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British Sky Broadcasting Group(BSY)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£7,708m

Change Today

Price Down-18.25p

Share Price

439.75p

BSY Overview

Satellite broadcaster BSkyB, part of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, runs the UK’s largest digital TV platform Sky. Majority of its revenues are generated from its subscribers, while other revenue streams include advertising and interactive services. Recently, it has also decided to diversify into the highly competitive broadband telephony market.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.5% 3.6%
Div Cover 1.7 1.6
Op Mrgn 17.9% 13.0%
ROCE 79.9%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 16.7 16.9
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.7 1.6
Pr/Book 164.0  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 9.7% 9.2%
PBT -9.3% -10.5%
EPS -14.3% -0.9%
DPS 27.0% 5.9%

BSY Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-03 a3,186.00 a122.00 10.20p 65.8 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
30-Jun-04 a3,656.00 a480.00 18.30p 34.0 0.4 +79% 6.00p 1.0%
30-Jun-05 3,842.00 787.00 28.20p 18.7 0.3 +54% 9.00p 1.7%
30-Jun-06 4,148.00 798.00 30.70p 18.7 2.1 +9% 12.20p 2.1%
30-Jun-07 4,551.00 724.00 26.30p 24.3 n/a -14% 15.50p 2.4%

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

BSY Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-08 4,971.07 648.33 26.05p 16.9 n/a -1% 16.42p 3.6%
30-Jun-09 5,383.63 858.65 33.79p 13.0 0.4 +30% 19.01p 4.2%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Bernstein Research, CA Cheuvreux, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Daniel Stewart & Company Plc, Deutsche Bank Research, ESN-NCB Stockbrokers, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities, IIR Group, Investec Securities, Jefferies, JP Morgan, Landsbanki Kepler, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Natixis Securities, Nomura Securities, Numis Securities, Oriel Securities, Panmure Gordon, Société Générale, UBS

BSY Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 02-Jul-2008 16:12 RNS
LTIP Grant 30-Apr-2008 16:07 RNS
3rd Quarter Results 30-Apr-2008 07:02 RNS

BSY ShareCast News

London pre-open: Flat start expected 04-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Broker snap: Lower ad revenues to hit BSkyB 26-Jun-2008 ShareCast
Broker tips: BSkyB, Barclays, Rolls-Royce 26-Jun-2008 ShareCast

BSY Top Newspaper Links

Cable & Wireless increases offer to snatch rival... 29-Jun-2008 Sunday Times
Advertising budgets hit by credit crisis 15-Jun-2008 Sunday Telegraph
Media giants protest about Kangaroo 08-Jun-2008 Sunday Telegraph

Latest BSY Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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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.

 

BSY Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 439.75p Price Down
Change Today -18.25p
52 Week High 713.50p
52 Week Low 439.75p
Volume 7,234,858
Shares Issued 1,752.84m
Market Cap £7,708m
Beta 0.94
RiskGrade 168

BSY Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
88.1% below the market average88.1% below the market average88.1% below the market average88.1% below the market average88.1% below the market average
90.91% below the sector average90.91% below the sector average90.91% below the sector average90.91% below the sector average90.91% below the sector average
Price Trend
19.7% below the market average19.7% below the market average19.7% below the market average19.7% below the market average19.7% below the market average
20.28% above the sector average20.28% above the sector average20.28% above the sector average20.28% above the sector average20.28% above the sector average
Income
37.16% below the market average37.16% below the market average37.16% below the market average37.16% below the market average37.16% below the market average
64.29% below the sector average64.29% below the sector average64.29% below the sector average64.29% below the sector average64.29% below the sector average
Growth
76.24% below the market average76.24% below the market average76.24% below the market average76.24% below the market average76.24% below the market average
71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 7
Buy 4
Neutral 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 5
Total 23
neutral
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

BSY Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 26-Mar-08 24-Oct-07
Paid 18-Apr-08 16-Nov-07
Amount 7.10p 8.90p

Trades for 04-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 755,019 @ 439.75p
16:29 1,200 @ 441.25p
16:29 5,200 @ 441.25p
16:29 1,237 @ 441.25p
16:29 1,366 @ 441.50p

BSY Key Personnel

CEO Jeremy Darroch
CFO Andrew Griffith

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