RSA Insurance Group(RSA)

Sector:

Insurance (non-life)

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£4,345.53m

Change Today

Price Up8.00p (6.50%)

Share Price

131.00p

RSA Overview

RSA Insurance Group (formerly Royal & Sun Alliance) was formed by the merger of Royal Insurance and Sun Alliance in 1996. It ranks among the leading UK insurers focussing on general insurance and operating in 28 countries though it actively continues to reduce its presence in the US.

1 Day Chart (13-Oct-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.4% 6.1%
Div Cover 2.8 2.3
Op Mrgn 13.3% 11.2%
ROCE 17.1%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 6.8 7.7
PEG 0.2 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.6
Pr/Book 1.4  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 6.4% 15.5%
PBT 3.2% 13.2%
EPS 28.7% -11.5%
DPS 19.4% 7.6%

RSA Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a11,508.00 a(146.00) 2.50p 35.3 n/a n/a 4.52p 5.1%
31-Dec-04 n/a 35.00 (4.10)p n/a n/a n/a 4.61p 5.9%
31-Dec-05 6,237.00 894.00 19.90p 6.3 n/a n/a 4.74p 3.8%
31-Dec-06 5,484.00 649.00 15.00p 10.2 n/a -25% 5.87p 3.8%
31-Dec-07 5,837.00 670.00 19.30p 7.7 0.3 +29% 7.01p 4.7%

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

RSA Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 6,744.55 758.67 17.08p 7.7 n/a -12% 7.55p 6.1%
31-Dec-09 7,075.45 761.74 17.05p 7.7 n/a -0% 8.20p 6.7%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, CA Cheuvreux, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Collins Stewart, Daiwa Institute of Research, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Numis Securities

RSA Company Announcements

Second Price Monitoring Extn 13-Oct-2008 16:41 RNS
Price Monitoring Extension 13-Oct-2008 16:40 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 13-Oct-2008 15:47 BW

RSA ShareCast News

RSA's Napier in buying mood 08-Oct-2008 ShareCast
London close: Late rally lifts Footsie 25-Sep-2008 ShareCast
FTSE 100 movers: Axa bid talk lifts RSA 25-Sep-2008 ShareCast

RSA Top Newspaper Links

Kingfisher and RSA may flee UK over tax 22-Sep-2008 Telegraph
Need to know: EasyJet lifts up ... SMG buyback .... 06-Sep-2008 Times
Market Chatter: RSA shares rise on Zurich bid talk 02-Sep-2008 The Scotsman

Latest RSA Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
07-Oct-08 Buy John Napier 134.80p 100,000 £134,800.00
09-Sep-08 Sell Adrian Brown 167.60p 40,582 £68,015.43
09-Sep-08 Sell Adrian Brown 162.80p 114,677 £186,694.16

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.

 

RSA Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 131.00p Price Up
Change Today +8.00p
52 Week High 165.80
52 Week Low 116.50
Volume 21,001,427
Shares Issued 3,317.20m
Market Cap £4,345.53m
Beta 1.25
RiskGrade 336

RSA Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
21.10% above the market average21.10% above the market average21.10% above the market average21.10% above the market average21.10% above the market average
4.00% above the sector average4.00% above the sector average4.00% above the sector average4.00% above the sector average4.00% above the sector average
Price Trend
68.85% above the market average68.85% above the market average68.85% above the market average68.85% above the market average68.85% above the market average
17.24% above the sector average17.24% above the sector average17.24% above the sector average17.24% above the sector average17.24% above the sector average
Income
59.02% above the market average59.02% above the market average59.02% above the market average59.02% above the market average59.02% above the market average
Sector averageSector averageSector averageSector averageSector average
Growth
47.08% below the market average47.08% below the market average47.08% below the market average47.08% below the market average47.08% below the market average
48.15% below the sector average48.15% below the sector average48.15% below the sector average48.15% below the sector average48.15% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 1
Neutral 6
Sell 0
Strong Sell 2
Total 10
neutral
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RSA Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 13-Aug-08 05-Mar-08
Paid 28-Nov-08 06-Jun-08
Amount 2.73p 4.53p

Trades for --2008

Time Volume / Share Price
0 @ 0.000p

RSA Key Personnel

CEO Andrew K Haste
Chair John Napier
CFO George Culmer
CEO Adrian Brown

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