Northern Foods(NFDS)

Sector:

Food Producers & Processors

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£344.47m

Change Today

Price Up3.00p

Share Price

73.50p

Northern Foods Overview

Leading food producer, Northern Foods, supplies chilled foods, savoury products, fresh and frozen speciality bread products, Goodfella’s frozen pizzas and Rocky, Classic and Echo biscuits to customers that include Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Wm Morrison.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 6.4% 6.6%
Div Cover 1.8 1.5
Op Mrgn 4.7% 4.7%
ROCE 11.4%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 8.9 9.7
PEG 0.4 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.3
Pr/Book 2.0  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 4.9% 2.5%
PBT 32.0% -1.3%
EPS 20.9% -3.7%
DPS 5.9% 4.0%

Northern Foods Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
02-Apr-05 1,416.10 19.20 4.23p 36.4 n/a -69% 9.05p 5.9%
31-Mar-06 862.00 17.30 5.68p 17.2 0.5 +34% 4.25p 4.4%
01-Apr-06 1,438.20 (16.10) (1.03)p n/a n/a n/a 4.25p 4.4%
31-Mar-07 888.50 34.40 6.52p 19.0 n/a n/a 4.25p 3.4%
29-Mar-08 931.90 45.40 7.88p 11.7 0.6 +21% 4.50p 4.9%

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

Northern Foods Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 954.86 44.81 7.05p 10.0 n/a -4% 4.68p 6.6%
31-Mar-10 973.37 50.51 7.74p 9.1 0.9 +10% 4.87p 6.7%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Investec Securities, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, Numis Securities, Panmure Gordon

Northern Foods Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 20-Aug-2008 16:09 PR Newswire
Holding(s) in Company 11-Aug-2008 16:17 PR Newswire
Director/PDMR Shareholding 05-Aug-2008 17:24 PR Newswire

Northern Foods ShareCast News

Volatile commodities trouble food producers 19-Aug-2008 ShareCast
London close: Lower oil price lifts Footsie 08-Aug-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Commodities, Fannie Mae hurt F... 08-Aug-2008 ShareCast

Northern Foods Top Newspaper Links

Northern Foods closes biscuit site 29-Jul-2008 Telegraph
Hard-pressed families turn to frozen food to cut... 29-Jul-2008 The Independent
Director dealings - Hansteen builds on deal 06-Jul-2008 Scotland on Sunday

Latest Northern Foods 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.

 

Northern Foods Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 73.50p Price Up
Change Today +3.00p
52 Week High 107.25
52 Week Low 50.00
Volume 234,277
Shares Issued 468.66m
Market Cap £344.47m
Beta 0.72
RiskGrade 247

Northern Foods Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
20.90% above the market average20.90% above the market average20.90% above the market average20.90% above the market average20.90% above the market average
33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average
Price Trend
11.49% below the market average11.49% below the market average11.49% below the market average11.49% below the market average11.49% below the market average
36.17% below the sector average36.17% below the sector average36.17% below the sector average36.17% below the sector average36.17% below the sector average
Income
72.41% above the market average72.41% above the market average72.41% above the market average72.41% above the market average72.41% above the market average
86.67% above the sector average86.67% above the sector average86.67% above the sector average86.67% above the sector average86.67% above the sector average
Growth
61.99% below the market average61.99% below the market average61.99% below the market average61.99% below the market average61.99% below the market average
25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 0
Neutral 5
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 8
neutral
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Northern Foods Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 06-Aug-08 09-Jan-08
Paid 28-Aug-08 31-Jan-08
Amount 2.95p 1.55p

Trades for 08-Sep-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
09:10 75 @ 73.50p
08:57 300 @ 73.50p
08:55 1,200 @ 73.50p
08:48 1,040 @ 73.50p
08:48 3,385 @ 73.50p

Northern Foods Key Personnel

CFO Jez K Maiden
CEO Stefan Barden

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