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Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets(MRW)

Sector:

Food & Drug Retailers

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£7,037m

Change Today

Price Up3.00p

Share Price

263.50p

MRW Overview

Northern supermarket chain Wm Morrison was founded in Yorkshire at the end of the 19th century, and in 1967 became a listed company. After acquiring rival Safeway, Morrison became the fourth largest supermarket chain in the UK but struggled to integrate the stores.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.8% 2.4%
Div Cover 3.0 2.8
Op Mrgn 4.7% 4.6%
ROCE 11.6%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 18.1 15.0
PEG 0.2 0.7
Pr/Revenue 0.5 0.5
Pr/Book 1.6  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 4.1% 7.5%
PBT 65.9% 3.7%
EPS 73.7% 20.7%
DPS 20.0% 27.1%

MRW Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
01-Feb-04 a4,944.10 a319.90 12.59p 17.7 2.5 +7% 3.25p 1.5%
30-Jan-05 12,103.70 193.00 8.66p 23.4 n/a -31% 3.70p 1.8%
29-Jan-06 12,114.80 (312.90) (9.21)p n/a n/a n/a 3.70p 2.0%
04-Feb-07 12,462.00 369.00 8.28p 36.3 n/a n/a 4.00p 1.3%
03-Feb-08 12,969.00 612.00 14.38p 20.8 0.3 +74% 4.80p 1.6%

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

MRW Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-09 13,941.94 634.44 17.35p 15.0 0.7 +21% 6.10p 2.4%
31-Jan-10 14,665.92 717.08 20.46p 12.7 0.7 +18% 7.48p 2.8%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Bernstein Research, Blue Oar Securities, CA Cheuvreux, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Natixis Securities, Numis Securities, Oriel Securities, Panmure Gordon, Seymour Pierce, Shore Capital Stockbrokers, Société Générale, UBS

MRW Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 08-Jul-2008 17:26 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 07-Jul-2008 17:14 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 04-Jul-2008 17:30 RNS

MRW ShareCast News

Broker tips: AstraZeneca, J Sainsbury, Tesco, Sh... 07-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Broker snap: Supermarkets now attractively value... 07-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London close: Insurers lead decline 04-Jul-2008 ShareCast

MRW Top Newspaper Links

Discount food stores enjoying boom time 25-Jun-2008 Times
8 months of food rises in store 19-Jun-2008 Sun
Sainsbury's slips behind 'big three' rivals as s... 19-Jun-2008 The Independent

Latest MRW 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.

 

MRW Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 263.50p Price Up
Change Today +3.00p
52 Week High 328.00p
52 Week Low 246.75p
Volume 669,075
Shares Issued 2,670.74m
Market Cap £7,037m
Beta 0.75
RiskGrade 144

MRW Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
79.13% below the market average79.13% below the market average79.13% below the market average79.13% below the market average79.13% below the market average
53.85% below the sector average53.85% below the sector average53.85% below the sector average53.85% below the sector average53.85% below the sector average
Price Trend
45.97% above the market average45.97% above the market average45.97% above the market average45.97% above the market average45.97% above the market average
57.14% above the sector average57.14% above the sector average57.14% above the sector average57.14% above the sector average57.14% above the sector average
Income
64.11% below the market average64.11% below the market average64.11% below the market average64.11% below the market average64.11% 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
9.51% above the market average9.51% above the market average9.51% above the market average9.51% above the market average9.51% above the market average
83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 5
Neutral 8
Sell 2
Strong Sell 2
Total 21
neutral
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

MRW Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 30-Apr-08 10-Oct-07
Paid 06-Jun-08 12-Nov-07
Amount 4.12p 0.68p

Trades for 09-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
08:16 2,425 @ 263.50p
08:16 2,622 @ 263.50p
08:16 1,000 @ 263.50p
08:16 2,800 @ 263.50p
08:16 800 @ 263.50p

MRW Key Personnel

CEO Marc Bolland

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