change Today:
    -4.90p
  • 52 Week High: 354.60
  • 52 Week Low: 165.70
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 302.87m
  • Volume: 84,390
  • Market Cap: £896.20m
  • RiskGrade: 140
  • Beta: 0.95

PAG Overview

Paragon, owned by a wide range of institutional shareholders, is a provider of consumer finance, such as personal loans, retail finance, vehicle finance and niche "buy-to-let" mortgage products.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.0% 2.5%
Div Cover 4.0 3.5
Op Mrgn 56.1% 57.8%
ROCE 1.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 12.4 11.8
PEG 0.6 2.0
Pr/Revenue 5.4 5.1
Pr/Book 1.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 12.8% 4.5%
PBT 18.2% 7.7%
EPS 19.8% 5.8%
DPS 50.0% 22.0%

PAG Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-08 167.40 53.70 21.66p 3.0 n/a -76% 3.00p 4.6%
30-Sep-09 150.80 54.30 13.90p 10.8 n/a -36% 3.30p 2.2%
30-Sep-10 147.90 71.80 18.30p 8.9 0.3 +32% 3.60p 2.2%
30-Sep-11 150.90 80.80 20.20p 7.6 0.8 +10% 4.00p 2.6%
30-Sep-12 170.20 95.50 24.20p 8.5 0.4 +20% 6.00p 2.9%

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

PAG Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-13 177.90 102.83 25.61p 11.7 2.0 +6% 7.32p 2.5%
30-Sep-14 190.56 114.01 28.41p 10.6 1.0 +11% 8.40p 2.9%

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PAG Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 20-Jun-2013 10:42 RNS
Blocklisting Interim Review 03-Jun-2013 09:54 RNS
Blocklisting Interim Review 24-May-2013 17:15 RNS

PAG ShareCast News

Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE 22-May-2013 ShareCast
FTSE 250 movers: Homeserve gains on growth predi... 21-May-2013 ShareCast
Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE 21-May-2013 ShareCast

PAG Motley Fool Analysis & Commentary

Paragon Group Of Companies PLC Reports "Signific... 21-May-2013 Motley Fool

PAG Top Newspaper Links

BOOSTER FOR PARAGON 25-May-2011 Express & Star
RENTAL BOOM LURES PARAGON BACK INTO BUY-TO-LET 29-Sep-2010 Express & Star
Paragon reopens its doors as rental market booms 29-Sep-2010 The Independent

Latest PAG Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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.

 

PAG Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 295.90p
Change Today -4.90p
% Change -1.63 %
52 Week High 354.60
52 Week Low 165.70
Volume 84,390
Shares Issued 302.87m
Market Cap £896.20m
Beta 0.95
RiskGrade 140

PAG Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
1.43% above the market average1.43% above the market average1.43% above the market average1.43% above the market average1.43% above the market average
58.52% below the sector average58.52% below the sector average58.52% below the sector average58.52% below the sector average58.52% below the sector average
Price Trend
80.86% above the market average80.86% above the market average80.86% above the market average80.86% above the market average80.86% above the market average
73.25% above the sector average73.25% above the sector average73.25% above the sector average73.25% above the sector average73.25% above the sector average
Income
16.23% below the market average16.23% below the market average16.23% below the market average16.23% below the market average16.23% below the market average
39.47% below the sector average39.47% below the sector average39.47% below the sector average39.47% below the sector average39.47% below the sector average
Growth
41.48% above the market average41.48% above the market average41.48% above the market average41.48% above the market average41.48% above the market average
52.67% above the sector average52.67% above the sector average52.67% above the sector average52.67% above the sector average52.67% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 0
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 10
buy
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PAG Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 03-Jul-13 09-Jan-13
Paid 26-Jul-13 11-Feb-13
Amount 2.40p 4.50p

Trades for 20-Jun-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
11:15 209 @ 295.90p
11:03 100 @ 296.40p
11:01 440 @ 295.80p
11:01 394 @ 295.80p
11:01 655 @ 295.80p

PAG Key Personnel

Finance Director Nicholas Keen
CEO Nigel S Terrington
Chair Robert Dench

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