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BT Group(BT.A)

Sector:

Fixed Line Telecommunications

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£15,518m

Change Today

Price Up0.25p

Share Price

202.50p

BT Group Overview

Originally one half of the Post Office, BT is still the UK’s leading fixed line telecoms group. Rapid expansion in the late nineties, however, forced BT to sell off assets such as mobile arm O2 and yellow pages group Yell to slash its debt pile. BT still commands about three quarters of the fixed line residential voice market and is now a holding company for three separate businesses. Its three major divisions are Retail, Global Services and Wholesale.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 7.8% 8.5%
Div Cover 1.5 1.5
Op Mrgn 11.4% 11.8%
ROCE 14.5%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 8.5 8.4
PEG 1.6 10.3
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.7
Pr/Book 2.9  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 2.4% 1.2%
PBT -20.5% 25.3%
EPS 5.3% 0.8%
DPS 4.6% 5.0%

BT Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-04 a18,519.00 a1,945.00 16.90p 10.5 0.6 +19% 8.50p 4.8%
31-Mar-05 18,429.00 2,354.00 18.10p 11.4 1.6 +7% 10.40p 5.1%
31-Mar-06 19,514.00 2,040.00 19.50p 11.4 1.4 +8% 11.90p 5.4%
31-Mar-07 20,223.00 2,484.00 22.70p 13.4 0.8 +16% 15.10p 5.0%
31-Mar-08 20,704.00 1,976.00 23.90p 9.1 1.8 +5% 15.80p 7.3%

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

BT Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 20,953.62 2,475.02 24.10p 8.4 10.3 +1% 16.59p 8.5%
31-Mar-10 21,184.13 2,504.57 24.82p 8.1 2.7 +3% 17.07p 8.7%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Bayerische Landesbank, BBVA, Bernstein Research, Blue Oar Securities, Citigroup Investment Research, Collins Stewart, Credit Suisse, Daiwa Institute of Research, Deutsche Bank Research, DZ Bank, Fyshe Horton Finney, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities, IIR Group, ING Wholesale Banking, Investec Securities, JP Morgan, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Nomura Securities, Oddo Securities, Sal. Oppenheim, Société Générale, Standard & Poors, UBS

BT Group Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 24-Jul-2008 17:03 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 23-Jul-2008 17:52 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 22-Jul-2008 16:52 RNS

BT Group ShareCast News

Music piracy rules unveiled 24-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Thursday tips round-up: International Personal F... 24-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Sunday's newspaper round-up: UK economy, HBOS, D... 20-Jul-2008 ShareCast

BT Group Top Newspaper Links

Between the lines: BT's bold new network needs p... 23-Jul-2008 The Scotsman
Vodafone shares drop as chill reaches telecoms 23-Jul-2008 Times
BT ups the ante on cable rivals 21-Jul-2008 The Herald

Latest BT Group Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
30-Jun-08 Buy Carl G Symon 199.00p 4,987 £9,924.13
19-Jun-08 Buy J Eric Daniels 211.90p 7,077 £14,996.16
13-Jun-08 Buy Gavin Patterson 212.00p 650 £1,378.00

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.

 

BT Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 202.50p Price Up
Change Today +0.25p
52 Week High 328.25p
52 Week Low 192.30p
Volume 43,597,737
Shares Issued 7,663m
Market Cap £15,518m
Beta 0.88
RiskGrade 170

BT Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
63.02% below the market average63.02% below the market average63.02% below the market average63.02% below the market average63.02% below the market average
27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average
Price Trend
16.11% below the market average16.11% below the market average16.11% below the market average16.11% below the market average16.11% below the market average
7.69% below the sector average7.69% below the sector average7.69% below the sector average7.69% below the sector average7.69% below the sector average
Income
79.48% above the market average79.48% above the market average79.48% above the market average79.48% above the market average79.48% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Growth
86.16% below the market average86.16% below the market average86.16% below the market average86.16% below the market average86.16% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 11
Buy 3
Neutral 11
Sell 2
Strong Sell 4
Total 31
neutral
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BT Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 20-Aug-08 24-Dec-07
Paid 15-Sep-08 11-Feb-08
Amount 10.40p 5.40p

Trades for 24-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:50 5,000,000 @ 204.00p
16:34 3,550 @ 202.25p
16:35 2,896,899 @ 202.50p
16:34 2,500 @ 202.25p
16:31 1,200,000 @ 203.59p

BT Group Key Personnel

Chair Sir Michael Rake
CEO Ian Livingston

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