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Aegis Group(AGS)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£1,194.81m

Change Today

Price Down-1.00p

Share Price

103.25p

Aegis Group Overview

London-based Aegis operates in two core business areas: Aegis Media, which covers a number of communication services businesses and includes Carat, Vizeum and Posterscope; and Synovate, a global market research network.

1 Day Chart (04-Jul-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.2% 2.4%
Div Cover 3.4 3.5
Op Mrgn 12.8% 11.8%
ROCE 189.1%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 13.1 11.6
PEG 0.8 1.0
Pr/Revenue 1.1 1.0
Pr/Book 3.8  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 11.0% 11.1%
PBT 17.6% 9.1%
EPS 16.2% 12.2%
DPS 21.1% 10.5%

Aegis Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a7,156.20 a48.00 4.90p 20.2 1.8 +11% 1.32p 1.3%
31-Dec-04 747.00 91.90 5.50p 19.6 1.6 +12% 1.45p 1.3%
31-Dec-05 870.40 94.00 6.10p 20.0 1.8 +11% 1.65p 1.4%
31-Dec-06 996.90 113.50 6.80p 20.6 1.7 +12% 1.90p 1.4%
31-Dec-07 1,106.40 133.50 7.90p 14.8 0.9 +16% 2.30p 2.0%

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

Aegis Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 1,229.05 145.60 8.86p 11.6 1.0 +12% 2.54p 2.4%
31-Dec-09 1,283.10 154.07 9.36p 11.0 1.9 +6% 2.81p 2.6%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Aurel, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Investec Securities, Landsbanki Kepler, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Natixis Securities, Numis Securities, Oddo Securities, Panmure Gordon, Société Générale, UBS

Aegis Group Company Announcements

Acquisition 02-Jul-2008 07:00 RNS
Total Voting Rights 01-Jul-2008 12:04 RNS
New Chairman 30-Jun-2008 12:00 RNS

Aegis Group ShareCast News

Aegis appoints Napier as chairman 30-Jun-2008 ShareCast
Aegis buys Thai search engine consultancy 20-Jun-2008 ShareCast
Wetherspoon chairman tops up 11-Jun-2008 ShareCast

Aegis Group Top Newspaper Links

Need to know 21-Jun-2008 Times
WPP in race for growth 26-Mar-2008 Sun
Trade deficit down ... Mortgage burden worsens .... 12-Dec-2007 Times

Latest Aegis Group Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
10-Jun-08 Sell Adrian Chedore 123.80p 197,000 £243,886.01
10-Jun-08 Transfer From Adrian Chedore 0.000p 297,000 £0.00
09-Jun-08 Sell Jerry Buhlmann 123.60p 142,000 £175,511.99

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.

 

Aegis Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 103.25p Price Down
Change Today -1.00p
52 Week High 141.50p
52 Week Low 100.00p
Volume 3,367,389
Shares Issued 1,157.20m
Market Cap £1,194.81m
Beta 0.76
RiskGrade 153

Aegis Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
89.07% below the market average89.07% below the market average89.07% below the market average89.07% below the market average89.07% below the market average
93.94% below the sector average93.94% below the sector average93.94% below the sector average93.94% below the sector average93.94% below the sector average
Price Trend
12.11% above the market average12.11% above the market average12.11% above the market average12.11% above the market average12.11% above the market average
56.64% above the sector average56.64% above the sector average56.64% above the sector average56.64% above the sector average56.64% above the sector average
Income
52.4% below the market average52.4% below the market average52.4% below the market average52.4% below the market average52.4% below the market average
75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average
Growth
26.49% below the market average26.49% below the market average26.49% below the market average26.49% below the market average26.49% below the market average
24.81% below the sector average24.81% below the sector average24.81% below the sector average24.81% below the sector average24.81% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 8
Buy 2
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 13
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Aegis Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 30-Apr-08 12-Sep-07
Paid 29-May-08 28-Sep-07
Amount 1.46p 0.84p

Trades for 04-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:40 5,000 @ 103.56p
16:39 5,830 @ 103.43p
16:39 744,170 @ 103.43p
16:35 250,261 @ 103.25p
16:29 2,627 @ 103.00p

Aegis Group Key Personnel

CEO Robert Earl Lerwill
CFO Alicja B Lesniak
CEO Jerry Buhlmann

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