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Atkins (WS)(ATK)

Sector:

Support Services

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£976.22m

Change Today

Price Down-1.00p

Share Price

973.00p

Atkins (WS) Overview

WS Atkins offers support services in a range of sectors including rail maintenance, telecoms and defence, although it is perhaps best known for its role as contractor for the London Underground. The group employs nearly 13,000 staff and operates in 150 countries.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.5% 2.8%
Div Cover 2.8 2.8
Op Mrgn 6.6% 7.2%
ROCE -156.1%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 14.3 12.8
PEG 0.8 1.1
Pr/Revenue 0.7 0.7
Pr/Book n/a  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 11.3% 5.1%
PBT 31.1% 8.8%
EPS 18.7% 12.0%
DPS 20.0% 12.1%

Atkins (WS) Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-04 a991.80 a62.00 39.90p 14.7 0.1 +142% 9.00p 1.5%
31-Mar-05 955.00 53.00 39.30p 16.3 n/a -2% 12.00p 1.9%
31-Mar-06 1,052.50 74.80 51.10p 15.9 0.5 +30% 16.00p 2.0%
31-Mar-07 1,179.80 70.10 57.20p 17.0 1.4 +12% 20.00p 2.1%
31-Mar-08 1,313.60 91.90 67.90p 15.5 0.8 +19% 24.00p 2.3%

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

Atkins (WS) Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 1,380.55 100.00 76.02p 12.8 1.1 +12% 26.89p 2.8%
31-Mar-10 1,469.99 108.65 84.34p 11.5 1.1 +11% 29.69p 3.1%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Arbuthnot Securities, Citigroup Investment Research, Evolution Securities, Goldman Sachs, Investec Securities, KBC Peel Hunt, Merrill Lynch, Numis Securities, Panmure Gordon, UBS, WH Ireland

Atkins (WS) Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 07-Jul-2008 16:55 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 04-Jul-2008 17:04 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 04-Jul-2008 15:34 RNS

Atkins (WS) ShareCast News

Conroy Diamonds founder lifts stake 04-Jul-2008 ShareCast
BB's Lord Ashcroft buys more shares 02-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Conygar chief exec lifts stake past 7% 26-Jun-2008 ShareCast

Atkins (WS) Top Newspaper Links

Profits rise for confident WS Atkins 26-Jun-2008 Telegraph
Co-op's dividend doubles 26-Jun-2008 Sun
Government told to heed Metronet lessons 25-Jan-2008 Times

Latest Atkins (WS) Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
04-Jul-08 Sell Keith Clarke 968.50p 2,460 £23,825.10
04-Jul-08 Exercise of option Keith Clarke 0.000p 6,000 £0.00
01-Jul-08 Sell Robert MacLeod 1,053.20p 3,690 £38,863.08

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.

 

Atkins (WS) Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 973.00p Price Down
Change Today -1.00p
52 Week High 1,220.00p
52 Week Low 945.50p
Volume 157,773
Shares Issued 100.33m
Market Cap £976.22m
Beta 0.69
RiskGrade 122

Atkins (WS) Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
82.77% below the market average82.77% below the market average82.77% below the market average82.77% below the market average82.77% below the market average
73.53% below the sector average73.53% below the sector average73.53% below the sector average73.53% below the sector average73.53% below the sector average
Price Trend
60.10% above the market average60.10% above the market average60.10% above the market average60.10% above the market average60.10% above the market average
64.38% above the sector average64.38% above the sector average64.38% above the sector average64.38% above the sector average64.38% above the sector average
Income
46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average
54.33% below the sector average54.33% below the sector average54.33% below the sector average54.33% below the sector average54.33% below the sector average
Growth
14.89% below the market average14.89% below the market average14.89% below the market average14.89% below the market average14.89% below the market average
39.6% below the sector average39.6% below the sector average39.6% below the sector average39.6% below the sector average39.6% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 5
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 12
buy
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Atkins (WS) Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 13-Aug-08 12-Dec-07
Paid 26-Sep-08 25-Jan-08
Amount 16.50p 7.50p

Trades for 09-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
11:06 33 @ 973.00p
11:06 500 @ 973.00p
11:05 100 @ 973.50p
11:04 1,500 @ 972.00p
11:04 900 @ 973.00p

Atkins (WS) Key Personnel

CEO Keith Clarke
Finance Director Robert MacLeod
Chair Ed Wallis

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