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Shire Ltd(SHP)

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£4,439.85m

Change Today

Price Down-15.50p

Share Price

793.00p

Shire Ltd Overview

Drugs group Shire generates almost half of its revenues from the attention deficit disorder treatment Adderall. Founded in 1986 the group became a listed company in 1996. Recently acquired TKT in the US and signed a collaboration deal with New River.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.5% 0.6%
Div Cover 1.8 9.8
Op Mrgn 5.0% 24.3%
ROCE 24.9%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 102.8 15.8
PEG 0.3 0.0
Pr/Revenue 3.6 3.0
Pr/Book 1.7  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 35.6% 20.5%
PBT -75.8% 2177.6%
EPS 393.5% 552.2%
DPS 20.1% 17.4%

Shire Ltd Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a1,211.57 a406.35 55.40¢ 19.4 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-04 1,363.21 459.89 67.20¢ 16.1 0.8 +21% 5.67¢ 0.5%
31-Dec-05 1,599.30 (143.80) (36.40)¢ n/a n/a n/a 6.24¢ 0.4%
31-Dec-06 1,796.50 129.60 3.10¢ 677.2 n/a n/a 7.18¢ 0.3%
31-Dec-07 2,436.30 31.40 15.30¢ 148.9 0.4 +394% 8.62¢ 0.4%

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

Shire Ltd Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 1,481.48 360.61 50.07p 15.8 0.0 +552% 5.10p 0.6%
31-Dec-09 1,491.32 366.95 50.88p 15.6 9.7 +2% 5.92p 0.7%

Covering analysts: Bank of America Securities, Bernstein Research, Blue Oar Securities, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Collins Stewart, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities, IIR Group, Jefferies, JP Morgan, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Natixis Securities, Panmure Gordon, RBC Capital Markets, Robert W. Baird & Co, Société Générale, Standard & Poors, Susquehanna Financial Group, UBS

Shire Ltd Company Announcements

Second Quarter 2008 Results Date Notification 04-Jul-2008 12:00 PR Newswire
Shire to add new orphan drug to its HGT portfolio 03-Jul-2008 08:30 PR Newswire
Total Voting Rights 01-Jul-2008 14:57 PR Newswire

Shire Ltd ShareCast News

London close: Builders rebound to send Footsie h... 03-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: ECB rate rise lifts Footsie 03-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London midday:Footsie stuck in the red 03-Jul-2008 ShareCast

Shire Ltd Top Newspaper Links

Smiths hints it may be latest to jump on tax exo... 04-Jun-2008 The Scotsman
Why Britain could lose out in a global game of c... 02-Jun-2008 Times
Treasury delays changes on foreign-profit tax 02-Jun-2008 Times

Latest Shire Ltd Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
13-Jun-08 Buy Angus Russell 804.35p 6,000 £48,260.74

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.

 

Shire Ltd Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 793.00p Price Down
Change Today -15.50p
52 Week High 1,310.00p
52 Week Low 775.00p
Volume 1,503,979
Shares Issued 559.88m
Market Cap £4,439.85m
Beta 0.78
RiskGrade 166

Shire Ltd Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
76.85% below the market average76.85% below the market average76.85% below the market average76.85% below the market average76.85% below the market average
75.9% below the sector average75.9% below the sector average75.9% below the sector average75.9% below the sector average75.9% below the sector average
Price Trend
0.60% above the market average0.60% above the market average0.60% above the market average0.60% above the market average0.60% above the market average
25.27% above the sector average25.27% above the sector average25.27% above the sector average25.27% above the sector average25.27% above the sector average
Income
99.53% below the market average99.53% below the market average99.53% below the market average99.53% below the market average99.53% 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
14.75% above the market average14.75% above the market average14.75% above the market average14.75% above the market average14.75% above the market average
30.67% below the sector average30.67% below the sector average30.67% below the sector average30.67% below the sector average30.67% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 12
Buy 5
Neutral 7
Sell 3
Strong Sell 0
Total 27
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Shire Ltd Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 12-Mar-08 12-Sep-07
Paid 09-Apr-08 04-Oct-07
Amount 6.47¢ 2.15¢

Trades for 04-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
17:11 27,100 @ 793.56p
16:45 60,037 @ 792.68p
16:38 50,000 @ 797.91p
16:35 200,146 @ 793.00p
16:29 1,014 @ 795.00p

Shire Ltd Key Personnel

CEO Angus Russell
CFO Graham Hetherington

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