Aegis Group (AGS)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

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158.60p
   
  • Change Today:
    -2.20p
  • 52 Week High: 187.40p
  • 52 Week Low: 115.72p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,172.48m
  • Volume: 1,561,775
  • Market Cap: £1,859.55m
  • RiskGrade: 126
  • Beta: 1.20

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.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.9% 2.2%
Div Cover 3.3 3.5
Op Mrgn 12.8% 14.2%
ROCE 250.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 15.6 13.0
PEG 0.5 0.6
Pr/Revenue 1.7 1.5
Pr/Book 4.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 20.6% 12.1%
PBT 217.6% 70.0%
EPS 32.1% 20.1%
DPS 12.4% 15.0%

Aegis Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 1,106.40 131.70 8.20p 13.8 0.7 +21% 2.30p 2.0%
31-Dec-08 1,342.00 124.60 10.30p 7.0 0.3 +26% 2.50p 3.5%
31-Dec-09 1,346.50 91.20 9.60p 12.1 n/a -7% 2.50p 2.2%
31-Dec-10 941.00 33.50 7.80p 17.5 n/a -19% 2.75p 2.0%
31-Dec-11 1,135.00 106.40 10.30p 14.0 0.4 +32% 3.09p 2.1%

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-12 1,272.73 180.86 12.37p 13.0 0.6 +20% 3.55p 2.2%
31-Dec-13 1,350.88 201.13 13.52p 11.9 1.3 +9% 3.94p 2.5%

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Aegis Group Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 24-May-2012 09:26 RNS
Acquisition of Shares by Employee Share Trust 23-May-2012 17:16 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 10-May-2012 16:07 RNS

Aegis Group ShareCast News

Monday broker round-up 21-May-2012 ShareCast
AZ Electronic Materials CEO sells 46,000 shares 04-May-2012 ShareCast
Breakneck growth rate slows a little at Aegis 27-Apr-2012 ShareCast

Aegis Group Top Newspaper Links

Aegis approach was ignored, says adviser 12-Jul-2011 The Independent
Aegis admits to talks over Synovate 07-Jun-2011 The Scotsman
Aegis shares soar on talks over £500m Synovate s... 07-Jun-2011 The Independent

Latest Aegis Group Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
03-May-12 Sell Harold Mitchell 179.50p 225,601 £404,953.79
02-May-12 Sell Harold Mitchell 179.50p 426,538 £765,635.69
27-Apr-12 Sell Jerry Buhlmann 175.02p 200,000 £350,032.81

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 158.60p
Change Today -2.20p
% Change -1.37 %
52 Week High 187.40p
52 Week Low 115.72p
Volume 1,561,775
Shares Issued 1,172.48m
Market Cap £1,859.55m
Beta 1.20
RiskGrade 126

Aegis Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
80.12% below the market average80.12% below the market average80.12% below the market average80.12% below the market average80.12% below the market average
79.31% below the sector average79.31% below the sector average79.31% below the sector average79.31% below the sector average79.31% below the sector average
Price Trend
88.39% above the market average88.39% above the market average88.39% above the market average88.39% above the market average88.39% above the market average
84.16% above the sector average84.16% above the sector average84.16% above the sector average84.16% above the sector average84.16% above the sector average
Income
64% below the market average64% below the market average64% below the market average64% below the market average64% 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
38.97% above the market average38.97% above the market average38.97% above the market average38.97% above the market average38.97% above the market average
48.39% above the sector average48.39% above the sector average48.39% above the sector average48.39% above the sector average48.39% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 10
Buy 0
Neutral 11
Sell 3
Strong Sell 0
Total 24
buy
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Aegis Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Special Final
Ex-Div 24-Oct-11 13-Jun-12
Paid 02-Nov-11 04-Jul-12
Amount 15.53p 2.01p

Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
12:33 3,127 @ 158.66p
12:32 250 @ 158.60p
12:32 187 @ 158.60p
12:31 1,958 @ 158.60p
12:31 3,237 @ 158.60p

Aegis Group Key Personnel

Chair John Napier
CFO Nick Priday

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