William Hill (WMH)

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Travel & Leisure

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FTSE 100

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445.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -2.00p
  • 52 Week High: 448.10
  • 52 Week Low: 245.70
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 865.96m
  • Volume: 5,543,938
  • Market Cap: £3,853.54m
  • RiskGrade: 130
  • Beta: 0.86

William Hill Overview

UK bookmaker William Hill was founded in 1934, and now has a chain of nearly 1,600 betting shops. The bookie operates in all sports including football, greyhound races and horses and is said to be the biggest telephone betting group in the world.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.3% 2.7%
Div Cover 2.6 2.5
Op Mrgn 24.1% 19.8%
ROCE 231.3%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 16.3 15.4
PEG 0.8 2.5
Pr/Revenue 3.0 2.6
Pr/Book 3.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 12.3% 15.5%
PBT 48.2% 5.1%
EPS 21.5% 6.1%
DPS 16.7% 12.0%

William Hill Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Dec-08 963.70 293.30 29.59p 4.7 n/a -5% 5.08p 3.6%
29-Dec-09 997.90 120.90 19.11p 9.3 n/a -35% 6.96p 3.9%
28-Dec-10 1,071.80 193.30 20.13p 7.9 1.6 +5% 7.70p 4.8%
27-Dec-11 1,136.70 187.40 22.45p 7.8 0.6 +12% 8.90p 5.1%
01-Jan-13 1,276.90 277.70 27.27p 11.8 0.5 +22% 10.39p 3.2%

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

William Hill Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-13 1,475.43 291.96 28.94p 15.4 2.5 +6% 11.63p 2.7%
31-Dec-14 1,586.46 325.94 31.43p 14.2 1.6 +9% 12.95p 3.0%

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William Hill Company Announcements

Result of AGM 09-May-2013 13:00 RNS
AGM statement and Board update 09-May-2013 11:00 RNS
Short Selling Disclosure 02-May-2013 13:48 Business Wire

William Hill ShareCast News

Monday broker round-up UPDATE 22-Apr-2013 ShareCast
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William Hill Top Newspaper Links

WILLIAM HILL IS OUT OF LUCK ON TAKEOVER TALKS 03-Nov-2011 Express & Star
William Hill settles with online staff 26-Oct-2011 Guardian
William Hill sacks seven managers after Tel Aviv... 25-Oct-2011 Telegraph

Latest William Hill Director Deals

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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: 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.

 

William Hill Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 445.00p
Change Today -2.00p
% Change -0.45 %
52 Week High 448.10
52 Week Low 245.70
Volume 5,543,938
Shares Issued 865.96m
Market Cap £3,853.54m
Beta 0.86
RiskGrade 130

William Hill Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
76.48% below the market average76.48% below the market average76.48% below the market average76.48% below the market average76.48% below the market average
35.38% below the sector average35.38% below the sector average35.38% below the sector average35.38% below the sector average35.38% below the sector average
Price Trend
92.44% above the market average92.44% above the market average92.44% above the market average92.44% above the market average92.44% above the market average
86.49% above the sector average86.49% above the sector average86.49% above the sector average86.49% above the sector average86.49% above the sector average
Income
6.91% below the market average6.91% below the market average6.91% below the market average6.91% below the market average6.91% below the market average
20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average
Growth
55.80% above the market average55.80% above the market average55.80% above the market average55.80% above the market average55.80% above the market average
81.54% above the sector average81.54% above the sector average81.54% above the sector average81.54% above the sector average81.54% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 11
Buy 2
Neutral 7
Sell 1
Strong Sell 2
Total 23
buy
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William Hill Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 13-Mar-13 24-Oct-12
Paid 07-Jun-13 07-Dec-12
Amount 7.80p 3.40p

Trades for 17-May-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
16:44 4 @ 445.00p
16:44 8,419 @ 445.00p
16:41 20,237 @ 444.29p
16:35 600 @ 445.00p
16:35 2,731 @ 445.00p

William Hill Key Personnel

CEO Ralph Topping
Chair Gareth Davis

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