Cobham(COB)

Sector:

Aerospace and Defence

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£2,127.59m

Change Today

Price Down-9.30p

Share Price

186.70p

Cobham Overview

Cobham operates in three primary business sectors: aerospace systems, avionics and flight operations and services. It designs and makes equipment, specialised systems and components used within the search and rescue, civil and defence aviation, marine, aerospace, homeland security and communication markets.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.4% 2.6%
Div Cover 2.9 2.9
Op Mrgn 15.1% 16.7%
ROCE 28.7%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 14.3 12.6
PEG 1.2 1.0
Pr/Revenue 2.0 1.5
Pr/Book 2.6  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 4.8% 30.4%
PBT -6.3% 33.0%
EPS 12.3% 12.8%
DPS 20.0% 13.1%

Cobham Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a832.60 a54.50 9.35p 12.5 1.6 +8% 2.82p 2.4%
31-Dec-04 832.30 134.40 0.86p 143.7 n/a -91% 0.31p 0.3%
31-Dec-05 970.30 126.00 8.05p 21.1 0.0 +835% 3.41p 2.0%
31-Dec-06 1,012.10 185.20 11.66p 16.6 0.4 +45% 3.75p 1.9%
31-Dec-07 1,061.10 173.50 13.09p 16.0 1.3 +12% 4.50p 2.2%

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

Cobham Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 1,383.97 230.73 14.76p 13.3 1.0 +13% 5.09p 2.6%
31-Dec-09 1,680.75 271.34 16.86p 11.6 0.8 +14% 5.51p 2.8%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Arden Partners, Charles Stanley & Co, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Evolution Securities, Exane BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Société Générale

Cobham Company Announcements

Acquisition - Completion 02-Oct-2008 07:00 RNS
Total Voting Rights 01-Oct-2008 16:01 RNS
Acquisition - Completion 29-Sep-2008 07:00 RNS

Cobham ShareCast News

Former Cobham boss scales back stake 04-Sep-2008 ShareCast
Sunday tips focus: Cobham, Greencore, Mecom 24-Aug-2008 ShareCast
Sunday tips round-up: Cobham, Mecom, Greencore 24-Aug-2008 ShareCast

Cobham Top Newspaper Links

H&T hits gold as prices up 21-Aug-2008 Sun
Cobham bullish on full year 08-Aug-2008 Telegraph
Pubs wether tax blows 17-Jul-2008 Sun

Latest Cobham 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.

 

Cobham Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 186.70p Price Down
Change Today -9.30p
52 Week High 236.00
52 Week Low 174.25
Volume 6,158,283
Shares Issued 1,139.58m
Market Cap £2,127.59m
Beta 0.74
RiskGrade 158

Cobham 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
66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average
Price Trend
59.94% above the market average59.94% above the market average59.94% above the market average59.94% above the market average59.94% above the market average
38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average
Income
73.68% below the market average73.68% below the market average73.68% below the market average73.68% below the market average73.68% below the market average
27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average
Growth
27.79% below the market average27.79% below the market average27.79% below the market average27.79% below the market average27.79% below the market average
33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 4
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 12
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Cobham Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 12-Nov-08 28-May-08
Paid 12-Dec-08 01-Jul-08
Amount 1.34p 3.28p

Trades for 06-Oct-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 975,487 @ 186.70p
16:29 2,552 @ 188.30p
16:29 648 @ 188.30p
16:29 2,000 @ 188.30p
16:29 4,000 @ 188.30p

Cobham Key Personnel

CEO Allan E Cook
Finance Director Warren G Tucker
COO Andrew Stevens

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