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Johnston Press (JPR)

Sector:

Media

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£45.74m

Change Today

Price Up0.59p (8.99%)

Share Price

7.15p

Johnston Press Overview

Founded in 1767, Johnston Press now publishes local newspapers and local internet sites. It currently hosts more than 90 local internet sites and ranks as the UK's fourth largest publisher of local and regional newspapers.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 139.9% 15.2%
Div Cover 3.4 6.8
Op Mrgn 27.2% 20.2%
ROCE 64.2%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 0.2 0.5
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.1 0.1
Pr/Book 0.1  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 0.9% -11.4%
PBT -5.2% -13.0%
EPS -6.8% -61.5%
DPS 7.5% -80.7%

Johnston Press Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a491.84 a127.95 32.36p 10.6 0.5 +21% 6.00p 1.8%
31-Dec-04 519.30 149.80 37.77p 10.5 0.6 +17% 7.20p 1.8%
31-Dec-05 520.15 151.36 38.72p 8.8 4.4 +2% 8.40p 2.5%
31-Dec-06 602.22 131.55 36.66p 7.9 n/a -5% 9.30p 3.2%
31-Dec-07 607.50 124.71 34.15p 5.9 n/a -7% 10.00p 5.0%

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

Johnston Press Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 538.14 108.50 13.14p 0.5 n/a -62% 1.93p 15.2%
31-Dec-09 492.32 71.84 7.85p 0.9 n/a -40% 2.04p 16.0%

Covering analysts: Blue Oar Securities, Citigroup Investment Research, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, Investec Securities, JP Morgan, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Nomura Equity Research, Numis Securities, Panmure Gordon, Singer Capital Markets, Speirs & Jeffrey, Teathers Limited

Johnston Press Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 21-Nov-2008 16:03 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 21-Nov-2008 09:49 RNS
Interim Management Statement 12-Nov-2008 07:00 RNS

Johnston Press ShareCast News

FTSE 250 movers: Trinity buoyant after update 13-Nov-2008 ShareCast
Johnston Press ad sales drop 15.5% 12-Nov-2008 ShareCast
FTSE 250 movers: JKX follows oil higher, chief e... 30-Oct-2008 ShareCast

Johnston Press Top Newspaper Links

Advertising slump mirrors the economy says Johns... 13-Nov-2008 The Scotsman
Johnston Press in danger of penalties after ad s... 13-Nov-2008 Times
Johnston Press revenues hit by property ad plunge 13-Nov-2008 The Independent

Latest Johnston Press 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.

 

Johnston Press Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 7.15p Price Up
Change Today +0.59p
52 Week High 202.73
52 Week Low 6.56
Volume 2,965,481
Shares Issued 639.74m
Market Cap £45.74m
Beta 0.89
RiskGrade 864

Johnston Press Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
98.50% above the market average98.50% above the market average98.50% above the market average98.50% above the market average98.50% above the market average
98.43% above the sector average98.43% above the sector average98.43% above the sector average98.43% above the sector average98.43% above the sector average
Price Trend
98.53% below the market average98.53% below the market average98.53% below the market average98.53% below the market average98.53% below the market average
97.16% below the sector average97.16% below the sector average97.16% below the sector average97.16% below the sector average97.16% below the sector average
Income
99.52% above the market average99.52% above the market average99.52% above the market average99.52% above the market average99.52% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Growth
90.43% below the market average90.43% below the market average90.43% below the market average90.43% below the market average90.43% below the market average
87.79% below the sector average87.79% below the sector average87.79% below the sector average87.79% below the sector average87.79% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 1
Neutral 7
Sell 3
Strong Sell 4
Total 16
neutral
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Johnston Press Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 23-Apr-08 10-Oct-07
Paid 09-May-08 02-Nov-07
Amount 6.70p 3.30p

Trades for 21-Nov-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 183,053 @ 7.15p
16:30 976,360 @ 7.16p
16:28 3,836 @ 7.35p
16:25 60,000 @ 7.61p
16:25 542 @ 7.34p

Johnston Press Key Personnel

CEO Timothy J Bowdler
CFO Stuart R Paterson
COO Danny Cammiade

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