Spirent Communications (SPT)

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157.60p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.70p
  • 52 Week High: 174.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 105.80p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 662.05m
  • Volume: 711,392
  • Market Cap: £1,043.39m
  • RiskGrade: 153
  • Beta: 0.96

SPT Overview

Communications technology business, Spirent, provides performance analysis and service assurance solutions to companies involved primarily in the internet broadband services, internet telephony and 3G wireless applications markets. The group was formerly known as Bowthorpe, but changed its name to Spirent in 2000.

1 Day Chart (25-05-2012)

6 Month Chart

Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.9% 1.3%
Div Cover n/a 4.8
Op Mrgn n/a 24.7%
ROCE n/a  
Latest F'cast
P/E 17.7 17.0
PEG n/a 3.3
Pr/Revenue 3.1 2.9
Pr/Book 3.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue n/a -57.0%
PBT 32.2% -54.5%
EPS n/a 5.2%
DPS n/a -57.5%

SPT Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 470.54 35.34 7.09¢ 13.7 0.1 +144% n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-08 377.31 72.56 9.13¢ 6.2 0.2 +29% 1.61¢ 2.8%
31-Dec-09 427.20 84.90 8.86¢ 18.0 n/a -3% 1.96¢ 1.2%
31-Dec-10 482.20 112.20 11.89¢ 19.5 0.6 +34% 2.50¢ 1.1%
31-Dec-11 528.20 123.30 13.92¢ 13.3 0.8 +17% 2.93¢ 1.6%

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

SPT Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 356.04 87.77 9.27p 17.0 3.3 +5% 1.95p 1.3%
31-Dec-13 390.56 100.61 10.48p 15.0 1.1 +13% 2.28p 1.5%

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SPT Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 14-May-2012 11:23 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 08-May-2012 10:15 RNS
Result of AGM 03-May-2012 10:15 RNS

SPT ShareCast News

Thursday tips round-up: JD Wetherspoon, Spirent ... 03-May-2012 ShareCast
Wednesday broker round-up - UPDATE 02-May-2012 ShareCast
Strong start to the year for Spirent Communicati... 02-May-2012 ShareCast

SPT Top Newspaper Links

AIG lose £41billion 25-Feb-2009 Sun
Spirent upbeat 10-Aug-2007 The Scotsman
Sports Direct pays out £25 million in bonuses 28-Apr-2007 Telegraph

Latest SPT Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
03-May-12 Buy Dividends Alexander Walker 172.49p 481 £829.68
03-May-12 Buy Dividends William Burns 172.49p 1,271 £2,192.35
24-Apr-12 Buy William Burns 164.80p 305 £502.64

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.

 

SPT Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 157.60p
Change Today -0.70p
% Change -0.44 %
52 Week High 174.00p
52 Week Low 105.80p
Volume 711,392
Shares Issued 662.05m
Market Cap £1,043.39m
Beta 0.96
RiskGrade 153

SPT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
95.24% below the market average95.24% below the market average95.24% below the market average95.24% below the market average95.24% below the market average
77.78% below the sector average77.78% below the sector average77.78% below the sector average77.78% below the sector average77.78% below the sector average
Price Trend
83.26% above the market average83.26% above the market average83.26% above the market average83.26% above the market average83.26% above the market average
63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average
Income
97.13% below the market average97.13% below the market average97.13% below the market average97.13% below the market average97.13% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Growth
56.62% above the market average56.62% above the market average56.62% above the market average56.62% above the market average56.62% above the market average
40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 12
Buy 1
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 16
strong_buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

SPT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 07-Mar-12 10-Aug-11
Paid 03-May-12 15-Sep-11
Amount 1.05p 0.77p

Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:37 100,000 @ 156.68p
16:35 486 @ 157.60p
16:35 141,417 @ 157.60p
16:28 1,766 @ 157.50p
16:28 313 @ 157.40p

SPT Key Personnel

CFO Eric G Hutchinson
Chair Alexander Walker

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