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Brown (N.) Group (BWNG)

Sector:

General Retailers

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£493.39m

Change Today

Price Down-4.00p (-2.17%)

Share Price

180.00p

BWNG Overview

The company is a major direct home shopping retailer, selling value products such as clothing, footwear, household and electrical goods. It also provides financial services including unsecured personal loans, warranties and insurance.

1 Day Chart (21-Nov-2008)

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6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.0% 5.0%
Div Cover 2.3 2.2
Op Mrgn 15.0% 12.7%
ROCE 19.5%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 8.7 8.2
PEG 0.3 1.4
Pr/Revenue 0.8 0.8
Pr/Book 2.0  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 16.6% 7.6%
PBT 19.4% 6.6%
EPS 30.8% 6.1%
DPS 20.3% 9.6%

BWNG Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
28-Feb-04 a470.50 a31.00 12.02p 10.4 n/a -9% 5.84p 4.7%
26-Feb-05 447.90 18.40 10.48p 13.0 n/a -13% 5.84p 4.3%
25-Feb-06 468.70 54.10 13.11p 15.6 0.6 +25% 6.27p 3.1%
24-Feb-07 523.80 65.30 15.86p 21.1 1.0 +21% 7.53p 2.3%
01-Mar-08 610.90 78.00 20.75p 12.1 0.4 +31% 9.06p 3.6%

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

BWNG Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
28-Feb-09 657.09 83.12 22.01p 8.2 1.3 +6% 9.93p 5.0%
28-Feb-10 691.87 85.36 22.71p 7.9 2.5 +3% 10.36p 5.2%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Blue Oar Securities, Brewin Dolphin Securities, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Daniel Stewart & Company Plc, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities, Investec Securities, Numis Securities, Oriel Securities, Seymour Pierce, Shore Capital Stockbrokers, Teathers Limited

BWNG Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 20-Nov-2008 17:24 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 20-Nov-2008 17:22 RNS
Interim Results 07-Oct-2008 07:00 RNS

BWNG ShareCast News

Competition Commission tightens up on retail PPI 21-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Wednesday tips focus: Michael Page, Northern Foo... 08-Oct-2008 ShareCast
Wednesday tips round-up: Michael Page, Northern ... 08-Oct-2008 ShareCast

BWNG Top Newspaper Links

Brown's in black 08-Oct-2008 Sun
Scrutineer - Here's food for thought 08-Oct-2008 The Scotsman
N Brown tightens credit terms but says sales rem... 08-Oct-2008 Telegraph

Latest BWNG Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
20-Nov-08 Sell Alan White 181.40p 14,913 £27,052.18
20-Nov-08 Sell Alan White 181.40p 132,422 £240,213.51
20-Nov-08 Sell Dean Roderick Moore 181.40p 7,442 £13,499.79

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.

 

BWNG Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 180.00p Price Down
Change Today -4.00p
52 Week High 266.00
52 Week Low 173.25
Volume 706,705
Shares Issued 274.11m
Market Cap £493.39m
Beta 0.77
RiskGrade 318

BWNG Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
83.51% below the market average83.51% below the market average83.51% below the market average83.51% below the market average83.51% below the market average
74.65% below the sector average74.65% below the sector average74.65% below the sector average74.65% below the sector average74.65% below the sector average
Price Trend
51.85% above the market average51.85% above the market average51.85% above the market average51.85% above the market average51.85% above the market average
62.16% above the sector average62.16% above the sector average62.16% above the sector average62.16% above the sector average62.16% above the sector average
Income
1.2% below the market average1.2% below the market average1.2% below the market average1.2% below the market average1.2% below the market average
26.92% below the sector average26.92% below the sector average26.92% below the sector average26.92% below the sector average26.92% below the sector average
Growth
38.89% above the market average38.89% above the market average38.89% above the market average38.89% above the market average38.89% above the market average
77.14% above the sector average77.14% above the sector average77.14% above the sector average77.14% above the sector average77.14% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 3
Neutral 1
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 8
buy
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BWNG Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 10-Dec-08 25-Jun-08
Paid 09-Jan-09 25-Jul-08
Amount 2.78p 6.41p

Trades for 21-Nov-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 72,560 @ 180.00p
16:29 394 @ 182.50p
16:29 600 @ 183.25p
16:29 1 @ 182.25p
16:26 2,527 @ 183.00p

BWNG Key Personnel

Chair David Alliance
CEO Alan White
Finance Director Dean Roderick Moore

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