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Arriva (ARI)

Sector:

Travel & Leisure

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£1,173.07m

Change Today

Price Up9.00p (1.55%)

Share Price

590.50p

Arriva Overview

Arriva is one of Europe’s largest transport services businesses, operating buses, trains, commuter coaches and water buses. In the UK it runs a vehicle rental business, is one of the largest bus operators and runs Arriva Trains Northern and Arriva Trains Wales.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.8% 4.1%
Div Cover 2.1 2.4
Op Mrgn 6.4% 5.5%
ROCE 13.3%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 12.7 9.9
PEG 2.7 0.3
Pr/Revenue 0.6 0.4
Pr/Book 1.6  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 15.7% 45.9%
PBT 5.5% 38.3%
EPS 4.7% 28.9%
DPS 8.7% 8.4%

Arriva Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a1,751.10 a83.80 36.00p 10.6 n/a -2% 18.00p 4.7%
31-Dec-04 1,759.00 109.30 45.10p 12.0 0.5 +25% 18.90p 3.5%
31-Dec-05 1,571.20 103.10 42.20p 13.8 n/a -6% 19.84p 3.4%
31-Dec-06 1,729.00 109.80 44.40p 17.2 3.4 +5% 20.83p 2.7%
31-Dec-07 2,000.70 115.80 46.50p 17.1 3.4 +5% 22.65p 2.8%

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

Arriva Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 2,919.17 160.20 59.94p 9.9 0.3 +29% 24.54p 4.1%
31-Dec-09 3,129.39 169.99 62.69p 9.4 2.1 +5% 26.73p 4.4%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Blue Oar Securities, Citigroup Investment Research, Collins Stewart, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, Investec Securities, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Panmure Gordon, Shore Capital Stockbrokers

Arriva Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 20-Nov-2008 14:06 PR Newswire
Director/PDMR Shareholding 20-Nov-2008 14:04 PR Newswire
Director/PDMR Shareholding 20-Nov-2008 14:03 PR Newswire

Arriva ShareCast News

Arriva buys train maintenance firm LNWR 18-Nov-2008 ShareCast
London close: Footsie fades at the finish 30-Oct-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: FTSE on brink of triple-digit ... 30-Oct-2008 ShareCast

Arriva Top Newspaper Links

Need to know: Carlsberg ... Sony Ericsson ... Ar... 18-Oct-2008 Times
Arriva en route to hit £155m profit 23-Aug-2008 The Scotsman
Arriva boosted by switch away from cars 23-Aug-2008 Telegraph

Latest Arriva Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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.

 

Arriva Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 590.50p Price Up
Change Today +9.00p
52 Week High 818.00
52 Week Low 576.50
Volume 666,900
Shares Issued 198.66m
Market Cap £1,173.07m
Beta 0.64
RiskGrade 236

Arriva Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
90.84% below the market average90.84% below the market average90.84% below the market average90.84% below the market average90.84% below the market average
88.46% below the sector average88.46% below the sector average88.46% below the sector average88.46% below the sector average88.46% below the sector average
Price Trend
66.46% above the market average66.46% above the market average66.46% above the market average66.46% above the market average66.46% above the market average
78.57% above the sector average78.57% above the sector average78.57% above the sector average78.57% above the sector average78.57% above the sector average
Income
61.05% below the market average61.05% below the market average61.05% below the market average61.05% below the market average61.05% below the market average
80.77% below the sector average80.77% below the sector average80.77% below the sector average80.77% below the sector average80.77% below the sector average
Growth
72.02% below the market average72.02% below the market average72.02% below the market average72.02% below the market average72.02% below the market average
80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average80% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 7
Buy 0
Neutral 4
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 13
buy
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Arriva Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 10-Sep-08 26-Mar-08
Paid 01-Oct-08 01-May-08
Amount 6.15p 17.06p

Trades for --2008

Time Volume / Share Price
0 @ 0.000p

Arriva Key Personnel

CEO David R Martin

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