Reed Elsevier(REL)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£6,884m

Change Today

Price Up6.00p

Share Price

624.50p

Reed Elsevier Overview

Reed Elsevier is in the media sector and is currently trading at 624.50p per share. In the last year Reed Elsevier's share price has ranged from 527.50p to 692.05p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'buy'.

1 Day Chart (29-Aug-2008)

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6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.9% 3.4%
Div Cover 2.0 2.0
Op Mrgn 20.4% 22.5%
ROCE 43.8%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 17.1 15.1
PEG 0.3 1.1
Pr/Revenue 1.5 1.4
Pr/Book 2.3  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 1.7% 8.1%
PBT 19.8% 37.0%
EPS 51.9% 13.1%
DPS 13.8% 12.0%

Reed Elsevier Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a2,605.00 a267.00 31.20p 15.2 1.5 +10% 12.00p 2.5%
31-Dec-04 a4,812.00 a631.00 28.70p 17.0 n/a -8% 13.00p 2.7%
31-Dec-05 5,166.00 701.00 31.50p 17.6 1.8 +10% 14.40p 2.6%
31-Dec-06 4,509.00 678.00 24.10p 23.6 n/a -24% 15.90p 2.8%
31-Dec-07 4,584.00 812.00 36.60p 18.8 0.4 +52% 18.10p 2.6%

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

Reed Elsevier Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 4,955.56 1,112.70 41.40p 15.1 1.2 +13% 20.27p 3.4%
31-Dec-09 4,761.96 1,234.95 44.43p 14.1 1.9 +7% 21.99p 3.6%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Bernstein Research, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, JP Morgan, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Numis Securities, Panmure Gordon, Standard & Poors

Reed Elsevier Company Announcements

Total Voting Rights 29-Aug-2008 12:37 RNS
Contract Win 21-Aug-2008 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 05-Aug-2008 10:47 RNS

Reed Elsevier ShareCast News

Friday tips round-up: Prudential, Shire, Unilever 01-Aug-2008 ShareCast
London close: Footsie slips down 31-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Footsie retreats on US slip 31-Jul-2008 ShareCast

Reed Elsevier Top Newspaper Links

Reed Elsevier begins search for Sir Crispin Davi... 14-Jul-2008 Telegraph
Reed Elsevier begins hunt for a successor to Sir... 13-Jul-2008 Sunday Telegraph
Hunt for a new chief executive at Reed Elsevier 13-Jul-2008 Sunday Times

Latest Reed Elsevier Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
04-Aug-08 Sell Mark Armour 576.70p 63,974 £368,938.07
04-Aug-08 Exercise of option Mark Armour 523.00p 66,900 £349,887.00

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.

 

Reed Elsevier Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 624.50p Price Up
Change Today +6.00p
52 Week High 692.05p
52 Week Low 527.50p
Volume 6,882,144
Shares Issued 1,102.32m
Market Cap £6,884m
Beta 0.93
RiskGrade 154

Reed Elsevier Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
83.29% below the market average83.29% below the market average83.29% below the market average83.29% below the market average83.29% below the market average
84.38% below the sector average84.38% below the sector average84.38% below the sector average84.38% below the sector average84.38% below the sector average
Price Trend
75.67% above the market average75.67% above the market average75.67% above the market average75.67% above the market average75.67% above the market average
89.93% above the sector average89.93% above the sector average89.93% above the sector average89.93% above the sector average89.93% above the sector average
Income
34.06% below the market average34.06% below the market average34.06% below the market average34.06% below the market average34.06% below the market average
68.97% below the sector average68.97% below the sector average68.97% below the sector average68.97% below the sector average68.97% below the sector average
Growth
58.16% below the market average58.16% below the market average58.16% below the market average58.16% below the market average58.16% below the market average
50.77% below the sector average50.77% below the sector average50.77% below the sector average50.77% below the sector average50.77% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 3
Neutral 6
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 13
buy
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Reed Elsevier Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Special
Ex-Div 06-Aug-08 n/a
Paid 29-Aug-08 18-Jan-08
Amount 5.30p 82.00p

Trades for 29-Aug-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 716 @ 625.00p
16:35 5,535 @ 624.70p
10:11 12 @ 619.50p
16:48 100 @ 619.00p
16:35 1,298,808 @ 624.50p

Reed Elsevier Key Personnel

CEO Sir Crispin H L Davis
CFO Mark Armour

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