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Imperial Tobacco Group(IMT)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£18,780m

Change Today

Price Up3.00p

Share Price

1,848.00p

IMT Overview

Imperial Tobacco has powered ahead since it was released from conglomerate Hanson in the late 1990s. Brands include Embassy, Regal, John Player Specials and Lambert & Butler alongside Castella cigars. Like its rivals, expansion has seen it go continental with the acquisition of Germany's Reemstma in 2001, which promoted the group into the fourth biggest tobacco company in the world.

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.8% 3.8%
Div Cover 1.9 2.0
Op Mrgn 11.5% 24.7%
ROCE 111.9%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 13.8 13.5
PEG 1.4 6.2
Pr/Revenue 1.5 3.4
Pr/Book 16.5  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 5.7% -54.8%
PBT 5.9% 11.3%
EPS 9.9% 2.2%
DPS 12.1% 0.3%

IMT Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-03 a3,200.00 a656.00 90.00p 10.9 0.3 +32% 42.00p 4.3%
30-Sep-04 a3,032.00 a688.00 101.60p 11.9 0.9 +13% 50.00p 4.2%
30-Sep-05 11,229.00 1,078.00 112.20p 14.5 1.4 +10% 56.00p 3.4%
30-Sep-06 11,676.00 1,168.00 122.20p 14.6 1.6 +9% 62.00p 3.5%
30-Sep-07 12,344.00 1,237.00 134.30p 16.7 1.7 +10% 69.50p 3.1%

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

IMT Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-08 5,580.77 1,376.94 137.24p 13.5 6.2 +2% 69.74p 3.8%
30-Sep-09 6,931.65 1,961.18 156.58p 11.8 0.8 +14% 78.92p 4.3%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Blue Oar Securities, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Davenport & Co., Deutsche Bank Research, Evolution Securities, Fyshe Horton Finney, Goldman Sachs, IIR Group, JP Morgan, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Natixis Securities, UBS

IMT Company Announcements

Interim Management Statement 04-Jul-2008 17:07 RNS
Director Declaration 30-Jun-2008 14:33 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 30-Jun-2008 14:24 RNS

IMT ShareCast News

London close: Weak end as banks suffer again 19-Jun-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Footsie back in front 19-Jun-2008 ShareCast
Imperial stubs out 6% of workforce 19-Jun-2008 ShareCast

IMT Top Newspaper Links

Imperial Tobacco to cut 260 jobs in Britain 20-Jun-2008 Telegraph
Imperial stubs out tobacco-making in Bristol as ... 20-Jun-2008 Times
285 get tobacco job stub 20-Jun-2008 Sun

Latest IMT Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
26-Jun-08 Buy Michael Herlihy 1,865.00p 1,332 £24,841.80
11-Jun-08 Rights Issue Matthew Phillips 1,475.00p 2,500 £36,875.00
11-Jun-08 Rights Issue Mark Williamson 1,475.00p 540 £7,965.00

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.

 

IMT Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,848.00p Price Up
Change Today +3.00p
52 Week High 2,752.00p
52 Week Low 1,771.00p
Volume 3,519,341
Shares Issued 1,016.23m
Market Cap £18,780m
Beta 0.44
RiskGrade 168

IMT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Price Trend
17.71% above the market average17.71% above the market average17.71% above the market average17.71% above the market average17.71% above the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Income
4.95% below the market average4.95% below the market average4.95% below the market average4.95% below the market average4.95% 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
Growth
42.27% below the market average42.27% below the market average42.27% below the market average42.27% below the market average42.27% 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 10
Buy 4
Neutral 2
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 18
buy
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IMT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 04-Jun-08 16-Jan-08
Paid 08-Aug-08 15-Feb-08
Amount 24.00p 48.50p

Trades for 04-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
17:09 9,500 @ 1,849.29p
16:54 16,003 @ 1,853.61p
16:35 364,070 @ 1,848.00p
16:29 1,928 @ 1,850.00p
16:29 209 @ 1,850.00p

IMT Key Personnel

CEO Gareth Davis
Finance Director Robert Dyrbus
Chair Iain Napier

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