Dignity (DTY)

Sector:

General Retailers

Index:

FTSE 250

1,383.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      24.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,462.00
  • 52 Week Low: 803.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 57.29m
  • Volume: 143,640
  • Market Cap: £792.38m
  • RiskGrade: 104
  • Beta: 0.52

Dignity Overview

Dignity is UK’s largest provider of funeral related services. Based in West Midlands, it owns over 500 funeral directors and operates 22 crematoriums across the country.

1 Day Chart (18-06-2013)

6 Month Chart

Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.2% 1.3%
Div Cover 3.9 4.0
Op Mrgn 29.9% 20.8%
ROCE 34.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 22.0 19.6
PEG 1.6 1.6
Pr/Revenue 3.5 3.1
Pr/Book 17.8  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 9.3% 11.9%
PBT 12.7% 17.9%
EPS 14.0% 12.2%
DPS 10.0% 9.9%

Dignity Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
26-Dec-08 175.80 35.40 38.20p 15.4 1.4 +11% 11.00p 1.9%
25-Dec-09 184.70 37.50 40.50p 15.3 2.5 +6% 12.10p 2.0%
31-Dec-10 199.10 39.80 46.40p 15.5 1.0 +15% 8.88p 1.2%
30-Dec-11 210.10 40.30 55.10p 14.9 0.8 +19% 14.64p 1.8%
28-Dec-12 229.60 45.40 62.80p 17.2 1.2 +14% 16.11p 1.5%

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

Dignity Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-13 256.90 53.54 70.69p 19.6 1.6 +12% 17.70p 1.3%
31-Dec-14 273.67 59.77 79.53p 17.4 1.4 +12% 19.62p 1.5%

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Dignity Company Announcements

Results of AGM 06-Jun-2013 17:37 RNS
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 14-May-2013 13:16 RNS
Q1 management statement 13-May-2013 07:00 RNS

Dignity ShareCast News

Monday broker round-up UPDATE 13-May-2013 ShareCast
Funeral group Dignity reports first quarter reve... 13-May-2013 ShareCast
Beazley non-exec more than halves stake 12-Apr-2013 ShareCast

Dignity Motley Fool Analysis & Commentary

Profits From Death Services Provider Dignity PLC... 13-May-2013 Motley Fool

Dignity Top Newspaper Links

Dignity to share out £1.3m bonus as profits rise 13-Mar-2009 Times
Dignity profits on the increase 11-Nov-2008 The Scotsman
Soap-erb 30-Jul-2008 Sun

Latest Dignity 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.

 

Dignity Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,383.00p
Change Today 24.00p
% Change 1.77 %
52 Week High 1,462.00
52 Week Low 803.50
Volume 143,640
Shares Issued 57.29m
Market Cap £792.38m
Beta 0.52
RiskGrade 104

Dignity Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
97.57% below the market average97.57% below the market average97.57% below the market average97.57% below the market average97.57% below the market average
95.35% below the sector average95.35% below the sector average95.35% below the sector average95.35% below the sector average95.35% below the sector average
Price Trend
89.94% above the market average89.94% above the market average89.94% above the market average89.94% above the market average89.94% above the market average
73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average
Income
80% below the market average80% below the market average80% below the market average80% below the market average80% below the market average
57.58% below the sector average57.58% below the sector average57.58% below the sector average57.58% below the sector average57.58% below the sector average
Growth
10.21% above the market average10.21% above the market average10.21% above the market average10.21% above the market average10.21% above the market average
24.44% above the sector average24.44% above the sector average24.44% above the sector average24.44% above the sector average24.44% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 2
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
buy
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Dignity Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 22-May-13 26-Sep-12
Paid 28-Jun-13 26-Oct-12
Amount 10.75p 5.36p

Trades for 18-Jun-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
16:44 232 @ 1,377.04p
16:35 8,965 @ 1,383.00p
16:29 5 @ 1,376.00p
16:29 30 @ 1,376.00p
16:29 6 @ 1,376.00p

Dignity Key Personnel

CEO Mike McCollum
Finance Director Steve Whittern

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