Compass Group(CPG)

Sector:

Travel & Leisure

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£6,764m

Change Today

Price Up7.75p

Share Price

366.50p

Compass Group Overview

From beginning as a division of Grand Metropolitan, Compass is the now the world’s largest contract caterer operating in around 90 countries across the world. It also runs coffee shops, vending machines and bakery outlets. In 2006 the group sold its Select Service Partner travel catering unit, which included the Moto motorway service station chain.

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.9% 3.3%
Div Cover 1.4 1.8
Op Mrgn 5.1% 5.1%
ROCE 55.6%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 24.1 17.5
PEG 0.4 0.5
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.6
Pr/Book 3.1  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 0.0% 8.3%
PBT 35.0% 28.9%
EPS 61.7% 37.5%
DPS 6.9% 9.4%

Compass Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-03 a11,286.00 a358.00 20.80p 16.7 8.3 +2% 8.40p 2.4%
30-Sep-04 a11,772.00 a370.00 21.10p 10.5 10.5 +1% 9.30p 4.2%
30-Sep-05 10,073.00 233.00 10.90p 18.9 n/a -48% 9.80p 4.8%
30-Sep-06 10,267.00 323.00 9.40p 28.5 n/a -14% 10.10p 3.8%
30-Sep-07 10,268.00 436.00 15.20p 19.9 0.3 +62% 10.80p 3.6%

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

Compass Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-08 11,124.70 562.14 20.90p 17.5 0.5 +38% 11.81p 3.3%
30-Sep-09 11,855.58 620.08 23.72p 15.5 1.2 +14% 12.80p 3.5%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Collins Stewart, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Evolution Securities, Goldman Sachs, Investec Securities, Landsbanki Kepler, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Natixis Securities, Oddo Securities, Oriel Securities, Panmure Gordon, Raymond James Euro Equities, Seymour Pierce, Shore Capital Stockbrokers, Société Générale

Compass Group Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 29-Aug-2008 17:35 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 28-Aug-2008 17:30 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 27-Aug-2008 17:03 RNS

Compass Group ShareCast News

Sunday tips focus: Reckitt Benckiser, Rexam, Gre... 03-Aug-2008 ShareCast
Sunday's tips round-up: Reckitt Benckiser, Gregg... 03-Aug-2008 ShareCast
Tuesday tips focus: Compass, Petra, Pace 29-Jul-2008 ShareCast

Compass Group Top Newspaper Links

Compass points to higher profits as it continues... 29-Jul-2008 Telegraph
Compass heads in right direction 15-May-2008 The Scotsman
Tax-wary Compass may go abroad 15-May-2008 Times

Latest Compass Group 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.

 

Compass Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 366.50p Price Up
Change Today +7.75p
52 Week High 393.75p
52 Week Low 277.75p
Volume 9,409,672
Shares Issued 1,845.67m
Market Cap £6,764m
Beta 1.00
RiskGrade 186

Compass Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
83.04% below the market average83.04% below the market average83.04% below the market average83.04% below the market average83.04% below the market average
76.15% below the sector average76.15% below the sector average76.15% below the sector average76.15% below the sector average76.15% below the sector average
Price Trend
92.47% above the market average92.47% above the market average92.47% above the market average92.47% above the market average92.47% above the market average
94.83% above the sector average94.83% above the sector average94.83% above the sector average94.83% above the sector average94.83% above the sector average
Income
52.23% below the market average52.23% below the market average52.23% below the market average52.23% below the market average52.23% below the market average
58.49% below the sector average58.49% below the sector average58.49% below the sector average58.49% below the sector average58.49% below the sector average
Growth
38.91% below the market average38.91% below the market average38.91% below the market average38.91% below the market average38.91% below the market average
46.15% below the sector average46.15% below the sector average46.15% below the sector average46.15% below the sector average46.15% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 7
Buy 5
Neutral 8
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 21
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Compass Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 25-Jun-07 30-Jan-08
Paid 04-Aug-08 03-Mar-08
Amount 4.00p 7.20p

Trades for 29-Aug-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 5,320 @ 365.79p
16:22 387,567 @ 365.10p
16:35 1,488,180 @ 366.50p
16:29 100 @ 366.25p
16:29 1,900 @ 366.25p

Compass Group Key Personnel

Finance Director Andrew Martin
CEO Richard John Cousins

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